I love my lap top. My husband…not so much!
It’s not what you think. I swear!!
It was my 3 year-olds’ “sharing day” at preschool the other day. Wes has only been in school since the New Year so I am still dying to hear every morsel of his day. When I picked him up, I asked him what he told his friends about the bear he brought to show them.
Wes begins to tell me the following: “Well, (he starts most sentences this way) my bear has stuff[ing] in his feet and in his belly, but in his head . . . not so much!” OK – this is true. But what got the biggest laugh out of me was his presentation. Where does he get this stuff? (No pun intended.)
Today is Thursday, our family’s “weekend” since Daddy is only off on Thursdays. We were all playing on the bed when Wes began to do the “not so much” shtick.
“I like ice cream but peas . . . not so much!” and on . . and on . . . he had us laughing so hard I nearly peed my pants.
Speaking of pee . . . Claire, my 25 month old, potty trained for weeks, baby girl peed her pants three times today. When Daddy is home all bets are off. It used to be: no naps, ice cream for lunch, staying up late and now we have added peeing-in-our-pants-because-we-are-having-too-much-fun to the mix. Oh yay!
Anyway, it’s almost 11 pm and my husband and I are supposed to be watching TV together (this is his idea of bonding) but I am also working on the lap top because, well, it is almost as addictive as chocolate. I feel like there is just never enough time in the day to do everything I want to do.
My husband gets really annoyed that I don’t put my lap top aside and pay full attention to whatever we are watching. I love my lap top because I can get work done while accomplishing other tasks. He calls my lap top “my other boyfriend.”
I did get a cool widget added to the blog’s sidebar tonight. Check out the Parent Hacks blog updates on the right.
Before I go I wanted to let you know about this cool blog I stumbled upon while I was ahem . . . watching TV. MightyGirl.com’s author, Maggie Mason, kept me reading for way too long. From what I gather she is a new mom with an adorable new baby. I especially liked her Monogrammed Onesie post. I can totally relate as she writes, “Old life: “I think I’ll embroider the baby’s initials on these onesies!” New life: “I think I’ll change my clothes today!”
I totally understand where Maggie is coming from. I LOVE being a Mommy. Not getting a moment to myself . . . not so much!
April 6th, 2007 at 1:02 am
I agree! Even taking a shower is a luxury!
April 6th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
i love this story – i can relate on many levels being a mother of 3. this time around, i think that i just might be able to relate to your husband on this one. my fiance has a lap top too – a mac- and he calls it his ‘baby’. yup feeling jealous of an electronic object seems awfully silly sometimes but i work hard to understand his love for his ‘other woman’. on your side – i have to say that multitasking is the only way that i can get through my day. thanks for your sharing…its always nice to know that we aren’t alone in our mommy worlds
April 6th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
@Roxanne – Remember in college when we said we didn’t shower it was kinda cool? Now, not so much!
@Anonymous – Thanks for your kinds words and the ability to see both sides. I guess it is a matter of trying to balance all things. I’ll get there . . . one day, I hope!
April 7th, 2007 at 7:17 am
Oh I can totally relate to this post. I sometimes wish I’d stayed stupid about computers and then I really would have plenty of spare time on my hands! Somehow though simply because I love my laptop so much, I have a feeling a laptop divorce is not yet imminent!!
April 7th, 2007 at 8:11 am
lol! We have come down to terms like laptop divorce – now that is funny! I’m not going anywhere either. at least not with out my lap top!
April 9th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
It may seem kinda funny now, but it isn’t if you do find yourself divorced over this. It happens. I won’t go into my long sordid tale (lots of other factors at play) but think hard about this. If your husband is only home one day a week, how hard would it be to unplug the computer for that one day? Or compromise for a half day. Try it for a month, see what happens.