Boots, made for walking
March 3rd, 2007 by Scott
Jul headed out to Cape Cod on Friday morning for a weekend with her friends, so it is a all boys here in Mountain View. About seven minutes before Jul left for her flight, Sumo threw up all over the bed. I didn’t have time to wash him before work, so he wandered around Google smelling like throw-up. When people would ask, I’d just tell them, “Jul is out of town,” and they would nod in an understanding way. I’m not sure how to feel about that.
While Sumo and I were stinking up the office, Niko went to Google day care where he got to go on an afternoon buggy ride. He was in total melt down when I picked him up at the end of the day so maybe he isn’t into buggy rides. We stayed up way past his bedtime (because Mom isn’t here) watching bad TV. I taught him about the amazing world of infomercials and 80′s sitcoms. We also spent some time making fun of Fox News. I tried to teach him the irony of “fair and balanced” but given he doesn’t know what the actual words mean, I’m not sure I can expect him to appreciate irony yet.
What is amazing to me is no matter how late I keep him up, he always wakes up at the same time in the morning (5:15). I think this kid has the “most likely to not need an alarm clock” category locked up for his high school yearbook.
In honor of Mom being gone, Niko, Sumo, and I are wearing the same clothes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Boys will be boys.
I love it! This episode reads like a novel of which I crave to read more. For example, if there wasn’t time to wash Sumo, what about the bed? Also, I trust that wearing the same clothes all weekend doesn’t extend to underwear, or at least diapers. But most of all I am truly in envy of a workplace to which one can bring the baby and the pet.
On a related topic, don’t count on the 5:15 a.m. lasting until high school. Anne, who was my 5 a.m. riser, turned into a night owl in high school, and now her internal clock is stuck on second shift hours, which is difficult since she has to be at work at 7 a.m. for her current job.