Without a Net

Today, we embark into uncharted waters.  For the next month, we will be...without Grandma! 

Our dependable, ace-in-the-whole, FREE babysitter is fleeing the continent, leaving us to fend for ourselves just as Cheeky has grasped the awesome power of her new-found mobility.  She's been covering for us a lot the last few months, with occasional sleepovers and enough piece-of-mind that we could unload the kid for our own vacation.  We shudder to think of four weeks without having a contingency plan when we need to get out of the house.  How dare she take a once-in-a-lifetime adventure when we need spoiling??   Then again, how cool is an African safari?  Except for the hubcap-sized spiders and rampaging river-horse, of course (although I hear cape buffaloes are more dangerous...)

Personally, I think we'll be fine.  Oodgie is more skeptical, since she gets the day-shift, but as long as we have Sapphire & tonic and BJ & Tyler, we'll use the night-shift to compensate.

Comments

[mo-wo]

let your people go

[kara]

dude. that is one of the scariest things i've ever heard. the kiddo's nana was in asia for 5 weeks recently. it sucked. she kept asking why she couldn't call nana.
i realize that people who don't have grandparents who live close by (or are no longer living) are probably reading this and thinking i'm a total baby.
well i am.

[freezio]

We wouldn't leave TV with the former generation for five minutes; We've been down that road before, and look how we turned out.

[AdventureDad]

I think you've found the secret component, alcohol! Being alone without family in town is a bit tough at times. We've done it for two years and I must say it would have been great with some backup occasionally. But by figuring things out by yourself invaluable lessons are learned and you become much closer to your child.

I'm sure you'll do just fine. Should I send over a few extra strong Elephant Beers or call the shrink??

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[Phat Daddy]

You get no sympathy from me you well tanned Red Stripe drinker. The closest Phat Daddy parent is over 500 miles away. We haven't had a break in over 3.5 years.

In the immortal words of Nelson Muntz, "Ha Ha!"