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November 15, 2006
Dipping my toe in the waters of fatherhood
Categories: Personal
Our first year in Rock Hill, Sarah took care of a fellow professor's new daughter. Said professor's anniversary was this week, so Sarah and I agreed to take care of professor's kids last night while professor and husband went to the NIT preseason tournament in Charlotte. The kids are 15 months and seven years. Everyone around the office was joking it was a trial run for my immenent fatherhood.
And things went fine. I teach later on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I didn't get over to the house until 6:45 or so. By that time, Sarah had the kids fed. The seven year old helped Sarah give a bath to the 15 month old while I ate my dinner. The baby went to bed at 7:00; Sarah put her down while I got my butt kicked in NBA Live on the Playstation by the son. Then, Sarah and I helped him read a chaper from a Junie B. Jones book before he went to bed at 8:00.
Sarah and I then crashed out and watched TV in the bedroom (I now see the wisdom of having a bedroom TV). I dozed off at 9:30*, but got up and brushed my teeth and really "went to bed" about 10:15. The baby has been a little sick, so Sarah ended getting up twice in the night to clam her down/check on her coughing -- once at 11:00 or so and again at 4:15. We all got up by 6:30. Sarah got the kids fed while I showered and got ready for work. I fixed Sarah and I breakfast, then took the boy to school. I was at the office by 7:45.
I didn't sleep as well as I normally do, but all in all it was a good trial run.
*This is the second time this week I've fallen asleep before 10:00. I attribute it to all the sickness going around school and me needing the rest to fight it off.
Posted by Nakia at November 15, 2006 11:32 AM