"Bug is being pretty intolerable."
"Can you just be more patient with him?"
"Can I lock myself in a closet instead??"
"Um... how about you take a vacation?"
I'm haring off to Our Nation's Capitol for five glorious days - including 10 hours of blissfully quiet train-riding! with books and knitting! uninterrupted by, well, anything - and I have even taken pity on my spouse and booked some half-time babysitters, so that he isn't locked in a closet when I return. (The spouse, not the child, though I wouldn't lay any bets.) My itinerary consists mainly of "visit everyone I can, then wander around."
Of course, Dr. S will be gone for another who-knows-how-long, interviewing this fall, so on the whole, it all balances out. Nonetheless, three cheers for the spouse.
Nice! Have fun!
ReplyDeleteYour trip sounds wonderful! It was kind of you to arrange part-time babysitting. I hope you have a fantastic time visiting with friends, and relaxing ALONE on a train.
ReplyDeleteYay for spouse indeed! Enjoy the alone time and the time visiting with friends!
ReplyDeleteHurrah!!!
ReplyDeletewell done, spouse! reminds me that i need to actually schedule that weekend in boston i was supposed to have in...may? was it may? sigh.
ReplyDeleteUntil last weekend, it'd been really really hot here, and we finally had a really awful weekend where hot + toddler + limited patience resulted in big parenting fail. Three days later I hopped on a train for 6 peaceful hours. I was only at the conference for 2 days, but (a) it was in Geneva, (b) I got to tour CERN, (c) I got to meet up with a friend who now lives in Canberra for dinner, and (d) I got to hang out one night with some other friends drinking beer and playing poker.
ReplyDeleteBest couple of days away ever. By the time I was on the train home, I was actually looking forward to seeing both Gwen and Joel again.
Yay for the spouse indeed! Enjoy your trip!
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