I'm not having children until I'm at least 28...possibly 30.
And I'll never be able to function as a single parent.
How I learned this:
Mom and JT (mother and little sister, in case some random person is reading) left for their mission trip to South Africa yesterday. Dad had to work today, and my brothers aren't 'stirrable' until at least 10 am on most mornings. This leaves Whitney (me) to get Ellie dressed. She's normally very good when it's just me and her...but factor in the pizza at 10 last night and not getting in bed until 10:45, and you've got problems.
She ate her breakfast (affectionately referred to as 'yogret' in EllieSpeak) and remained distracted with SpongeBob until I reminded her (nicely like mom said to) that she was supposed to be getting dressed. SO...we got the dress on, then looked for the braces (she has Spina bifida, fyi), found the braces, looked for the long socks, found them, put the socks and braces on, put on the 'sparkly shoes' (these shoes are the silver cousins to Dorothy's ruby red slippers), and proceeded to finish the getting ready. Did I mention that Ellie operates on Ellie time, much in the same way that I operate on Whitney time? This is why we're seldom on time if I'm having to take her anywhere with me.
Anyways, I like to be to Sunday School no later than 9:30am, mostly to finish studying, do some praying, etc (I'm normally there by 925). We pulled up at 9:47 (it starts at 945) and still had to walk Ellie to Sunday School...
Which is where Seth came to the rescue. He beat me to church (which is also rare), so I called him and asked him to take my keys and stuff in the church (purse is currently in the washer, had to clean ants out of it) so I could take E to her class. At the rate she's walking (she's normally fairly fast), it seems like it's one of her 'stop and smell the flowers' kind of days. We finally made it to the children's wing and our song director asked how it was going since mom left.
"I'm not having children until I'm at least 28....and I'll never be able to function as a single parent!"
(FYI: my aunt bobbie said that my declaration of childlessness until I was that age was her word of praise for the day. At least it made someone happy.
anyways, Ellie and work tomorrow, the tuesday just class and she stays with daddy. Oh, the fun never ceases.
Regardless, she blesses my socks off!
Whitney
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