High Maintenance

So, Lois is off to Boston for a breakin' news story and it's just me and Jimmy at home this week. No problem! Except for the fact that my son and I are HIGH MAINTENANCE!

The week started out good. Monday was chest and back. I did that no problem. Then Tuesday was my day of rest (I get one every 7 days). Lois also left Tuesday. No, when Lois leaves it is always sad and we miss her terribly. We miss having her around to play with, to talk with, to have dinner with. But the one thing I miss most is having her laying in bed next to me each night. I never sleep well the first night she is gone.

So Tuesday night I wasn't able to fall asleep until 1:30am!!! That normally wouldn't be a problem if I didn't have to be up at 6:00am to get myself and Jimmy ready for the day. So I don't fall asleep until the early morning, then when I'm supposed to be getting up the alarm doesn't go off. Well, it did go off, but I couldn't hear it because Lois had turned the volume off (what good is an alarm if the volume is off?). Luckily I woke up around 6:45am. So I am right away running late. I get Jimmy ready first and then get myself ready. Then after I eat a quick breakfast we are out the door. I get Jimmy to the sitter by 7:45am (normally he is there by 7:30 at the latest). I get into my classroom at 7:50am and the bell rings minutes later. By the end of the day (3:30pm) I was SO completely exhausted I just wanted to crawl into bed.

I can't crawl into bed yet. I have to get in my plyometrics workout and I have to make Jimmy and I dinner, then give him a bath, and then put him to bed. Well like I said, I was COMPLETELY exhausted. Needless to say I didn't get my workout in. I was TOO tired. I know, I know it would have made me feel better, but it took all my energy just to make dinner and give a bath.

So that was yesterday. This is today. I got plenty of sleep and had a good day at school. I had everything planned out. I was going to go get diapers, pick Jimmy up from the sitter, go home, workout, shower, get ready for play practice, take Jimmy to Grandma and Grandpa's house, then go to play practice.

This is how it went down... I went and got diapers, picked Jimmy up at the sitters, spent about 10 minutes at the sitters fighting with him to get his shoes, gloves, hat, and coat on (this NEVER happens), fought with Jimmy in the driveway (I took him out of his car seat and he literally collapsed on the ground crying), fought with Jimmy on the back porch (he would not go in the house, he wouldn't even go up more than 3 stairs), fought with Jimmy to take his coat, gloves, hat, and shoes off, gave Jimmy at time out until he was finished screaming and crying (about 5-10 minutes), then fought with Jimmy about not watching "Noggin."

So, after all the fighting with Jimmy I decided that I needed to spend so quality "Dad" time with him. Since we weren't going to be watching "Noggin" I didn't think it would be fair if I was "watching" my workout. We went into his room and we colored on his easel and in his coloring books, then we played memory. Now he is eating dinner and I allowed him the watch Monsters Inc. while he eats.

The plan for the rest of the night is this. We will finish eating dinner, I will take Jimmy to Grandma and Grandpa's house, go to play practice, pick Jimmy up from Grandma and Grandpa's house, put him to bed, workout, and finally go to bed!

This is a HIGH MAINTENANCE household when Mommy is gone!