The parental New Year
Filed under: Moms, Adventures in Parenting
I don't know about you, but I've found it nearly impossible to find a babysitter for my son. The sweet teenaged girl down the street covered for me once, and I think I paid her well and thanked her appropriately, but she's been unavailable every time I've called her since that first time. I've poked around on Craigslist a bit, looking for an occasional babysitter so I can go to yoga or a night class, but nothing has ever come to fruition. And I'm somewhat resigned to a complete lack of social life, unless my Mom or brother happens to occasionally feel exceedingly patient and equipped to deal with Nolan's preference for never sleeping and tantruming often.It's New Year's Eve tonight. I have An Inconvenient Truth lined up and ready for the DVD player. An open bottle of Cabernet sits in my kitchen cabinet and I'm ready to down a glass at midnight. But other than that? I'll be reading blogs, checking on my sleeping toddler; most likely I'll be sawing logs well before midnight. But even if I did have a babysitter lined up, I'm not quite sure what I'd do with myself. Partying rabidly is not an option when one has a 6:00 AM wakeup call.
How do you plan to ring in the New Year? Please tell me that I am not solo in my utter lameness.
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