I can always make them smile, from White Castle to the Nile!
Okay. Jeff is leaving in less than twelve hours and will be gone for three days and three nights.
This means I will be single parenting for three days and three nights.
I know. I'm an asshole. There are many people out there who single parent Every Single Day and Every Single Night With No Expiration Date in Sight.
Seriously? My hats are off to those people.
To prepare for the next 72 hours, I did what any nervous mother would do.
I got my hair cut super short again,
I put on a red hoodie,
and I did that weird thing where you try to get all of your neck tendons to explode.
On the schedule so far: a trip to my parents' house for a cake decorating slumber party, a trip to the movie theater to see the chipmunk thing, and a trip to the root beer factory to drink ourselves silly.
Also, no crying allowed. And that includes me, Sister!
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Surcie
at 1/3/2008 6:40:51 PM- I can't do that. Too much neck chub, I guess.
If I were your kid, a trip to the rootbeer factory would make you the Bestest Mommy Ever. Do you have a soap maker nearby? I bet you've already looked into that. . .
Also, you officially get my vote for Blogger with Cutest 'Do. (I'd totally resemble a bowling ball.)
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islaygirl
at 1/3/2008 6:49:59 PM- i'm one of those everyday with no end in sight mommies. but this weekend? i have dragooned my mom into watching the child and i am escaping for THREE DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS. the guilt my child is ladling on would be killing me if it weren't for the knowledge she'll be spoiled senseless.
good luck. just go with the flow, remember that a little tv is not always a bad thing. i'm just sayin'.
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Jaynee
at 1/3/2008 8:16:41 PM- Gah - my husband does that neck tendon thing and I HATE it. *lol*
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amy
at 1/3/2008 8:24:44 PM- hair is hot!
and clavicles are some of my favorite things
merci
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jana
at 1/3/2008 9:38:03 PM- I feel you, sister. My husband was recently gone for eight days. It felt like an eternity. Although I did manage to have a lot of fun with the kiddo.
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Jennifer
at 1/3/2008 10:57:39 PM- Bless your heart.
Ever try a playdough day? Always worked for me. Especially the part where I made them pick it out of the carpet piece by dried in piece. HOURS of fun for all!
And I think your comment verifier just called me a buckethead.
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Kellyr2
at 1/3/2008 11:18:37 PM- I'm totally with you, except my schedule isn't nearly as thrilling. And he'll be gone 3 months. My neck shall explode though.
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Barbara
at 1/4/2008 12:16:48 AM- The chipmunk thing? Bring a hip flask. The rootbeer factory? Bring scoops of vanilla ice cream. And the cake slumber party? Anyone who combines frosting and sleeping is gonna do fine.
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kilowatthour
at 1/4/2008 2:11:26 AM- you are making my day. um, my night. whatever, i'm working nights. and i'm sitting here in my little on-call room and laughing out loud. so... thanks for that.
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Amy
at 1/4/2008 2:23:44 AM- Chipmunk thing is good. I thought so anyway.
'bow-chicka-bow-wow' + a 3 year old = good times.
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blackbird
at 1/4/2008 6:54:22 AM- ...now flick your tongue in and out - that's the lizard face in our house...
35 days without dad is the record at my house.
I had a six month old and a pre-schooler. I have no idea how old Oldest was, can't do the math.
I found a rat in my dryer.
Good times.
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S t a c i
at 1/4/2008 8:12:00 AM- Girls! With New Wave hairdos, even. (Just felt I needed to acknowledge the reference.)
Clavicles are the new cleavage, did ya know? I read it in Bust magazine.
I hope your neck tendons stay intact.
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You can call me, 'Sir'
at 1/4/2008 9:11:29 AM- That toaster oven in the background...nice. Big fan of toaster ovens. Also, it's a lovely haircut, but go easy on the tendons. They play a key role in the position of your head, which in turn is important in eating toast and watching chipmunks.
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FP
at 1/4/2008 9:31:51 AM- Sir--That toaster oven was a Christmas gift from Jeff, Meredith, and Harper. Just two nights ago it baked a mean green bean casserole. With French fried onions!!! Also, crescent rolls.
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Alli
at 1/4/2008 1:45:23 PM- I wanna come!
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Susan
at 1/4/2008 1:53:35 PM- Sounds like you've got it covered. My hubby doesn't travel but on the rare occasion he's going to be gone for the evening or even goes to bed before us because he's up at the ass crack of dawn the next day, it's a "girls night" for me and my 10 1/2-yr old. Good times all around.
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Veronica
at 1/4/2008 2:42:38 PM- Holy crap where have I been? I was sad when you decided to take a blog break and thought you were done and here I have missed over a year of posting it seems. I was just thinking "hmmm I wonder what Fluid Pudding is up to these days?" and thought I'd google you to find out if you came back. Jeez. I have some archive reading to do.....
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Lisa
at 1/4/2008 5:37:55 PM- I saw this website and thought of you... I know they are not useful pieces of knit; but they are pretty, and very cleverly placed in the world.
http://maskerade.blogsome.com/
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Jan
at 1/4/2008 8:29:14 PM- It sounds like you have everything worked. You'll do just fine.
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Ginny
at 1/5/2008 8:07:40 AM- Root beer factory? Where, where? My 5-year-old would be in carbonated heaven if I could take him there. After school yesterday I took him to a store in town that sells Fitz's root beer. He took one drink, sighed and said, "There's nothing like beer after a long day at school." The looks I got! We live in Washington; is the factory somewhere in St. Louis?
Submitted by
FP
at 1/5/2008 8:23:24 AM- Lisa--Thanks for the link! I love that!
Ginny--It's Fitz's restaurant. You can sit and eat and watch the rootbeer being bottled. It's on Delmar, and the website is here.
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mercybuttercup
at 1/5/2008 11:39:52 AM- Ooh, my sympathies. I am about to become a faux single parent for three days EVERY WEEK and my hair would look terrible short, so I'm not quite sure what to do.
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Paul is a Hermit
at 1/5/2008 3:50:37 PM- I kinda liked the piano playing better, but, hey this is pretty good.
I have to tell you, that would freak me out if I looked up and you were doing that across the table.
Of course, if you saw me across the table you'd be freaked out too. :)
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Jerseygirl89
at 1/6/2008 1:36:06 PM- Great pic. My hubby just left for three days as well. But this going away thing is getting pretty regular for him, so here are my tips:
Noggin is good.
A sink full of water and cups is very good.
Jumping on mommy and daddy's bed is super good.
Sympathetic grandparents are the BEST.
Submitted by
fidget
at 1/8/2008 11:22:08 PM- why do I feel compelled to do that neck thing too? it's so gross it's fascinating, and it feels like you are stretching your neck skin- almost like a skin yawn.
Submitted by
Belinda
at 1/9/2008 11:54:30 AM- I was just telling someone at a Weight-Watchers meeting the other day, "When I get to my goal weight, the first thing I'm doing is getting a Fluid Pudding haircut."
Sometimes I forget that the majority of my community does not, in fact, read blogs.
Now no one will sit next to me at the meetings, and they keeping looking at my hair.
Single parenting is so not for sissies! Smart woman to have a game plan! Me? I pretty much bumbled my way through each day. Every day. School was nice.