On my own- Day 0…

For some of you who don’t know, I’m going to get the chance to play a single parent for the next couple of days. Holly is taking a much deserved vacation to NYC with a close friend of hers. They take off tonight and come back on Sunday. My job is simple… keep the boys fed, make sure in that time span no one gets hurt, keep the house in the same basic shape I found it when I came home, and keep some assemblance of the rules as laid out when there is normally two parents in the house.

Holly has been gone for a total of 138 minutes and I’m already behind the 8 ball on a couple items. Sam, in the spirit of making things easier for me, has already gone over his normal TV allotment. Evan didn’t wake up happy, so to keep Sam occupied I let him watch a little more (shhh… don’t tell Holly).

The other problem, and I don’t think this one falls completely on me, is that I found a fig newton smushed into the couch. Now why I don’t think this is my fault completely is because Sam was already sitting on the couch when I got home and therefore is a pre-existing condition. I’m sure my lawyer would back it up.

So stay tuned to see how the rest of the weekend turns out because tomorrow is all on me.