Cathy in the Wright

Blogger, Interrupted

Sorry about the hiatus. I've really had nothing to say for the past several days. I've played a lot of soccer, cleaned the house a bit, had several of The Senator's preschool friends over, watched the cows grow fatter, and wrecked my neurological system with copious amounts of DEET.

Today was an especially nice day. I had our neighbor girl, hereafter known as The Uber-Sitter, come over to watch the boys so I could go to the grocery store alone. The Uber-Sitter is a fantastic babysitter. She's the kind of babysitter who is down on the floor playing trucks and cars with The Senator rather than chatting on the phone with girlfriends. She digs out the stroller and takes The Governor on long walks. She brings along playdough she made herself. "I thought the boys would like it." Saturday night she sat with the boys so The VP and I could go out to dinner. I told her we would be home before nine. Her answer: "Don't worry. Stay out as late as you want. I don't have anything to do tomorrow morning. I can sleep in."

I nearly wept.

She's so good, I've started thinking about family vacations in terms of "Where might The Uber-Sitter want to go?"

And no...you may not have her phone number.

Posted by Cathy at July 12, 2004 09:16 PM