BABY SITTING

AM I OUT OF MY MIND?  REBA WAS IN TOWN FOR A ONE NIGHT OUTDOOR CONCERT.  I OFFERED TO BABY SIT, IF AMY AND DANIEL COULD SCORE TICKETS AND WANTED TO ATTEND (I FIGURED, TOO EXSPENSIVE OR SOLD OUT).

DAMN, IF DANIEL DIDN’T GET TICKETS IN ROW NUMBER 11, FRONT AND CENTER. I HAD TO MAKE GOOD ON MY OFFER TO BABY SIT, AND MARY HAD TO WORK AT THE CASINO.

I HAD A PLAN, THE FIVE MILE HIKE, AND A COUPLE HOURS OF POOL TIME SHOULD HAVE THOSE BOYS SACKED OUT 10 MINUTES AFTER THEIR PARENTS LEAVE, RIGHT?

NOPE.

IT WAS PAYBACK TIME, DE JA VU ….

I GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF THREE BOYS, AND TODAY IS JUST LIKE THE DAYS OF BOBBY, NORMY, AND NEIL.  THEY SCREAMED, FOUGHT, JUMPED ON THE BED, RAIDED THE COOLERS, AND CARRIED ON ……. WELL, JUST LIKE BOBBY, NORMY, AND NEIL AT AGES 9 – 6 – 3.  PAY BACKS ARE HELL!

ONE QUICK STORY, AND I’LL LET YOU GO ON TO CHECK YOUR E-MAIL.  AT ONE POINT I STEPPED INTO THE BATHROOM, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOOR OF THE HOTEL ROOM TO BLOW MY NOSE,  I DIDN’T EVEN CLOSE THE DOOR.  WHEN I TURNED AROUND TO THE HOTEL ROOM ALL THREE BOYS WERE MISSING, AND NOT A SOUND WAS TO BE HEARD?

MY JAW HIT THE FLOOR, HOW COULD THEY ESCAPE WHEN I WAS STANDING AT THE ONLY DOOR TO THE ROOM? I WAS FRANTIC !!! AH AIM, THANKS FOR VISITING, AND I’M SORRY I LOST ALL THREE OF YOUR CHILDREN……

THEY WERE ALL LINED UP ON THE WINDOWSILL, BEHIND THE BLACKOUT CURTAINS. GOOD GRIEF……

NO MORE BABY SITTING