Our fall summed up in 30 minutes
Pre-Elliott, Shelbi and I were fairly punctual people. You certainly couldn't set your watches by us but I would say we both have decent time management skills. Of course, all of that has pretty much gone down the crapper now. It's been almost a year and we are still constantly underestimating how much time it takes for three people to change clothes especially when one of them is incapable of doing it himself.
Of course, Elliott hasn't exactly made things easy on us. He has recently started to take us laying him down on his changing table as a cue to stand up and start licking the wall. I have now become adept at putting diapers on a standing baby. The other day, we were trying to get out the door to go to a friend's house at 5:00. And, in the preparation process, there was about a 30-minute window that I thought summed up our lives recently far better than words could.
4:33 - Finish getting Elliott ready by putting his shoes and socks on.
4:36 - Find Shelbi's elusive shoes under a huge pile of dirty laundry in our bedroom.
4:38 - Play one of our favorite games in which I put on a shirt and see if Shelbi can tell where the stain is.
4:39 - Shelbi cleans up the stain with a washcloth.
4:40 - Pull Shelbi's phone charger out of Elliott's mouth and put his shoes and socks back on.
4:42 - Settle on a compromise that I will drive since Shelbi's car has a leaking tire that we haven't had time to replace and is out of gas but she has to pay for groceries at Safeway since I have $13 in checking and don't get paid until Tuesday.
4:43 - Strap Elliott in his car seat and put his shoes and socks back on.
4:53 - Shelbi emerges from Safeway, gets into the car and proceeds to make the green salad we are taking as we're driving.
4:54 - Shelbi and I sing a duet to Elliott to stop him from fussing with the working title: "Car Salad".
5:01 - Pull up to our friends' house, get unpacked and put Elliott's shoes and socks back on.
5:03 - Knock on our friends' front door.
And one more for good measure
11:38 - Get out of bed, put pants on and walk out to my car because Shelbi reminded me there was half a package of feta cheese on the floor of the passenger seat.
Scene from the upcoming music video for "Car Salad."
That picture needed some copy-editing.
I've never heard of "rape seed oil" before. Sounds like a whole different song to me....
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Ha! 3 minutes late is not late; I say you did pretty well! Try adding in 2 more people who can't dress themselves and you will understand why we never go anywhere...
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that is soo funny
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