One of those times
Some months ago, the apartment in which we live was taken up for pre-monsoon repairs and painting work. We moved into a fully-equipped service apartment where we only had to bring our clothes with us. Nevertheless it was a complicated move, involving not only A~ and me, our laptops and numerous books, but also my parents, our two domestic helpers, and of course the dog and the cat. Dog and Cat came with their leashes and harness, toys, pet food, water bowls and food dishes, the cat’s carrier basket, his all-important litter and litter box, a packet of catnip and a scratching post that would (we hoped) prevent his scratching up the rest of the furniture…
“We have a lot of stuff,” I said helplessly to A~ as we looked around at everything that needed to go with us.
And then two months later, when we returned to our apartment, in addition to all this, we had one more little person and all his paraphernalia to bring back with us: not only baby clothes, diapers, feeding bottles, formula, bottle warmer, diaper bag, massage mat, etc etc but also innumerable squeaky toys, teethers, a singing snail, a musical book, and a rubber tortoise that squirts water on anyone who’s trying to give Baby a bath…
“It’s like preparing for a war,” grinned the friend who had helped me with baby shopping lists. “But don’t worry,” she added: “there will be times when the baby will go to sleep…”
This is one of those times…
The last line brings it all together :D Beautiful times these, when they finally sleep :P
Comment by Cee Kay — July 18, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
Bah. Sleep is overrated. Just ask Whiskey.
Comment by km — July 18, 2007 @ 10:42 pm
I see you have not over the singing snail… I am still on the “loudest toy” hunt…
Comment by Charu — July 19, 2007 @ 4:06 am
Cee Kay: A heartfelt yes!
km: Yeah, right. The dog who sleeps 25 hours a day will tell me that sleep is overrated :)
Charu: After being thoroughly played out, the poor snail has now stopped singing. It is also minus one drumming arm! (You in B’bay? And V? Let’s meet up! - but without any loud toys please… :))
Comment by Uma — July 19, 2007 @ 5:18 am
Hope he sleeps some more so you can blog some more!
Comment by mumbaigirl — July 19, 2007 @ 10:06 am