Yes we can!
This past week or so has been, well, one of the worst in recent history.
It all started with my wife going on a business trip. She left on Saturday and was to return on Tuesday. No problem there! Except when people hear that your wife goes away the first thing out of their mouths is, “Who’s is going to take care of the kids?”
HEY! I’m right here!!! What about Dad? Yes people… Dads can handle their children!
The weekend goes pretty good! We have some fun and the house is totaled. The clothes dryer stops drying and all is well. So we go on a hunt for a new dryer. No one has one in stock, not one appliance store anywhere, even the one that said they had one! Oh well!
Monday rolls around and I go to work and the kids to school. Pick up the little one for dance class and she doesn’t even want to move let alone go to dance class. Instead we go home.
The next morning the older one wakes up with a 102 degree fever and the little one has a 101 degree. No problem I have the next two days off from work. I end up getting what they have. Great, Now I Have the 102 degree fever. So now we have three sick puppies in the house.
Tuesday night my wife comes home to the sick house.
She is a 4th grade teacher and can’t easily get days off without having to jump through hoops. So it is me and the kids, coughing, wheezing, sneezing, and the rest of the fun that goes with it.
The next Monday rolls around and I finally decide that it is time for me and the older one to check out the doctors office. The little is now a happy camper.
After double doses of antibiotics and breathing treatments we are on our way to complete health. YEAH! Just don’t make me laugh or I will spend the next 10 minutes coughing my lungs off!
Just remember, Dads CAN handle their children, even with a fever! Moms are better at it, but we can take care of our own too! Darn it!!!
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February 25, 2008 at 3:17 pm
When Mommy is away I run the house like a well-oiled machine. She hates that I change everything, but I gotta do twice as much with less hands. I have been lucky that no one has been sick. That’s a whole new ballgame. Congrats on a job well-done.