WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THIS WEEK? The week-end included BABYSITTING my youngest grandson. What a fun time with him. He willingly went to his bed for a nap after lunch around noon thirty. After he fell asleep, I listened to some music on the phone and dosed off.
After I heard a whimper, I got up off the sofa to go check on him. The blankets I had covered him with were hanging off the bed and he was not in the bed. I glanced around the room looking for him and he was no where to be found. I started calling out his name going room to room looking for him. No child. I started getting very upset. Where was he?
Still calling out his name, no answer. Checked the back door and the front door of the house. Locked and no child. It was frightening to me as he was gone. I looked under his bed and continued calling his name.
Then I saw him standing in the closet. Relieved, I said, "There you are." As a two year old, he bowed his head and told me that he had pooped. I simply said, "Okay, let's get you changed."
I cleaned him up and changed his pull ups. He was one happy little boy. I gave him his sippy cup of milk and he continued to play. I cannot tell you how relieved I was to have located him in his bedroom closet.
How horrifying to misplace a child. He was in the house and I couldn't find him. This was scary. All was better when found. When I told my daughter after she returned home what had happened, she smiled and said this is what he does when he poops in his pull-ups. It was a scary experience for me to know he disappeared on my watch. Thank God, he was in the house standing in his closet because he had pooped.
Once when we were at my Oklahoma son's house, his youngest disappeared inside their house. We all pitched in looking for him in a panic. Where was he? After the house was scoured high and low, everyone went outside the house looking for him except for me. I stayed indoors looking and there he was standing in front of his bedroom window looking outside hidden behind the drapes. He was in front of the window's draperies where he wasn't seen when looking into his room. Once again it was horrifying that was he missing. I picked him up in my arms and let the others know he was found.
ON THE HOME FRONT. Down to two baskets of laundry to do. HURRAY. There is light at the end of the tunnel of laundry.
I'll be preparing a small package to get in the mail for my Mom. Mother's Day is coming!
More correspondence to write out.
Hubby swapped out the metal racks items as I was babysitting. He did a fantastic job at it.
Clean and tidy the house as best I can. Needs done.
Need to pot a begonia I purchased the other day. Want to get a cherry tomato plant to put in porch urn. Thinking about planting some pepper plants in some large planters that will stay in the side yard. There's a few large pots in the backyard in the sleep pile that can be used for more tomato plants. Will have a patio garden without the patio. grins.
I will be telephoning my Optometrist about challenges I am having with my eyesight after cataract surgeries. Next step. It's disappointing, but I am seeing too much cloudiness after almost two months have passed. Not the first to have challenges, but it's bothering me.
When things do not go as planned, one must have another plan to try.
Prayers are needed at every step of LIFE. Amen.
A couple of Graduations to prepare for. Camera ready.
WALKING will pick back up. Aiming for walking half miles at a steady pace. A small dose of exercise is better than none. Keep on keeping on.
Getting settled in the COTTAGE is the number one priority for me as a HOMEMAKER. I'm slow at working at it. So slow. Between medical appointments and issues...my plate is overly full with things hanging off the rim. Okay. That's LIFE and when being alive, one must live.
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