Ciao, Babies!
This Betamom is on the lam, sitting on the plane heading from LAX to JFK to Rome. Unpredictably and unbelievably, I am alone. I am checking out of Mommyland and leaving the Betakids with Betadad. Betadad will have to get the dog out of the hospital. Betadad may or may not squeeze the right amount of antibiotic into those big floppy ears, and will probably not correctly apply the hot pack. Betakid might not make it to swimming lessons, and might not have the right amount or any sunscreen on. But for twelve long, unsupervised and unrecorded days, I will be in Italy, and that is remarkable. I will not be driving a car or a carpool. I will not be packing or unpacking any form of snack. I will not be wiping any butt that is not my own. I will not see a worksheet, a nanny, a piano, a recorder, a teacher, a parent, or even a friend. I may not even write or check email for twelve days. I will not, under any circumstances, hear the word “MAAAHMEEEE!!!”
Things I will do may or may not include the following:
Read a book for pleasure, maybe a really crappy one I’ll never admit to, and leave there.
Not speak unless I decide to and not answer if you speak to me. Maybe for days.
Wear impractical sandals all day long. Buy another pair if I feel like it.
Drink a glass of wine in the view of a 200 year old building. Or maybe a Bellini.
Take a picture with no people in it. (Maybe just the Bellini...)
Write something and never show it to anyone. Like this.
Eat gelato for lunch and pasta for dinner. Or gelato for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
If you think of anything else, let me know. This is all sort of new for me, free time.
Ciao, babies!
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