A Day of Unexpected FREEDOM

[lydamorehouse]

Tonight, Mason has his very first ever sleep over at SOMEONE ELSE'S HOUSE!! His friend from Crossroads, Donte, called and they set up a time. Mason is supposed to bring along a pillow, his animal friends (a rabbit named "Sirralabwaydoh," after a girl in Mason's class, and a bear named what else but "Ted"), a couple of Star Wars Movies and some Harry Potter. Donte's mom checked in to make sure popcorn would be okay, and it sounds to me like it's going to be a fun-filled night. Fingers crossed that he doesn't do what Shawn and I both have done in our youth, which is freak out half-way through the night and call to get a ride home. But he will have his cell, and I let Donte's mom know that would be perfectly acceptable if he did want/need to come home. It happens to most of us some time, I think.

But... that means... Shawn and I have a childless house tonight. Even if he bails at some point in the night, we'll easily have several hours in which he will be happily occupied elsewhere.

AND, on top of that excitement, I just got a call from one of Mason's friends from kuk sool wan, Gregory. After class, Mason ended up bonding with Gregory over Pokemon and other DS games. They're going to have a playdate at his house... and the mom just said I could DROP OFF! OMG. Two hours to get errands done *on top* of getting to have some us-time with Shawn tonight.

Have I died and gone to stay-at-home parent heaven???

I may have. Now the question will be: will I use my powers for good or evil? Will I squander the opportunity or be ridiculously productive? And, really, which is better?? The bonus is, it looks like I have time to do a little bit of both. I mean, I can clean/errand/etc., and then goof off later tonight. How awesome is that???

Comments

Sleep overs

[katya-s69.livejournal.com]

I was amused first by the idea that your son might freak out and want to come home early (IIRC that never happened to me, but then again I usually slept over at the neighbor's - a mere 4 miles away - until I was probably 9 or 10 before ever sleeping over anywhere else), and THEN I was REALLY amused by the idea of a young one having a cell. I mean, my family didn't even have a regular telephone until I was 12 (or was it 13? - anyway, I was in Junior high)! Heh. sorry - I know the mid-sleepover freak-out is actually common - I was an odd one. But the whole cell phone thing was just funny - they've become so ubiquitous, haven't they?

Anyway, although I only just managed to discover it, I'm enjoy the Mouse stories and will get my hands on the new book ASAP. What ever happened to the vampire book idea? Or is that under your romance novels?

Re: Sleep overs

[lydamorehouse]

All my vampire books are written as Tate Hallaway. There are 5 in the Garnet Lacey series and 2 (with one on the way) of the Vampire Princess of St. Paul series.

I'm old enough that I have a hard time remembering that people in novels in contemporary settings HAVE cells, and things you used to be able to do because people couldn't get a hold of each other, you can't any more (or you have to contrive some reason there's no cell reception.)

vampire books

[katya-s69.livejournal.com]

Cool - I have added them to my "buy this" list.

You're old enough ... ROFL ... I think we're about the same age; in fact, I might be a bit older than you ... or maybe not ... but in any event, we're close.

And, of course, not everyone has a cell - we don't. Not enough $$. And people tend to forget to charge them - they run out of juice - or they silence them because they're somewhere they need to stay quiet, and forget to turn them back on ... Yeah - cell phones have made contemporary life convenient in some ways, but they're a pain the butt for writers! ;-)