I got a little overconfident. I was on a roll with wedding planning and errand running within nap time. I tried to schedule a meeting with the florist for a weekend day thinking Mike would want to be there, but it wasn't going to work out. I decided I'd meet with her on my own and report back like I'd been doing with my other vendors. I scheduled my appointment for 1:00 and figured I'd be gone between an hour and an hour and a half. I thought I would make it back with time to spare or in the worst case just after she woke up.
I put Miss Roo down, she was very tired and there was no resistance, and packed up my stuff to go. I took Riley to a friends house all morning so, Mike could be as productive as possible before nap just in case she woke up before I got back. I also offered to arrange back up. I thought I'd get someone to hang out while I was gone so that if she woke up she wouldn't interrupt Daddy's work. Mike was sure he'd be fine and I had been on a roll so I didn't press the issue.
It turns out I should have. I got to my appointment right on time. An hour and change in I got a text: "Riley's finished lunch and is on the loose..." For the record I fed her before nap so Mike wouldn't have to, but he didn't know that so she had 2 lunches. Another 30min went by and I sent him a text: "finishing up, you ok?" He replied: "Doing the best I can, been on the clock for 2 hours with awake Riley." Now I started to feel bad, but we'd gotten to the nuts and bolts of things and I wasn't leaving without a breakdown of all our costs. Another 15min went by and I got a text: "I'm on a phone call with [his boss] and she's getting antsy" That's when I sent a text to my mom asking her to go sit with Riley until I got back. Luckily, for me she was available. I texted Mike for the last time: "Help is on the way."
I got home aglow with accomplishment, feeling guilty and shaking with hunger. I'd hadn't anything except a bowl of cereal at 7am, Yikes. I apologized and thanked everyone accordingly. I shoveled in a corn dog and relayed all the info to Mike. After a minute of swooning from the heat we got dinner going. I was soooo tired, but I still managed to get both kids in bed by 8. It all worked out ok, but I think that's the end of nap time errands. My next meeting is Monday when Riley will be at Boo's house.
That's a lot to handle on any day, even withOUT kids. :) At least you tried, and it all worked out in the end.
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