RSteve
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As I wrote in a prior post, my son-in-law is in California until May 16. My daughter is a teacher who has to be at her school by 8:00 am. Her school is near the border of St. Paul and Minneapolis, 25 miles from her house in the suburbs. My daughter's father-in-law lives about five minutes from my daughter's house. Each morning, he's volunteered, thankfully, to be at my daughter's house from 7:00 am to 9:00 am to be with the two older kids until they get picked up for the school bus for kindergarten and pre-kindergarten. My daughter takes the toddler with her to a daycare center. I arrive at my daughter's at 11:00 am to be there when my grandson arrives home from pre-k at 11:30 am and the granddaughter arrives from kindergarten at 3:15 pm. My daughter arrives home about 5:00 PM with the toddler. I spend my days, M-F, taking care of the grandkids, when they're not in school. I don't mind at all. They're my grandchildren and I gratefully accept the responsibility. When the grandson arrives home, I have lunch waiting for him. During the afternoon, I make supper for everyone. Besides teaching and mothering full time, my daughter is in graduate school. Most evenings are spent either studying or preparing lesson plans and grading papers.
On Friday, when I arrived at my daughter's house, there was a note for me from my daughter's father-in-law.
"Steve, I went into the basement and saw that the cat litter box needs to be cleaned. A new container of cat litter is right next to the litter box. You should probably clean it."
Of course, I cleaned it, but thought to myself, "If he saw it needed to be cleaned and a new container of cat litter was right there, why didn't he just clean it?"
I showed the note to my daughter when she arrived home. She laughed and said, "It's typical, like son, like father."
My son-in-law is in California at a detox center. He's addicted to marijuana, alcohol, violent video games, and prescription drugs, simultaneously.
I expect that before the new school year starts, my daughter and the three kids will be moving in with me. They'll all be safe and secure.
On Friday, when I arrived at my daughter's house, there was a note for me from my daughter's father-in-law.
"Steve, I went into the basement and saw that the cat litter box needs to be cleaned. A new container of cat litter is right next to the litter box. You should probably clean it."
Of course, I cleaned it, but thought to myself, "If he saw it needed to be cleaned and a new container of cat litter was right there, why didn't he just clean it?"
I showed the note to my daughter when she arrived home. She laughed and said, "It's typical, like son, like father."
My son-in-law is in California at a detox center. He's addicted to marijuana, alcohol, violent video games, and prescription drugs, simultaneously.
I expect that before the new school year starts, my daughter and the three kids will be moving in with me. They'll all be safe and secure.