Unfortunate Series of Events

I have been keeping this blog professional, but after this crazy morning, I have to share a personal story…

Last night was hockey with the guys (Jack, Norman, Uncle Rob, Jay, Dustin and me). We got home late and I was up until 3 AM talking with others. Shannon was up and going at 6:45 AM for an all-day fraternity event. The phone rang about 9 AM waking me (soccer practice starts at 9 AM and it takes 30-minutes to drive there!). Boys still asleep, I’m running around, flight of the bumble bee to get us all loaded in the car by 9:15 AM to drive out to the northeast side, missing soccer practice. Luckily, there is a second practice of Jack’s age group at 11 AM. Coach Jeremy says “no problem,” so we top off the gas tank then head to Walmart to kill some time.

After walking around lightly shopping, Jack tells me he needs to pee. We head for the front, go through the check-out where my total is $7.77. The clerk states, “It must be your lucky day,” (she had no idea how much worse it was about to get). As I head over to the men's room, seeing it is closed for cleaning, Jack tells me “I need dry pants.” We are too late!!! We head to the back of the store for the other restroom to assess the situation. Yup, pee all in his pants, soccer shorts, underwear, and socks… I’m now debating whether to give up and head for home or try to get him cleaned up for soccer. I wring out the clothes then notice a hand dryer… You got it; I rinse the clothes and spend a few minutes drying with the hand dryer. After having 2-3 people try to enter the family toilet room we’ve got dry shorts. I swing by the children’s clothes and pick up a pack of socks and underwear for a second round of check-out (no lucky numbers this time).

We’ve survived. A quick change in the car and Jack is all set for practice with clean and dry garments. Practice goes well, I’m glad we didn’t go home, this is definitely one of Jack's highlights all week. The trip home is thankfully uneventful and now they are down napping. I've had an eventful morning of the joys of parenthood, I’m ever so grateful for the incredibly hard work Shannon puts in for our boys. You can read her many adventures on her blog: My Boys.