Stealing Time

[sakon76]

Being the parent of a toddler completely changes how you do things. Instead of having uninterrupted blocks of time to get things done, you have this other person directing how and when you do things, and that other person frequently wants attention now, pick me up please, bored, hungry, mummy my diaper needs changing... the list goes on and on. So I'm learning to steal time. Five minutes pulling a handful of weeds while we're outside and he's exploring the garden. Ten minutes standing a bit back from the sink so he can worm between me and the counter, going around and around and around me while I'm doing dishes. Taking the time while he's napping to triage the pile on the dining table. Triumphantly going through the medicine cabinet and disposing of all the past-date crap after putting him to bed.

Ah, as if to illustrate my point, he's just woken up. No more blogging right now.