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Busy, Busy Man
I wish I could say that the haze of being away still covers me like light moss, making me dreamy and abstract, confused by the speed of the world.
But really, I'm just on the wrong side of everything. Whatever feels most pressing and urgent and in need of resolution to me is inevitably the thing that the universe feels it can lollygag about. And the converse is also true.
Yesterday Felix and I went to a birthday party where he finally (finally) did what a kid is supposed to do to a cupcake. When the whole episode was said and done the dainty chocolate-frosted cupcake adorned with a dark red icing dahlia was pulverized and Felix looked like he came out on the good side of a brawl. The rest of the children, by the way, ate their cakes with more decorum and managed not to pose such a threat to the furniture.
Levity aside, the question of Felix's schedule was raised. Will I put him in a playgroup? What activities does he do?
And here I suspect is the beginning of that parental myopia. To me, my child is a baby. Actually, soon, he is going to be ready for a life more structured.
Frankly, the vernacular is tangling to me. I don't know exactly what a playgroup is. Is a playgroup better than assorted classes- music, tumbling, art? How does one figure what will be best and what is just a silly expense?
Of course time is short. (Really? What? Yes, time is short because all decisions for September must be made now, now, now.) And this gets me back to being so out of it. Why should the business of babies be so pressing?
I was perfectly happy not knowing that I should think about this sort of thing because I have work to do and this is a distraction.
But I don't want my kid to be a victim of my own will to be out-of-it. These choices are far from dire but I'm having a hard time looking into the future when things seem so much of the moment.
posted by Elise at 9:19 AM
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Playgroup: a small group of children of the same age that meets regularly to take toys away from each other and cry while their moms talk/complain. Fun for awhile. May or may not make good friends. Kids realistically don't enjoy ituntil well past the age of two. Moms desparate to get out of the house will love it.
2/23/2006 6:33 AM
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