Doola
I can’t believe I am publicly admitting to this . . . but . . . I have met two children that I actually like!!! [Note: I love my sister’s kids too, I just haven’t met them in person yet.] The children I am referring to in this story belong to a couple of my neighbours whom I met during a post-hurricane impromptu barbeque out in the car park. They are both two-year old little girls, one is Mia who is white/Hispanic and the other is Jayla who is black — I think they both also have some kat in their lineage because at no point when I was sitting outside with my neighbours was my lap free of one or other of the precious little darlings. They didn’t cry even one time, did not whinge at all, and were generally better behaved than some of the adults. I don’t exactly have child-balancing hips so at one point I gave myself a sore back from cocking my hip to the side to hold one of the girls when I was standing. They can’t quite pronounce my name so I am now referred to as “Doola” when they spy me from across the car park. I arrived home from my first day back at work last night, exhausted from sitting in traffic jams and from days without sufficient sleep. As soon as I clambered out of my car I was spotted by the girls whose mothers had arrived moments before me. The kids squealed “DOOLA!!!!” with such pure delight that my heart may have actually swelled. I walked over to chat for a moment just to be neighbourly and a second later I was squatting on the ground with both girls hugging me and kissing me on the cheek.
I can almost understand why people actually breed. Then again, I can also understand why it’s fun to be able to hand them back and walk away. I can’t wait for my sister’s kids to be old enough to reproduce. I am going to be one fabulous Great Auntie Doola.
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September 18th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
You…delighted in…the company…of children…hon, are you sure you didn’t take a tree limb to the skull during the hurricane melee?
September 18th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
The entire time I was (breeding) if I had known I could have children at the time I probably would’ve been alot more careful….. but once you see your eyes look back at you…. there are no words to explain what I (a non breeder) was missing out on…. BTW I would say Im glad to here youre doing well since Ike but I am TIRED OF FUCKING TALKING BOUT IT! MUAH!!!
September 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Myra: Well, there was alcohol [and later food poisoning] involved, so perhaps I was hallucinating.
VTech: OMG, I couldn’t agree more about being sick to death of hearing/talking about the fucking hurricane. I just want my blown-away A/C unit to be replaced TODAY so I can BREATHE and the stack of brush removed from blocking my windows so I don’t die in a fire trap . . . and, and, and … I want a Sourdough Jack.
September 18th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I thought breeding was fun.
September 18th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I never knew I got along with kids until Married Guy. I think its because they have very few expectations of you and everything is a gift, like you giving them attention or playing with them. But, yes, being able to give them back is good too.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
And here I thought Mayo Face was on your list of kids you can tolerate. He’s driving now so be careful out there!
Glad to see you are safe and sound here in Hurricane Houston.
XoX!
September 19th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Tony: I think you are confusing fucking with reproduction.
witty: I swear you must hear me rustling around on your blog!
Michelle: He’s not a kid, he’s a MAN now!
September 20th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
ryn: yes, i’m aware that oj was convicted in civil court, but that honestly doesn’t matter, especially since the piece was about our rights which are afforded to us to keep us from false imprisonment. the civil case really had no bearing–and is kind of a mockery anyway.
September 20th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
my lil niece is like that—she makes it really clear what the reasons to have kids are, but that said, she tires this old man out! so it’s always nice to be able to hand her back to her mother at the end of the day!
September 20th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Albert: Just because a jury of more or less average intelligence people who have no legal experience whatsoever manage to get bamboozled by some highly intelligent and tricky attorneys into ignoring concrete evidence [such as, for example, the presence of Nicole’s blood *inside* OJ’s vehicle, by way of many, many examples] does not make the criminal trial any less of a circus. OJ Simpson literally got away with murder. I don’t think that means he should be put in prison for “another” crime he did “not” commit, but I do believe it should be perfectly legal for Nicole’s parents to shoot him in the head and then have their own farcical trial followed by acquittal.
I am not disagreeing with your point that we have a right to a fair trial. My point is that the justice system is corrupt and unfair and far from perfect as has been proven repeatedly in recent times by way of DNA evidence and overturned convictions. Jurors have been known to vote for or against a defendant based on nothing more than not liking the sound of an attorney’s voice or the colour of a tie! Go take a stroll around your local Mall-Wart, observe carefully those around you. THEY are your “peers”. Would you really want your life to be in their hands?
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I’ve told my two that if they misbehave I can have Nanny Stella on the phone in minutes. Can we call you Nanny Doola?