Ladies' Night Out

I pulled up to preschool today to Lennon's and Hannah's dads (brothers in law) talking outside of school. Upon seeing me, one of them hollers, "You still need a babysitter for tonight?"

Um, yes.

Well, we think we have it worked out. Theresa is inside and she has the details. It is my/our nephew.

Okay. Well, how did John and Andy know I needed a baby sitter when the only ones I had told were Grannine (host of the party) and Lori (Jackson's buddy's mom), neither of whom are married to John or Andy, and neither of whose children are in Jackson's class.

BUT, they all live in my "bubble" - the 6 block radius that is our house, school, babysitter, Reimer's (Lori), Theresa & Andy, Grannine & Mark, John & Tara, and daddy's neighborhood. Three of those families also have children on Jackson's soccer team. They are my present and my future.

HOW COOL IS IT THAT WORD GOT OUT I WAS GOING TO MISS THE BIG EVENT AND THEY FOUND A BABYSITTER FOR ME????

Granted, he is a freshman, cannot drive, and had open gym for b-ball at 7:30...but never really mind that. I got to enjoy pre-party and the first hour of Ladies' Night Out at school. I got to bond with another wife (Jackson's soccer coach's wife) of an Air Guard employee who gleefully announced that maybe now she would have another officer's significant other to go to the military balls with!! I now have the name and number of a freshman boy babysitter (whose mom is one of 8 kids so he is used to keeping at least 3 at a time, so guess who he will choose when faced with multiple offers?), who Jackson said he wished could live with us forever.

AND sad though true, it was more fun hanging out with my happy boy after a couple of glasses of wine!!!!

Thanks, soccer/preschool moms & dads!!! I love my bubble, not matter how much Scott teases me about it!