Sporadic musings of a girl shaped person (zingiber) wrote, @ 2004-02-25 16:35:00

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Kids and the new man in my life
About a year or so ago, I decided that I wasn't having children. Ever. I worked with kids with special needs from the age of eighteen to twenty-one, the last year of that in the two/three year old room at a childcare center.

Spending five days a week in a room with thirty small children all clamouring to get their needs met, wears you down after a while.

"Miss Giiiiiingerrrrrrrrr, He just hiiit meeeeeee"

"Miss Ginger, I need to go to tha toiiiiilet"

"I can't tie my shooooes"

Condense and layer, make them one and that was my life. Somehow, my name had stretched into seven sylables!

I love kids though, really I do. I used to be the kind of person who was useless if there was a kid in the room. All I wanted to do was play.

I turned from that, into 'yeah sure, your kid's cute but can you get it off me now?' I liked to watch them play in the park from my car window (as I'm driving; not parked behind the bushes!)or shopping with their mothers at the supermarket, but beyond that...Nothin'.

Sad really. But that all changed today. I saw a new born baby that made me cry he was so adorable. I didn't even know his parents! I'll have to process this a bit more I think.........


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And in other news, I've got a new boyfriend!

Well, not really. A friend of mine very kindly gave me a male manequin to do with as I choose (think art project o.k!). I've got no idea yet......
He's got no head, nor arms or legs.

I think I'll call him Democracy.

	saygoodbye 2004-02-25 01:10 (link)
	I think I'll call him Democracy. HAHA! How true! When it comes to children I was never that good with other peoples children. Babysat a handful of times and even now it's not the best thing of mine to do. I'm ok for a bit but too many at once and I want to go nuts. It is much difference one on one and also when they are YOURS. (Reply to this) (Thread)

zingiber 2004-02-25 01:24 (link)

Yeah, I'm thinking it would be (different I mean)....... I kinda have issues with that though. I don't want to be responsible for screwing up someones life! But I guess all parents go through that thought process at one time or another. I'm not perfect and I never will be so I guess I should just get over it! My friend didn't get the Democracy thing... oh well. ;) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Kids ashtrayfull 2004-02-25 06:27 (link)

I've got three - now you know why I'm crazy! My eldest (Dave) is about to turn 16 and I've got two daughters,(Niamh) who is four and the youngest, (Caoimhe) is almost 2. I never had a maternal bone in my body before i had them and still can't stand other people's kids! When mine play me up, which is pretty much 24/7, I just say, " It's a good job I love you!" They're gorgeous when they're asleep though!;) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Kids zingiber 2004-02-28 18:00 (link)
	It's amazing how tolerant/accepting love makes you. 8) Your girls names are beautiful... how do you pronounce them and what do they mean? (if you don't mind answering that is... 8) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Kids ashtrayfull 2004-02-29 01:46 (link)
	My daughter's names are Irish in origin - Niamh is pronounced Neeve and Caoimhe is pronounced Key-va. Niamh means 'bright' and Caoimhe means 'beautiful' (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Kids zingiber 2004-02-29 01:51 (link)
	Oh, lovely! I would have never gotten the pronounciation for either of your girls names in a million years! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giish 2004-02-26 01:23 (link)
	'democracy'.... HAHAHAHA.... that was excellent. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	zingiber 2004-02-28 17:57 (link)
	8) He's in my bedroom (I'm remodelling my art room...how's your's going?) for the time being and everytime I open the door, he scares the living crap out of me! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)