Minutes if not seconds – today for example I was awoken to the news that as we’d run out of Laundry Liquid yesterday, and by unhappy coincidence we’d run out of clean PJs for the littlest one.
I took from the tone of the conversation that whilst perhaps not my fault, per se, I shouldn’t push it but it was very much my problem.
So, I got up a bit earlier – marched to the shops, whilst only pausing to defrost her Windscreen on the way, returned with some fresh surf – put the washing on, then at lunchtime – left the office, swung past another shop to buy nappies (they didn’t have them in local shop) return home, move clothes from washer to dryer – pour lunch down my neck and rush back home.
For reference, I work 3 miles from home, my Wife works, and I’m not making this up – 300 metres away, when she’s in the office anyway.
I wouldn’t ask for Brownie points, that would be a mistake – as I would be reminded, nay told that it was equally my responsibility – but I did ask if she’s collect the eldest one on the way home as well as the youngest so I could go straight to the gym – she said yes happy days – those points wouldn’t have survived the night.