Professors' wives ... unite!
One aspect of being a professor doing research at a university, one that may not be so obvious to an outsider, is the insane amount of travel that is expected. This is especially true in Dada's field, where you have to go out and look at stuff or measure this or take samples of that to constitute your "research". One also must go to conferences or, upon invitation, lecture in far-flung places. When I was a doctoral student, my relatively famous boss was out of town at least a few days every month, so when Dada took this job I was not unaware of what it might entail.
But "being aware" and "surviving with two small whiny offspring" are two very, very different things. Luckily, we have found something of a support-system for ourselves -- wives of other professors in the same predicament. All I need to do is mention that Mike will be gone this week and that week in front of my girls, and they're all like "Dude, bring Isaac and Jacob over and I'll cook you pancakes." We professors' wives must stick together.
Right now our Dada is in town, but now that I am no longer afraid to bring people over to my house, we play the part of the people offering up the pancakes. Today we had Amy and her two young ladies, Eva and Molly (of Friday's crib-sharing fame) over to play. Here's Eva (with me and Isaac). She loves to read. Isn't she so pretty? Look at that thick black hair!

We encouraged the girls to stay and stay and stay some more, fed them lunch, shared our toys and even our little-person potty with them. Eva is a little shy, and this brings out a curious side of Isaac -- the uber-gentlemanly side. When Eva arrived, Isaac welcomed her in. "Eva, please come in," he said. He not only shared his toys, including his huge ride-on Thomas, but showed Eva how they worked so she would have a better time with them. Who is this child, and why in the holy heck is he not this way for me?
Dada is going out in the field later this week, and since he is taking Ella's daddy with him, we will be heading over to Ella's house for some evening entertainment. The sister-solidarity lives on. (and you can check out some pictures from yesterday of Isaac playing with Ella -- and not beating her up! -- on Ella's website)
But "being aware" and "surviving with two small whiny offspring" are two very, very different things. Luckily, we have found something of a support-system for ourselves -- wives of other professors in the same predicament. All I need to do is mention that Mike will be gone this week and that week in front of my girls, and they're all like "Dude, bring Isaac and Jacob over and I'll cook you pancakes." We professors' wives must stick together.
Right now our Dada is in town, but now that I am no longer afraid to bring people over to my house, we play the part of the people offering up the pancakes. Today we had Amy and her two young ladies, Eva and Molly (of Friday's crib-sharing fame) over to play. Here's Eva (with me and Isaac). She loves to read. Isn't she so pretty? Look at that thick black hair!

We encouraged the girls to stay and stay and stay some more, fed them lunch, shared our toys and even our little-person potty with them. Eva is a little shy, and this brings out a curious side of Isaac -- the uber-gentlemanly side. When Eva arrived, Isaac welcomed her in. "Eva, please come in," he said. He not only shared his toys, including his huge ride-on Thomas, but showed Eva how they worked so she would have a better time with them. Who is this child, and why in the holy heck is he not this way for me?
Dada is going out in the field later this week, and since he is taking Ella's daddy with him, we will be heading over to Ella's house for some evening entertainment. The sister-solidarity lives on. (and you can check out some pictures from yesterday of Isaac playing with Ella -- and not beating her up! -- on Ella's website)
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