I leave for New York City on Thursday. I’m psyched – a bundle of every emotion. My plans? I’m seeing Josh Ritter on Thursday night. If you love the singer songwrite type, I highly suggest you check him out. I’m going with an old friend – yes he’s a guy and don’t ask because I don’t know and your guess is as good as mine. Other than that, I want to check out a flea market and shop, walk, sleep and drink – not necessarily in that order.
Will? He’s staying with my sister and her son. For four days and three nights. I’m excited. Don’t get me wrong – things with Will have been awesome lately. He’s sleeping well, he’s a total blast to be around and the tantrums are at a minimum – but I’m looking forward to having a meal that I don’t need to share with him and to reading a newspaper from start to finish. However, the old anxiety issues started to creep in last night. And they’re ridiculous. I have no concern with him missing me or my sister not handling things. I’m thinking big scale.
Between the bomb scare in Times Square a few weeks ago and that kid being left family’less after that plane crash last week, I started to worry about ‘catastrophes’ last night. You know the realistic fears of being blown up in a terrorist plot or my plane making an emergency landing on the Hudson, but without Sully, so we sink to the depths below and Will is an orphan – singing on the streets and saying ‘Please sir, can I have some more?’.
I wrote about my fears for Will after a wonky mammogram a couple months ago and I guess it’s just something I’m going to have to come to terms with. But thinking about travelling without him last night made me remember the will kit that I bought when he was a week old…the one that is sitting unopened on my desk. How I have made time to print, album and label all his pictures but haven’t made the time to complete my will???
I have three days before I leave so logically, it ain’t happening this round. I have five years before my girlfriends and I take off for Italy…so sometime between now and then, I need to complete it. Actually, I’m vowing today to make it a priority. And I think we all should. It’s like Oprah’s No Texting Pledge….are you signing? Will you sign up with me to do a will?
**sidenote why the hell didn’t I name him John, Charlie or Fred or something – the Will/will thing gets effing confusing**
Oh and I’m worried about leaving him as a orphan yet I let him do this….how many safety issues can you name in this picture???
We got our will done right after our first child was born – we went to a lawyer and let him do the work. Seriously, it only cost about $250 and all we had to do was sit down with him for about 15 minutes to go over the deets (all with his advice, incidentally) and then go back to sign it a few days later. I highly recommend it.
As for the picture – that reminds me so much of when my kids were little! Jen once said to me that I was the only person who could have their kid fall into the sink! I even used to go to all the trouble of buckling baby Charlotte into her bouncy chair…and then put it on the kitchen counter LOL.
And don’t sweat the catastrophe fears…they’re totally normal but mostly unfounded. Have a great time in the Big Apple!
Ugh…talk about denial. I think my husband and I bought that will kit software around the time my baby was born. He’ll be 11 in a couple of weeks and the will’s still in complete. I’m right there with you on the pledge to get it signed, sealed and delivered (I think it will be easier to get people to agree to this legal guardianship thing before he becomes a surly teenager)!
Thanks for the reminder – we leave for New York on June 3rd so I should get my will finished. There is a online canadian version that the globe and mail recommends –
http://www.legalwills.ca/
I know Christine…but he was insistent….
Is there hot coffee in that pot? the butter melting in the pan says the stove is on…and the knives….
But he’s helping…and you are right there taking a pic!
The only thing I see is running shoes with jammies. Fashion faux pas, sista!
Other than that – I see nothing wrong.
He is so cute…and getting to be so big too, non? Bill and I have been talking about making a will for us and it keeps getting put off. This post is inspiring me to revisit that conversation!
Enjoy NYC – one of my favorite cities to visit.