Explain to me again how to spell "team"?
You can't win them all!
Early this morning it was time to feed the baby.
We had had a good night in that Cathy and I got 2-3 hours of sleep at a shot
between feedings and the baby wasn't fussy between times. We generally divide
the workload at night between both of us. I tend to get up and change her diaper
and then I hand her off to Cathy to feed her. Since she's being breast-fed, I'm
not equipped to do much on the feeding end! I change the diapers at night to
keep Cathy from having to do
everything.
Early this morning I didn't
feel like changing her diaper. If you give me a few hours I'm sure I can come up
with some lame-ass excuse.
We're
sitting on the bed making goo-goo eyes and noises at the baby when she really
starts fussing. This is the
conversation-
Cathy (as the baby
whines)- "Uh... well?"
Alan (innocently)-
"Well what?"
Cathy- "Aren't you going to
change her diaper so I can feed her?"
Alan-
"No. I don't want to." (hey, at least I'm honest and not making an
excuse)
Cathy- "Excuse me? You can't do that.
We're a team. At night, you change her and I feed her. That's the way it
works!"
Alan- "Hmm. To my knowledge, there's
no "I" in "team". Therefore, "I" don't want to change
her."
Cathy (after smirking and then giving
me a piercing stare)- "I don't think so. Go change
her."
When I played sports in high
school, I was taught that there was no "I" in "team". I even learned that in
English class. Looks like everyone was wrong. There really is an "I" in
"team"!
Now where do I stick it?
<smirk>
Posted: Wed - May 5, 2004 at 03:47 PM