A guy and I wrote this together a few years ago through email and I just decided to post it. Hope you like it.
Gavin
Hope and I have an ordinary life. With two kids and hectic jobs, we hardly have time for ourselves. We have not had a date for months and are trying to make multiple things happen to keep our 'active' kids engaged in different activities. Between soccer, ballet, and school, we spend much of our weekends (and some nights) running them to and from multiple events. Thankfully, we planned out the weekend schedules before Sat to avoid last-minute cancellations or surprises.
The alarm clock that often can wake up the dead went off promptly at 8:30 am on Sat. I rubbed my eyes awake to get myself ready for another busy Saturday. I turned on my phone and went through the schedule mentally.
"No surprises here", I said to my sleeping wife of 15 years. Hope kept trying to avoid the inevitable wake up from their kids or dog. I knew that one of the morning risers was on their way to get mommy up. Sometimes, both kids and dogs jumped on the bed before the alarm went off which denied us any hope of early morning pleasure-something we tried but gave up after being so frustrated.
I went downstairs alone and started pouring cereal for everyone and making eggs for anyone wanting something new. The rest of the family eventually joined me. We went through the Saturday schedule. It didn't take long for Hope and I to get upset at one of the kids for not sitting long or playing around with their breakfast. Having a dog helped them with much of the excess mess left on the floor.
After getting dressed and ready, we went our separate ways. We stayed in touch with each other until we returned home for lunch. The kids were too old for naps, so Hope and I put on a movie to give everyone quiet time.
"Quite a busy Saturday we have going", Hope told me.
"Yes, we have our fair share of those it seems." I responded. "I was thinking of an evening out tonight but the challenge is finding a last-minute babysitter.
Hope
I started thinking of what one of my coworkers suggested for an activity to spice up their bedroom time. She told me about pretending to act out someone else and gave me some suggestions and clothing options to try out. I laughed at Paige for the silly idea until she thought about that some more.
"Gavin, I will see what I can do with finding a sitter. But with the last-minute situation it might be hard to do", I said and was thinking along the lines of asking their neighbor, Vada, that I was talking to the other day in passing that her daughter, Eve, was wanting to try to earn some money but did not know how to go about asking people. So I called Vada and asked her if she could talk to Eve about babysitting for them in the evening.
While I was waiting for Eve to come to the phone, I was still thinking about the suggestion of pretending to be someone and dressing up for it. If we did that then there was shopping to do to find the appropriate clothes for the occasion. Eve came on the line and said, "Hello Mrs. H. How are you?"
I said, "I am fine Eve. How are you and was wanting to know if you would like to earn some money tonight? My husband and I were wanting to get out for a little while for some alone time and we needed a babysitter. We can pay you the going babysitting rate."
Eve said, "I am fine and I would love to babysit your children for you and earn the money too. I love children and this will help me not only make some money but learn how to care for small children and make me a better person. Plus will help me when I have children of my own one day but hope that will be far off."
I said, "Ok Eve, hang on just a minute and I will let you know what time for you to be here." So I walked in the living room where I thought Gavin went but he was not in there, then walked into the bedroom but he was not in there either. I was thinking, 'Where can he be?' I went into the kitchen and still could not find him. Now this is getting weird. All of a sudden I felt 2 hands go around me and I screamed. Gavin started laughing and hugged me. He had been hiding.
Gavin said, "I am so sorry, Honey, but could not resist sneaking up on you. Were you looking for me? Did you find a babysitter yet."
I said, "Yes babe, I did and I needed to find out what time she needed to be here? And you are going to regret sneaking up on me and I will get you back. Revenge is going to come around whenever you least expect it."