yaya-less once again

Posted on April 22, 2008

Once again, Mateo’s yaya went home. This time though, she told us way ahead of time that she wants to visit her mom in the province. Initially, she told me she’ll be back after two weeks but after several days, she told me that she’s not sure if she’ll be coming back. It would have been no trouble at all since I’m supposed to stay home this summer. However, I decided to teach math summer classes so that we could augment our summer income too. My class is still ongoing until next week and we’re left with no one to look after Mateo. The remedy we’ve found is to ask a former co-teacher’s wife to look after Mateo while we’re in school. Their house is just a few blocks from school so it’s easy to drop him off and pick him up. Ever since yesterday, Mateo and I have our morning bonding times when it’s just the two of us at home. It can be quite a struggle keeping him entertained. If only he has some swing sets he can play with. What we do is just play with his toys, read his book, blow bubbles, and anything else we can think of. Despite getting so tired with taking care of him and playing with him, I feel myself getting younger each day