Remember the good old days when you walked into the living room, went up to the TV, turned tint ONI and stood there waiting for it to warm up. Then you adjusted the Lund, turned the nob a couple of times to find one of the four channels that you wanted to watch and sat down and didn't move until that show was over. If you needed to change channels or adjust the sound you got up, walked to the TV and did what you needed to do. NOT ANY MORE!
We are with Kaelin and Finn while their parents are away for fur days. God help grandpa if he is twenty minutes without Fox News so travel is always a challenge for the poor dear. And to make matters worse he has to share the TV with a five year old and a two year old . . . Both of whom can operate the TV clickerS with no problem at all while grandpa sits there with his thumb up his butt. Ger is still trying to master the ONE clicker that he is allowed to touch. (The DVD and actual TV clicker are forbidden to him. Nt only would he totally screw up the TV AND DVD player but he would then proceed to loose either one or both of them. He is happy with his possession of the cable clicker and thinks he is big stuff when he can find a show he wants to watch. Now we come to Maryland, the home of endless clickers and endless choices of programming. I realized early on to just hand all the remotes over to five year old Kaelin and let her perform her magic. Are we going to watch something from Netflix? Or how about something from On Demand? There are also all the shows that mom and dad have recorded so that means another clicker or perhaps we just want to watch the Disney channel. Even my head is spinning at the choices of places these kids can find shows to watch. Grandpa is just comatose. Not only can't he handle the choices but the fact that none of those choices involve Fo News is just too over the too for him.
Today Finn wasn't feeling well so we spent the morning in their living room playing cars and watching TV. Kaelin had gone to school so it was up to me to find Finns favorites. I managed to get him to settle for Disney channel and what ever show happened to be on at the time. That was great until I put Finn down for his nap and I fell asleep on the bed. Ger was left to his own devices and an array of clickers. He took a nap!
Good thing we both napped because we are pooped. Little people are all in bed. Dinner was eaten, showers were taken, homework done, teeth brushed and books read. Now that I think of it I never gave Kaelin her allergy medicine. Oops, just when I thought I had it under control.
I think I'll be going to bed . . . It's one place that I don't need a clicker or an instruction sheet.
Wish us well fr the next three days and I'll let you no if we survive.
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