Three Against One

This is actually tomorrow's blog.  It just hit me tonight.  I will one day be a woman living with three men.  I don't know why I've never really considered this before.  I've always just thought of my  two sons as boys.  Tonight, as I sit here typing and they all three (husband included) sit watching basketball, I realize I am truly outnumbered.  I have three males that all enjoy watching sports, history, and nature shows.  Gag me now, please.  My husband won a battle that I never even knew was underway.  He has two comrades in his corner, while I sit all alone in mine. 

I really hate the sound of basketball games on TV.  For some reason, my brain seems to focus on the squeaking of the players' shoes.  I could go into my bedroom right now, turn on the radio, and fold some laundry, but I will still be able to hear that incessant squeak, squeak, squeaking!!!  AAAHHH!  Calgon, take me away!!!

My Robbie is now fully eye to eye with me.  He's beginning to even pass me up a little.  It also just occurred to me today that I will one day be the short one in my family.  Huh??  I've always been tall.  Yet all too soon, I'll be the shrimp of the group.  That depresses me.  I'm not sure why, but it does.  

I am thankful for my boys.  As I've said before, I think I'm better suited to mothering boys.  However, I feel for all the other moms of just boys out there.  I know your pain as you cannot drive anywhere without farting becoming a topic of discussion in a vehicle.  It tends to come up, because someone is always doing it in the small confines of the vehicle.  I feel for you as you sit alone in a corner of your home while the guys watch the shows least appealing to you.  How many things do you really need to know about mythical monsters, snakes of the Amazon, or last night's ball scores??  I fear I will one day know the pain of coming in second behind a daughter-in-law's family for every holiday, coming in second as a babysitter for my grandkids, and coming in second-best as Grandma.  Won't the hands of time just slow a little, PLEASE??