I've been walking to work lately for several reasons: the garage at work is closed for repairs, there is a work-sponsored walk program currently going on, and lastly, it seems to be about the only exercise I seem to be able to get lately. Work is about 1.7 miles from home so it's pretty doable but when I add bring ing Sam to daycare to the mix, my morning is more like 3.5 miles plus the time it takes to load Sam in the stroller and drop him off at daycare so mornings are tight! I just discovered that I can cut about a half a mile or more from the distance by taking a shortcut along the train tracks*. One block on the tracks saves about six walking blocks so that's a pretty strong time saving incentive.
The problem is that Sam is very fastinated with trains but we don't want him to think that traintracks are for anything other than trains and to that end, we've used the book "The Little Engine that Could" as a training tool. There is a stilly looking clown that is constantly standing on the tracks so we'll yell out "Get off the tracks, clown!" Sam enthusiastically joins in.
The good news is that the traintrack portion of the walk to work occurs after I drop him off or before I pick him up but it's immediately after drop off or before pick up. If he was looking out the windows at daycare he could actually see me walking down the tracks. So when I take my little shortcut I'm riddled with guilt and have to sneak along where he can't see me. I keep expecting him to yell "Get off the tracks Mommy!"
*Don't worry Mom, the tracks are two wide, there is lots of space on either side and it's rarely used....
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Anne, you have WAY too much guilt!
really guilt about being careful with your son?
SILLY SILLY SILLY
in Boston they say the third rail is "live" beware!
maybe not in Ver-munt ayuH
I didn't think there could ever be such a thing as too much guilt! LOL
No live third rails here unless they've perfected an invisible third rail somehow. If they (the royal they) have, they need to extend that to all unsightly or dangerous objects.
LOL Now, now Anne, we weren't raised Jewish. You don't have to feel guilty about doing something you tell your son NOT to do. As long as you don't get caught! :-)
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