21 Jul 2010 by
shoppingmum Some of my friends think that I’m a supermom. Juggling a biz, kids, chores, cooking and etc, without a maid but only hubby. But I do have my very very bad moments, and I’ve just had one just now.
I was trying to upload Isabelle’s photobook in the afternoon, and it was not completely uploaded by the time I needed to pick up the kids. So, I left the laptop at the office, and went to their school. I didn’t arrive too late today, but I could tell that both kids were tired, as usual.
I drove them back to my office, and told Justin I would need to run up to the 5th floor to grab my laptop and I would get down. Keep the door locked and please STAY AWAKE and don’t fall asleep. So, I went upstairs, and the uploading was not done yet. Thinking that the kids were in the car, I went down again and thought that I could bring them to the photo shop to develop the photos for their school.
Who knows? Both kids were sound asleep. VERY VERY SOUND ASLEEP!
I knocked and banged on the windows but they didn’t get up. I got panic and I kept calling their names. The designing staff downstairs heard my calls and came to help too. But they still didn’t get up. I quickly went in the room to call hubby, asking if he can get the spare key at home. But then, the house key was in my car and he never brings the keys! My phone was in the car, so I tried to call my number, hoping that the kids will wake up but they didn’t. At the moment, I really thought of SMASHING the glass!
The office maid came to help too, and later on, BIL. All 4 of us tried to knock and bang but my kids just KEPT SLEEPING!!! Then, I remembered there was a mechanic shop nearby and I got the staff to go get the men. The mechanics came and they tried to open the door. They did something like opening the rubber insulating thingy around the glass window ( I don’t know the exact term) and tried to open the lock with a wire. Damn, I was still hoping that they could just BREAK THE DOOR!
When they were breaking in, all of us were still calling and banging on the car door. And guess what? Both my kids were still very much asleep!!!! I was really panic if they had too much carbon monoxide but my common sense told me that it’s only less than 5 minutes that I left them in the car, so they should be fine.
Ok, I was trying to stay positive and calm myself down. I know I DID WRONG by leaving them in the car and go grab my laptop!!! My priority list had gone haywire today.
Thank god that the mechanics managed to break the lock and the door was open. Again, both kids were still asleep. I quickly checked Isabelle if she’s ok, and then Justin. Isabelle was sitting at the front passenger seat, while Justin was at the back seat. Both were buckled up in their boaster seats, and maybe they were feeling very comfortable sleeping in it.
I tell you, you can’t imagine how relieved I feel when I touched my kids!!! BIL suggested that he carried the kids upstairs first since I still got to go develop some photos. Sigh…If we have a lift at this office building, I would carry both tired kids up in the first place too…
So, one lesson learned. NEVER NEVER LEAVE YOUR KIDS IN THE CAR!
When I was at the photo shop waiting for the photos to be developed, I really felt like the lousiest and stupidest mother in the WWW. What if the kids just can’t wake up? You know? That kind of thought of losing your kids?
Thus, after everything was done, I went back to the office to grab my stuffs and pick up the kids. Then, I went to the petrol station. Before this incident, I would just pack in front of the convenient store to grab the bread while the kids wait in the car, but this time, I dragged them along. Of course, the initial plan was just to grab a loaf of bread but I ended up paying for 2 kiddie books, a pack of jelly, and 2 kaya buns.
That’s the thing of dragging kids along while you just want to do a quick shopping…
But I’m SO GONNA DRAG THEM ALONG FROM NOW ON!
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