This is from the free daily newspaper AM New York last week. This is totally me:
I don’t mean to be a baby-carting bully, but when people are standing in the middle of the sidewalk, they need some encouragement to do what normal, decent, law-biding citizens should do: get the heck out of the way.
If there were cars stopped in the middle of the highway for no good reason, what would you do? Lay on the horn. Well, the Cool Stroller doesn’t have a horn, but it has a fat front wheel that rides perfectly on the backs of peoples’ ankles (not that I’ve ever done that, though I’m curious how a busted-up Birkenstock got in our spokes).
And what if you were driving an ambulance coming upon said pointless roadblock? Well, you’d do much more than honk your horn. You’d push through the traffic if that meant saving the life of your patient. And if you’re thinking, “Well, CD, you’re not exactly in a life-and-death emergency here,” then you probably haven’t had a toddler screaming, “I NEED TO GO POO-POO” in your expensive, new double jogging stroller.
So, if you’re on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and stop in the middle of the sidewalk to ask yourself whether you just passed a Real Housewife of New York, and you happen to notice a speeding red blur behind you, roll. Cool Baby’s poo-poos wait for no one.
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Hey! I haven’t been caught up on your blog – so first off, congratulations on the new little man!! This post made me laugh out loud – I’m the same way. Drives me bonkers when someone darts in front of the stroller or won’t move, I just want to say, “Trust me, it’s harder for me to completely move out of YOUR way than to you move out of mine!”
Anyway, we’ve been in NYC since June 15 now, house is about settled, my Mom was here visiting for a week and now we have a week to try and obtain some sort of family life/schedule before another couple visitors come! It’s lovely to have the visitors, but exhausting too. I’m looking forward to this week and just some normal life with the family. Glad to see your family is doing well – hope you are getting some sleep!
“Trust me, it’s harder for me to completely move out of YOUR way than to you move out of mine!”
That perfectly sums up my nearly 2 years as a parent in NYC.
Cool Mum is barely getting sleep, but thank you for the well wishes!
Congrats on the move! We look forward to hearing more.