Talking about boys

Excerpts from an email today from Jill, my oldest daughter, and mother of three boys (ages 8, almost-6 and 3).

Anyway, [Byron is] going to go to at least three and maybe as many as six European cities and his flight and all the hotels would be paid for. I want to hide in his luggage for some of it if I can possibly work it out.

Would anyone be available and maybe willing to housesit in the first half of October? (I say housesit because I will lock the children in the basement with water dishes and bowls of food, and tell them not to make noise, if it means you are more willing to do this.)

Early October should be a pretty easy time – only one to two sports per kid, plus piano, plus school – a breeze.

All right, not looking for any commitments, just maybe a “maybe” or a “never going to happen” and an idea of when you might or might not be available in October, and how many days is your maximum possible allotment of the Boy Experience.

Your Devoted Daughter, Jill

I wrote her, “I’m in, as much as you need to make it happen.”