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C-8 Home Life Wednesday, April 18, 2018 The Press-Dispatch Katiedid vs... by Katiedid Langrock Feeling like a real parent PUBLIC AUTO & CLASSIC CAR AUCTION Saturday, Apr. 21 • 8:30am (EDT) SALE ORDER WITH MULTIPLE AUCTION RINGS 8:30 - Non-Running / Repairable Vehicles 9:00 - Tractors / Mowers / Trailers / ATVs 9:30 - Auto Auction 11:00 - Collector Cars 11:00 - Trees, Plants, Nursery stock Mark J. Graber, AU19400133 1382 S. State Rd. 257, Washington, IN www.graberauctions.com 812-254-2220 ALL consignments must be in by Thursday. Consign your classic car for free advertising! No entry fee. Graber Auctions Looking for an Auctioneer? Full-Time Auction Service Weekly Auctions, Heated and Cooled Facility Onsite Auction Services Available Farm Machinery and Antiques Real Estate Johny Ray is a licensed real estate agent. We can list your property for you! 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Call:1-877-257-1084 or Locally Call: 1-812-354-2814 • Free pregnancy testing • Free counseling and info. on pregnancy options. • Confi dential counseling for women & men who are suff ering from post-abortion syndrome. • Residential Care • Health and assistance referrals. • Training and education. • Assistance in getting baby and maternity clothes washpcc@sbcglobal.net www.washingtonpregnancycenter.com Nothing makes you feel more like a parent than wearing wrinkled sweats, listlessly flipping through your phone and sipping on drive-thru Starbucks while sitting in your parked but idling seven-seat SUV wait- ing for the Target to open. That's where I was this morning. The other parents, sit- ting in their own idling cars, would occasionally look up and make unintentional eye contact with me. I raised my coffee and gave a knowing nod to the shared trauma of child rearing. I'm confident there is an algorithm that can take in- to account the size of the Starbucks cup, the angle at which it is raised during a nod of solidarity, the depths of the bags under one's eyes and the amount of time be- tween one's arrival and the opening of the Target doors and perfectly calculate how many children one has. I have been a mom for more than five years. I have certainly experienced the fatigue, the exasperation and the need to hide in the bathroom for over an hour that come with parenthood, but it is the times like this morning in the Target park- ing lot that make me feel oh- so-momesque. Parents know the mo- ments I'm talking about: The moment when your at- tempt to get cozy with your part- ner gets momen- tarily paused be- cause a kid who should be sleep- ing calls you in to his room to ask for a cup of milk and you return to the bedroom to find your spouse snoring. The moment when you re- alize that your kids' clothes are washed multiple times a week but you have no idea when you most recently washed your jeans. The moment when you turn down seeing your fa- vorite band because you coached T-ball earlier that day and are way too exhaust- ed to go out. The moment when your bathroom solitude is inter- rupted by one kid wanting to read you a story and then by another kid crying that the first kid stole the book that's currently being read to you and then by your spouse wondering what the plan is for dinner. My friend was wiped by her toddler during one of those attempted bathroom escapes. Wiped. She said it was a guerrilla attack with toilet paper. She was just seeking solitude, and she will never again be the same. My high school friends and I have an ongoing group text. That's how I learned of the unwel- come wiping incident. It began soon af- ter we left college. It was how we kept tabs on our heartbreaks, first jobs and first loves. They have doc- umented our engagements and engagements called off. Texted ultrasound pictures have announced our incu- bating babies, sometimes two at a time. These days, the group text is the virtu- al Starbucks-raise solidari- ty nod as we share stories of tantrums and fun runs and that time my friend went to pick up her son from the grandparents' house, only to find him in the pool, in his clothes, clinging to the side and entirely alone. This par- enting thing is the scariest job you'll ever have. We sometimes like to im- agine what changes could be made to make Ameri- ca a more parent-friendly place. I'm not talking about the givens, such as afforda- ble child care, community help and a changing table in every women's and men's bathroom. No, we fantasize about the stuff that would re- ally help. Like a hunky life- guard genie named Zane monitoring every grandpar- ent's poorly watched pool, magically popping up with your safe baby . Or a remote control from inside the bath- room that enables you to tri- ple-lock the door, has pad- ding on the outside so your babies don't hurt themselves as they try to bash in and provides a camera so you can be sure they aren't do- ing something to kill them- selves on the other side. Or "parent concerts" that start right after the kids go to bed, are at a venue with couches to sit on, include a Lyft to get to and from the venue, and go no later than 10 p.m. Or a Target that opens exactly after school starts instead of 40 minutes later. When the doors opened, I bought a leather jacket. Sometimes you've got to dress up those wrinkled sweatpants. Like Katiedid Langrock on Facebook, at http://www. facebook.com/katiedidhu- mor. fish for that big bass or crap- pie. Winslow seniors meet on Monday and Tuesday at the Snyder Comm. Center. Pe- tersburg seniors meet on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- day and Friday in the Court- house basement. There were no postcards this week, but there are sev- eral that got waylaid, out there in limbo, and didn't get to us. Jim Johns had sent a postcard from Honduras, and a few more stars sent one from a trip they took. The Winslow area is be- ginning to get more color with the trees of red buds of maple, goldenrod bushes, tulip and peonies are com- ing up, the yards are full of white and purple blooms, the rose bushes have leaves and you can see now that daffo- dils are about to lose their blooms, the cherry blos- soms and the pink blooms on the peach trees, the flags and irises are growing taller, and the grass in some yards is getting mowed down. It's almost time to do the plant- ing in gardens, but the last frost isn't here yet. I saw a wasp last week, and the ants are out. Start looking for those pesky ticks; they are out now. Found mushrooms? The Patoka River is back in its banks and the River- side Park has small ponds in it. The fields by the river are drying up, but they still have many ponds also. The temps in Winslow were cold over April 7 and 8, and then it started to climb into a hot few days of 80s on April 12 and 13 just before another rain or storm comes over the weekend again. The winds haven't quit, but at least it's coming from the South not the cold North winds. We all wish that winter would end and spring would begin, but I guess we may have to wait a while longer. I hope not, because we have a lot to do outside and just get out of the house. Last Saturday, the Kids' Bazaar had about five ven- dors of kids' clothing, toys and beds, plus you should taste the chocolate cherry and other chocolates that Galaxy Moyes has made; they were tasty. To Deby Lamb and others who set up, and the shoppers, I hope you all had fun and that it was a success. Saturday was also the Pe- tersburg Hardware Anniver- sary Sale and we got free hot dogs. They were real tasty after shopping for the items we needed with that dis- count. We picked up a bath- room faucet and some pot- ting soil. We met a lot of our Pike Co. stars there doing the same. We also saw a rel- ative, Annabel Northerner. Later on at PC-1, we saw Del- aney Sanders and her mom, and the youngsters have grown up so fast. Soon they will be driving in Pike Co. April 6 -8 was Winslow Op- eration Clean Sweep where 25 -30 houses set out their trash bags by the curb, and the Fire Dept. and friends picked them up to fill a big dumpster. The Winslow Stars thank each one of you who helped their fellow neighbor. Does your dog have its dog tag for this year? If not, contract our Animal Control Officer, Bill Marshall. I be- lieve the cost is $1. Had coffee with Tim and Jeanette, and they have a new porch to go with the new double glass door, so they have more windows to make a sun porch and mud- room. Looks really nice. We also had a cup of cof- fee with Stacy Worthington and Chuck McCandless. Stacy, whatever we can do to help, just say the word and it's done. She is trying her best to get the informa- tion the Federal, State and County needs, but there are always minor problems that come up. Those things take up her time. Hang in there a little longer to help her out. Stacy is learning and is do- ing her best to help the town of Winslow as clerk. Tina Gayhart is helping with the water bills and some other stuff, and she is learning al- so. Thank you both for your timely help in Winslow Town Hall. The meeting for the 13th Winslow Community Fes- tival on September 15 was productive as we talked about what games we will have, musical groups, rides and much more exciting fun we will all have at Riv- erside Park and Main St. If you would like to be a part of the Family Fun, just come to our next meeting on May 7 at 6 p.m. There will be a city-wide yard sale June 2 for Winslow, Campbelltown, and points South. If you would like your yard sale in The Press-Dis- patch, just send your ad in like they are doing for the Petersburg Yard Sale, which is scheduled for May 12. The Winslow Sports Field has their opening day and Parade on April 21 with the season of games to start. They have had some great days for practice, and good luck to all the players. Have fun. The road has been grat- ed to fill in the rut left by all the heavy rains we have had, so thank you to whoever did it. It looks great. Are you all ready to stop reading the ramblings of Winslow? Well then, the lights are about to dim, but keep an eye on family and friends, slow down and see all the colorful beauty in your neck of the woods. Al- ways smile, wave and say hi to everyone you see this week. Continued from page 4 SWEETS