I am sure you must have been wondering where i have been but dont you wonder anymore because i have been here. Been busy trying to be the best mother in the world for Kev who is on school holiday. The experience has been amazing and so far i can say i am enjoying every bit of it.
I picked Kev on August 3rd from school and again he was surprised that it was his mother and not his granny who came to pick him up. The next day we traveled to my house where i live alone and with my new occupant, i have had to accommodate Kev who has now completely taken over the remote. My house which is ever neat has changed and is usually in a mess since Kev uses all ways he deems comfortable to watch his favorite cartoons. I sometimes find him lying on the carpet reading his books and at the same time with the cartoon on and wonder whether he is multitasking or what.
Kev is always alone on weekdays as i have to go to work. To make sure he gives himself a break from the cartoons, i don't leave him food in the house so that he can go out and have food and at least familiarize himself with the neighborhood as well. The junk lover obviously eats junk whenever he goes out for lunch. I do not discourage him because its just a short time and again he will be back to school. The other reason why i do not force him on any food is because he has severally refused to eat food that i have cooked and i have ended up having it myself. He does not give any reasons nor does he say he wont have the food prior to its being prepared. He just ignores it when its on the plate and continues with his hobby.
In this neighborhood, i have two friends who i can turn to in case of anything. So recently i decide to introduce Kev to them. We visited a lady first and Kev was eager to know her. Wait till we visited a man. I had told him the reason for our visit owing to the fact that i always leave him alone in the house and these two friends who live around can rush to check on him whenever he is alone in the house. On entering the man's house, Kev refused to even greet my friend and as if that was not enough walked out. My friend complained and warned that i risked not getting a man due to Kev's behavior. We got no relationship with the man though single because when i disclosed my status to him, he said a relationship with me is impossible. We however have continued to be friends and he often supports me checking on my house whenever am away.
Am trying to be friends to this boy who i have not been close to for many years since he was two years when i left him with my mother. Its my mother whom he sees as a confidant more than me. He feels free with her since she has seen him grow in his young years. I must say mum has been my angel. Though most of his life is spent in school, i try to be with him while he is on holiday to make sure we share our life together as it should have been from the beginning.
This is the second time i am having Kev alone. In all other previous periods, his granny had to accompany him whenever he was on holiday. I always felt it was not safe to leave him alone and my mother insisted that he was too young to be alone. When they are together they are an army. When they gang up against me i got to do what they want. But lucky me now he is grown. Boarding school has really helped.
Yesterday, he told me so angrily that i promised to buy him a bicycle. But i had to explain that since he is yet to attain the mean score that i want, then he cannot have a bicycle. We also discussed about relationships and he told me he does not have any kind of friendship with girls. In school which is mixed, he does not have a friend who is a girl. When i asked him why he changed the subject. Hmmm my son is grown into a man.
