As soon as Erin was out the door, Blair missed her. She didn’t have time to harp on it, though, because Nolan immediately began clawing at her legs. “Bear! Bear! Let’s go to the pool.”

Blair shut her eyes. Just thinking about the pool made her tired. She knew she would be stuck tossing Nolan into the water more times than she could handle. “Don’t you want to do something different today? We go to the pool all the time.”

Nolan shook his head back and forth multiple times. “You didn’t go last time.”

“Yeah, but you did.” Blair playfully poked Nolan in the side.

Nolan giggled and wiggled away from her. “I love the pool.”

“I’ll make you a deal. Let’s hang out here until lunchtime and if you still want to go to the pool after we eat, we can.” Hopefully I can make it fun enough to get him to forget about the pool.

“Pool time!” Nolan said as soon as he took the last bite of his peanut butter and jelly just three hours (that felt more like eight) later.

Blair closed her eyes and pushed air out through her nose. Clearly I failed at making this morning extra fun. “Okay. You win. Go grab your bathing suit.”

Nolan ran upstairs, and much too soon, came back down swinging his bathing suit over his head, already completely naked.

Shit. I’m way too tired for this.

Blair quickly put on his bathing suit then argued with him the whole time she got hers on, since she was apparently moving too slowly.

“Shoulders! Shoulders!” Nolan shouted as soon as they were outside.

Blair groaned internally. He was literally going to kill her today. That wasn’t going to stop her from giving her favorite little boy exactly what he wanted. She bent down and hoisted him onto her shoulders. Even though it wasn’t a long walk to the pool, Blair thought she might collapse by the time they got there. There was no time for that. As soon as she put him down, Nolan sprinted toward the water, yelling at Blair to grab his swimmies. She quickly ripped off her shirt, grabbed his swimmies, and chased after him. She caught up to him right before he hit the water and shoved the swimmies up his arms, then threw him in. He laughed hysterically as he hit the water which helped to bring the slightest bit of Blair’s energy back.

That slight bit of adrenaline was nothing compared to the energy the next few hours stole from her, though. Luckily, Nolan didn’t ask her to carry him on her shoulders on the way home, because even without him up there, she still felt like she could barely get her legs to move. Note to self: no more busy weekends.