This morning I received a call from one very sick Caramama.  She requested that I act as coordinator of the DC Meetup today.  At first I was a little apprehensive.  This is admittedly not my strong suit.  I’m usually not very outgoing and really only start talking to people I haven’t met before if introduced by someone else or they happen to strike up a conversation with me for whatever reason.  But I sucked it up and was determined to not let this deter my duties.

Upon arrival I met with Dana and Aria whom I know IRL.  We were the only ones there at that point.  Per the descriptions Caramama had given me of everyone who thought they would attend, I watched the door as much as I could but Monkey wasn’t in the mood to play in the playarea at first so I ended up feeding him his lunch early.  I missed Kate coming in but Dana pointed out that she might be apart of the group so I went over and asked and sure enough, she was!

After his lunch, Monkey felt better and was a little more eager to go into the playarea.  So I tried to chat with Dana and Kate and keep an eye on Monkey, too.  The Play Cafe had a few young girls there to watch the little ones but I think the ratio might have been too high to take your attention away from the playarea completely.  A little later, I saw someone I thought might have been Zaimee and her family so I approached them.  They confirmed and joined the group.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get to spend much time talking to Zaimee and her husband because Monkey was getting a little too daring with some climbing things in the playarea.  But I think Dana had a chance to to talk with them so I’m glad they were able to chat it up and not feel left out.

Monkey was having a really good time as were the other kids but as Kate and I agreed, it was getting close to nap time and we would probably have to go.  Monkey had a meltdown when I took him out of the playarea (he’s entering the terrible twos already).  He had been up for 6 hours already and I knew he’d pass out on the way home.  Sure enough, he did and in rare form, I was able to carry him to his crib without him fully waking up.

I think Caramama will be happy to know that it went well.  We still missed her though!  Maybe next time!