Continued from Part Three…
I got to the doctor’s at 1:15 but after I parked, I could not get the key out of the ignition, so I ended up leaving the key and locking the van by arming the alarm and rushing to the appointment. The doctor said it was most likely a strain, but to bring him back if he was not walking by Friday or Monday. When I got to my van I could not remove the key or start it, so before calling roadside assistance I called Bobby who laughed at me asking if I still had it in gear, I fiddled with it a bit to find that it was in gear, even though it appeared to be in park.
While at the doctor’s the weather turned cold and foul and Matthew was underdressed so I felt guilty taking him out in the rain in shorts. Next, we went into Walgreen’s to get some Motrin (we only had Tylenol and Motrin for colds); with the rest of our luck it was no surprise when we went to pay and the cashier’s scanner was broken. I ended up not getting a couple items because she could not get their codes to work.
I was so relieved to be home without any more drama, I got Matthew inside, gave him his medicine and let the dogs in the house… and of course, both dogs were soaking wet and muddy… leaving massive muddy dog prints all over the formerly clean carpets. Bobby told me to watch a movie and relax and he would pick up Subway for dinner and let me relax the rest of the evening; I have such a darling husband, he is so good to me. Other than losing power for 10-15 minutes or it taking me 3 hours to watch 2 hours of my movie, “Memoirs of a Geisha”, the last couple of hours have been uneventful.
So that is it, my sad tale of woe… My baby still cannot walk, my older two boys have no clue the meaning of the word “quiet”, and it is almost 7 pm and I have survived the day without blowing my eating plan.
Continued from Part Two…
Today, I knew it would be a difficult day from the start. The dog and cat kept waking me up, first when the cat was licking a plastic grocery bag, next when they started fighting, again when the cat wanted out, and finally I just gave up and got up when the dog started nosing around and whining.
The day started out normal enough, A. cried for a while, laid down for a nap before Matthew awoke, so I was able to sneak in a nap of my own. The phone waked me up once, but I was able to fall back asleep for a few more minutes before Matt started crying. His leg was still not any better so I called the doctor to make an appointment for 1:20, the only appointment left for the day. Of course, at the time it totally slipped my mind that I had furniture I ordered over a month ago coming from Denver between 11:45 and 2pm and it was too late to cancel. I figured I could get A.’s dad to stay if I needed, but then he called around the time he was supposed to be here to inform me he would be late and to take A. with me to Matthew’s appointment if he was not home.
By this time, I am in total panic mode so I call Bobby begging him to come home and help, but he has an appointment at 1 pm also with a General. While all this is going on, I remembered that I had forgotten to deposit a check yesterday and I had not balanced my account, so it was really no shock to learn that I was $12 overdrawn. While I was trying to get both babies ready to go the furniture arrived so I was thrilled one thing was taken care of, but I also had the matter of having 15 minutes until I had to leave, the check needing to be deposited and the little ones to keep occupied. Thank goodness for the Deposit at home feature, even if I did keep giving me error messages. A.’s dad arrived when I was depositing the check, I had to set her down on the carpet for a moment and of course, she screamed like a banshee. Matthew had managed to crawl downstairs in the meantime, so I carried him back up in major panic mode that it was 12:55 and we were supposed to be there at 1:05 for our 1:20 appointment. I came up to my diet peach tea spilled all over the carpet I had just cleaned, put the dogs outside and rushed out to the van.
Continued from Part One…
So the food is great, the company is better the kids are all outside on the deck happily eating when one of the women there hears one of the little ones crying. She rushes outside and sees that it is Matthew and he was on the trampoline with some of the big kids.
After trying to calm him for 30 minutes, we decide he is hurt more than we thought and we decided I would take him to the ER and Bobby would catch a ride home later. To make a long story shorter, they found nothing broken, decided it was a contusion, and sent him home four hours later. The staff was all wonderful, especially the admitting team. I spoke to a couple different nurses, and the doctor twice, but the young lady from admissions spent the most time with us. Around midnight, we left the hospital again and I had to get Bobby who got all the way home before he realized he had not brought his keys.
Sunday and Monday were spent carrying him around since he cannot bear any weight on his right leg. Yesterday was more difficult than Sunday because I had so much to do and I have A. in the morning and could not hold him the entire time. Luckily, Bobby was working from home and was able to help for the two hours I spent cleaning the carpets. I also had to run Austin up to the middle school for more testing, so I did not have to wake Matthew or take Christopher.
Author’s note: I am splitting this story into several smaller entries to make it easier to read. I apologize if it makes it harder to follow.
If you are reading this entry hoping for a happy story of butterflies or cute fuzzy puppies, you better hit your back button right now, or better yet, click the X in the upper right corner of your screen.
In order to tell you this sad tale of woe, I have to go back, back to Saturday the 19th. The day started out ordinary… I slept in, woke up and ate lunch, went to my acupuncture appointment and then came home to relax on my day off. We had turned down the request to baby-sit baby A. that evening because we had plans with our dear friends to have a Chili potluck and we have not seen this group of friends in almost/over a month.
