Do you ever have those “What was I thinking?” moments?
I had one last night as I replayed the day in my head as I tried to sleep.
Yesterday consisted of:
1. weekly visit to chiropractor for the entire family 10am
2. have tires rotated and balanced while visiting chiropractor at tire shop next door
3. feed kids semi-healthy meal at Zaxby's
4. make bank deposit
5. drop off cranky 2 year old with pink eye at home for a nap because dad is at home and see dog looking sad. allow dog to come with us for intended nature walk.
6. continue on to take 4 year old to 1/2 day K4 program by 12:30pm
7. continue on for a nature hike with 6 and 7 year old along with 2 other home school families
7a. finally tell two older boys where we are going so that 4 year old wasn't upset before going to school. happy yelling and hooping!
8. arrive at park and hike into woods. find scorpion, centipede, slugs, roaches and various other critters under rotting bark on dead tree. discuss mushrooms, decaying trees and bag worms.
9. make it almost to our destination, the creek, without any mishaps EXCEPT for said dog rolling in very fresh horse manure.
10. bathe said dog in creek
11. find salamander
12. 7 year old gets stung by yellow jacket
13. hike back to car on dirt road instead of nature trail to get to K4 in time to pick up 4 year old at 4pm
14. listen to 7 year old talk about how bad his leg is hurting as i watch it swell.
15. rush back by the house to drop off son so dad can administer Benedryl.
16. while at home take 2 year old with me to pick up 4 year old so dad can get back to work
17. 7 year old calls me on the cell phone while dad is actually AT HOME to cry about his eyes hurting.
18. pick up 4 year old and rush back home only to find…
19. 7 year old's lips and tongue are swelling.
19a. discover child is VERY allergic to yellow jacket sting.
20. call pharmacist at CVS because i'm convinced doctors really are from another planet.
21. give 7 year old second tsp. of Benedryl and administer daughters Epi-pen Jr.
22. have NO IDEA needle on Epi-pen is three feet long and don't warn 7 year old.
23. tear big hole in 7 year old's leg.
24. more screaming
25. ice on hole
26. try to decide ER or no ER (I hate emergency rooms)
27. decide to watch him 30 more minutes before going to ER
28. swelling subsides some
28a. wrestle 2 year old to the floor twice to administer pink eye drops after 2 days of breast milk drops in her eyes are not helping the problem.
29. decide made right decision about ER
30. call back friendly CVS pharmacist to tell how 7 year old is doing.
31. more Benedryl in 4 hours, watch closely…….
feed kids, hubbie off to football, walk around like a zombie, fall into bed at 11:30 and can't sleep.
32. and wonder………
WHAT WAS I THINKING?????????????????
You had a day and a half!!!! I hope that today was much, much better.
~Annemarie
phew. I’m tired just reading your entry. What a day! Hope the pink eye and sting are better today!
WOW!
Hope your little ones are feeling better today.
Praying you got a good night’s sleep! : )
Julie D.
What a day you had! I can’t even imagine. Today, my older son face-planted in the yard and scraped one of his nostrils, and my younger son did something that caused his pinky finger to bleed under the nail. Plus they’ve both got colds. Frustrating as it was, it doesn’t even begin to compare to your day. If I were in your shoes, I probably would have collapsed by noon. Anyway… it was nice to see you at Scotland Diaries today, even though my husband accidentally posted a blank blog entry when he closed out all the programs on our computer last night. That was funny. So you see, I’m attempting to blog at the very least! Something always just comes up, it seems. Hope to see you around again soon! And I hope you were able to get some good rest after that day of yours! 🙂
Some days it pays to just sit in bed, watch movies, read books and eat junk food! I hope the bee sting is healing! Whew! I needed a sedative after reading about your day.