Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

I’ve done this twice, but I only get through yesterday before being sidetracked and have to scrap it for another day. Today! Today’s the day!

Yesterday:

- I had a meeting two hours away, so I got on the road early to get there. I downloaded Labor Day to listen to in the car, and when I got there I looked at my phone for the time, and it was completely wonky. Somehow it lost DST! I was freaking out a little, because I had no idea what time it was (poor people in padded rooms that are deprived of time). But I was on time (not an hour early) and half the other people for the meeting were 45 minutes late.

 - Most of the way through, I missed a call from daycare. Spencer had a fever, and my husband had to go pick him up. S has been battling what I thought was an earache and a sinus infection, but with this second fever (he had one a couple days ago that hadn’t reoccurred), it was definitely time to get to a doctor. I rushed home after my meeting to get him to a doctor’s appointment. We were ridiculously late, but they took him.

Ear infection and Strep.

So I took him to Publix for new toothbrushes and Amoxicillin, and then we went home so he could watch Star Wars in bed and I made soup for dinner. C picked up Henry from daycare and we had dinner (Henry had the soup minus the soup part – strained to just sausage and beans, and he ate that happily. The things I do for picky children).

- As we were cleaning up, Henry was laying on the couch watching cartoons and starts complaining that it hurts to swallow. So I dragged him into the bathroom with a flashlight, and his throat looks like his brother’s. By this time it’s 7:15pm, so off to urgent care we go to get another strep diagnosis and more antibiotics.

They were amazing. I’m pretty sure they are better every time we go. The doctor actually made Henry like her (and considering he was doing that screaming ridged board thing when I took him in, that was a miracle), they gave him a popsicle and even got him to do TWO throat cultures without crying (the nurse accidentally dropped the first one). 

 

So yep, strep. We hightailed it to the pharmacy across the street to get the script filled before closing, and got home at 9pm. For all those playing at home, I was running and driving from 7am to 9pm solid. Exhausting.

- I’m now petrified that I’m going to get it, and I have some out of town things for work so I really don’t have time for strep. I have large tonsils and I’m very susceptible. Bah.

Today:

- I had C's car key in my purse this morning when I left for work (I took his car for the second doctor appointment because I had the work car and thus no carseat for the three year old.) So I had to turn around and drop it by the house, which made me late. However, my boss forgot to set her alarm so she was significantly later than my 5 minutes.

- Both kids are staying home with daddy while he attempts to work. I made sure all technology was charged and advised to placate with much television. Somehow work has to get done sometimes, right? With my upcoming work trips, I cannot afford to be out of the office right now, and thankfully while C planned on being in the office, he can work from home. This is one of those times that our situation feels lucky, even if it’s inconvenient.

- Work! This is the plan. Much work. The plan is to finish all of this week’s work today, and tomorrow I can start on next week’s work since I won’t be in the office. And shrimp for dinner, I think. The kids like shrimp.

- I will remember to take a photo of something that makes me happy today. I have forgotten for the last three days (out of seven. That’s a Lent fail, right? Pick up and start again.)

Tomorrow:

- I have jury duty. It’s been a few weeks, so I hope that it doesn’t take all day but I don’t know. It's so interesting and so mentally exhausting as well. 

- work, more work! I need to get on that. I don’t want to be terribly behind when I miss four days in the office next week. The kids will be back at daycare, God willing, and I think it will be bounce house day. She tries to fill Spring Break with fun stuff.

- I’m thinking maybe ice cream will be in order.