So what kind of day did you have...
So today was kind of lame! My husband got sick (non-stop dry heaves and nausea) and I had to drive him to the doctor's (however, I am currently on a steroid that makes me dizzy and I should not drive, but alas a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do). So I called my mom at 5:30pm (AKA Jo-Ann or Nana) and asked if she could come over and watch my daughter, Lauren (she's got school tomorrow and the doctor's appointment was at 7:45 pm). Nana said "No Problem, that's what mom's are for!" and got in her car to come to my house. About 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours later Nana calls to say she is stuck in traffic, because of an accident, but she hopes to get off at the next exit (2/10's of a mile away) and be at my place within the next 20 minutes (which is when we need to leave).
But wouldn't you have guessed it, she is still stuck on the freeway when we need to leave (took her 30 minutes to go 1/10th of a mile). No worries, we will call my son, Kenny (Michael to some of you) who was at work and he will come home from work to watch his sister since this constitutes a "family emergency". Lauren assures us that she will be OK at home alone for the 10 minutes it will take Kenny to get home. And once Nana gets to the house, Kenny can go back to work! Sounds good...but wait...
In route to Kaiser with my sick husband, I get a call from my son, Kenny, he has a flat tire and they can't get the spare unstuck from under his truck...REALLY! So I call Nana, who is still on the freeway and hasn't moved in the last 20 minutes...Okay now I lose it!
So I pull into a parking spot, send my sickly hubby on his merry way and call my neighbor, Carmen, who wonderfully agrees to go to my house and pickup my daughter. (Thank the Lord for Neighbor Mommies). I call Nana back to let her know that Lauren is at Carmen's and she let's me know that she is still in the same spot on the freeway. I call Kenny to find out that he is in the seedier part of town but luckily one of his friends has AAA and they are on their way. I proceed to punch my horn a few times, scare neighboring individuals who just happened to be walking out of the Kaiser Office and then proceed to walk into the building and find my sickly hubby.
Found him...he is curled up in a ball on a chair with his little barf bucket waiting to be seen for his 7:45 appointment, by the way it is now 8:20pm. Finally we go in and the doctor informs us that he thinks its the flu. "But wait", I said, "We all got our flu shots this year!" to which the doctor responded, "That's good, he could be much worse!" So the doctor, gives him a shot of something called "Reglan" to settle his tummy, gives me a prescription to go down to the pharmacy and get filled and tells me to come back and pick him up after the prescription is filled and then we can go home (they wanted to make sure he wouldn't have any side affects). Nana calls, she just picked up Lauren from Carmen's! HOORAY!!!!!
So down to the pharmacy I go! Submit the prescription...please take a seat it will be 15 minutes...I guess I'll call Nana and let her know how truly grateful I am and "Oh, by the way, you've just walked into to a house that has 'THE FLU'!" To which she says, "no worries, everything will be OK" and gives me some perspective. The accident on the freeway was a fatality, someone just lost a loved one. Sure Michael is sick, mom just spent 2 hours on the freeway, Kenny has a flat tire (oh I need to call him), Lauren was at a neighbors house and yes earlier today I was told I have bronchitis (I forgot to mention that), but we are all OK! I tell her I love her and speak to Lauren for a minute, also telling her I love her, then I hang up and call Kenny.
Kenny is with AAA and they have just gotten the spare tire on, he is surrounded by 4 friends who came to his aid. I ask him to call me when everything is OK. I go back upstairs and get my husband, who is now less nauseous but super dizzy and we proceed to walk down to the car. He decides that the evening hasn't been fun enough and almost falls down, but quickly recovers. (Nice scare...did I mention I am currently struggling with a herniated T2 disc and bulged disk at C1,C2 & C3...I mean if he went down there was no way I was going to get him up). But we made it to the car. Just before backing out of my parking spot, Kenny calls. All is good and he is on his way!
Driving home was somewhat fun...in that I got kind of dizzy and had to drive by braille (I kept hitting the funny little bumps in the road). But we made it!
So why did I post all this on this blog, because tonight my mom reminded me of Aunt Cathy! Nana found the silver lining, they way Aunt Cathy always seemed to do! And I figured that Cathy would be proud of Mom too, just as I am! And like mom said earlier, someday we will laugh about this and you know what I think she is right!
But wouldn't you have guessed it, she is still stuck on the freeway when we need to leave (took her 30 minutes to go 1/10th of a mile). No worries, we will call my son, Kenny (Michael to some of you) who was at work and he will come home from work to watch his sister since this constitutes a "family emergency". Lauren assures us that she will be OK at home alone for the 10 minutes it will take Kenny to get home. And once Nana gets to the house, Kenny can go back to work! Sounds good...but wait...
In route to Kaiser with my sick husband, I get a call from my son, Kenny, he has a flat tire and they can't get the spare unstuck from under his truck...REALLY! So I call Nana, who is still on the freeway and hasn't moved in the last 20 minutes...Okay now I lose it!
So I pull into a parking spot, send my sickly hubby on his merry way and call my neighbor, Carmen, who wonderfully agrees to go to my house and pickup my daughter. (Thank the Lord for Neighbor Mommies). I call Nana back to let her know that Lauren is at Carmen's and she let's me know that she is still in the same spot on the freeway. I call Kenny to find out that he is in the seedier part of town but luckily one of his friends has AAA and they are on their way. I proceed to punch my horn a few times, scare neighboring individuals who just happened to be walking out of the Kaiser Office and then proceed to walk into the building and find my sickly hubby.
Found him...he is curled up in a ball on a chair with his little barf bucket waiting to be seen for his 7:45 appointment, by the way it is now 8:20pm. Finally we go in and the doctor informs us that he thinks its the flu. "But wait", I said, "We all got our flu shots this year!" to which the doctor responded, "That's good, he could be much worse!" So the doctor, gives him a shot of something called "Reglan" to settle his tummy, gives me a prescription to go down to the pharmacy and get filled and tells me to come back and pick him up after the prescription is filled and then we can go home (they wanted to make sure he wouldn't have any side affects). Nana calls, she just picked up Lauren from Carmen's! HOORAY!!!!!
So down to the pharmacy I go! Submit the prescription...please take a seat it will be 15 minutes...I guess I'll call Nana and let her know how truly grateful I am and "Oh, by the way, you've just walked into to a house that has 'THE FLU'!" To which she says, "no worries, everything will be OK" and gives me some perspective. The accident on the freeway was a fatality, someone just lost a loved one. Sure Michael is sick, mom just spent 2 hours on the freeway, Kenny has a flat tire (oh I need to call him), Lauren was at a neighbors house and yes earlier today I was told I have bronchitis (I forgot to mention that), but we are all OK! I tell her I love her and speak to Lauren for a minute, also telling her I love her, then I hang up and call Kenny.
Kenny is with AAA and they have just gotten the spare tire on, he is surrounded by 4 friends who came to his aid. I ask him to call me when everything is OK. I go back upstairs and get my husband, who is now less nauseous but super dizzy and we proceed to walk down to the car. He decides that the evening hasn't been fun enough and almost falls down, but quickly recovers. (Nice scare...did I mention I am currently struggling with a herniated T2 disc and bulged disk at C1,C2 & C3...I mean if he went down there was no way I was going to get him up). But we made it to the car. Just before backing out of my parking spot, Kenny calls. All is good and he is on his way!
Driving home was somewhat fun...in that I got kind of dizzy and had to drive by braille (I kept hitting the funny little bumps in the road). But we made it!
So why did I post all this on this blog, because tonight my mom reminded me of Aunt Cathy! Nana found the silver lining, they way Aunt Cathy always seemed to do! And I figured that Cathy would be proud of Mom too, just as I am! And like mom said earlier, someday we will laugh about this and you know what I think she is right!
posted by Chelle at 10:39 PM
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It's October and though it is my favorite month of the year, it also reminds me of Cathy. I just thought I should post that Kenny and I read this post and definitely had a great laugh (it's amazing how time does that) and we remember how wonderful Aunt Cathy is!
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