Some
days which can turn into weeks and even seem longer, you have to laugh to keep
from crying. This is an exact description of this week and it is only
Wednesday!
Gavin,
our middle child is always our darling that contracts the most obscure illnesses.
When he was a baby, he actually had whooping cough, a bit later a rare
strand of ecoli poisoning, nephrotic syndrome which is a kidney
issue causing your body to swell up like a balloon and this week,
mulluscum, a strange skin irritation.
Naturally like everyone else, the last thing I feel I ever have time for is a
sick kid and worse yet, a sick kid that needs to see a doctor. We are however
lucky in that we love our doctor but that does not mean I care to make the trip
any more than necessary. The treatment for his current issue left him with a
chemical burn, out of school for two days and a couple of sleepless nights due
to itch and pain-not fun!
Not sure about the rest of the world, but sleepless nights for me equals a
severe decline in brain function. To add to the week's fun, I got to take Jacob
for vaccinations leaving him to be Fussy McFusserson the rest of the week or at
least to this point. However as any mom can tell you, when a baby is crying,
time seems to stand still; minutes seem like hours!
Luckily I was able to have lots of laughs this week to keep from crying. In the classroom today, while students were practicing their states and capitals, I actually heard a kid give a hint to another student about the capital of Massachusetts. The hint he gave was, “there is a lager named after this capital.” I thought to myself, "Did I just hear that correctly and from a 5th grader?" The other student responds, "Boston!" I smiled to myself and looked the other way knowing that they will both get that one right on the test.
Then this afternoon while trying to make it back home, although my vehicle was reading it had half a tank of gas, it stalled and shut off in the parking lot where I just picked up our pizza for supper. This was just fantastic because all three kids were with me, the older two were hungry and arguing and the baby was crying. Luckily my husband and I are able to problem solve in stressful situations and while on the phone he reminded me that the gas tank sensor had gone bad once before. I call my mom to the rescue, make my way over to the nearest gas station with a gas can in my hand, my pant suit and heels on and proceed to dump some gas in and off we went-again laughing-knowing I looked absolutely ridiculous to onlookers.
When we finally reached home Gavin piped up, "Mom today was a fun
day, I got to go back to school, we had our art lesson and we got to eat our
pizza in the car!" Laughing I responded, "Thanks for putting things
in perspective Gav." "Mom, what's per-spec-ive?"
