What a busy day, today! I had to take Amy to the ER around 6AM. She had been fighting a bad cold for the past few days and couldn’t seem to kick it. This morning came the stomach queasiness and the inability to keep food down. Soo, off we went! Turns out that Amy has a bad case of strep. They gave her a shot of antibiotics, made us sit around for a couple hours, and sent us home. Amy got back in bed, and I was preparing to go out and get my final gift, when work called me. I spent the next few hours trying to resolve those problems (which, turns out, won’t be resolved until Wednesday). This delayed my final minute of “last-minute-shopping” even longer.
Sometime while I was on the phone with work, my parents called to tell me they were on their way to Knoxville(Jen and Terry’s home)… I really hated missing that call. I really wanted to tell them good-bye, and wish them a Merry Xmas. James and Ann called and told me they were on their way here from Raleigh, so I delayed my shopping excursion by another 2 or 3 hours. I had planned on taking the boys with me, but figured I’d wait until James and Ann got here since it had been so long since they got to really sit back and enjoy the grandkids. Of course, once they arrived, the boys didn’t want to go anymore, but since I HAD to get this last gift, I set off to the beach alone.
Traffic wasn’t too bad and the mall wasn’t overly crowded, so I was able to find a gift, make the purchase, and get back fairly quickly. It’s just that a trip I had planned to take and be back before 1PM became a bunch of changed plans and coming back around 6:30 PM instead. I really should never plan anything, my life seems to go much smoother when I don’t.
And you know what’s really twisted? My throat is feeling kinda scratchy right now…
Tags: Amy-and-David, christmas, Jen_and_Terry, kids, parents, time_management
“My throat is feeling kinda scratchy right now…” – It’s just psychosematic… take some vitamin C and be done with it.
Jen and I hope that Amy gets her health back and you keep your sanity (that was my addition).
Mel says hello!
yeah, I think you were right. My throat feels ok now. The doc said that Amy would feel much better 24hrs after the antibiotic injection and that seems to be holding true. Tell Mel I said Hi!
[...] Amy and I have made one really big resolution for the coming year – We have both decided to quit smoking. This one is actually a little harder for me right now as Amy hasn’t smoked since she had gotten sick earlier. I, on the other hand have been talking about quitting for at least the last month, but just didn’t have the courage to put them down. It’s an extremely humbling thing to know that something can control you so easily. I’ve always believed that you can accomplish so much with a firm mindset, so not being able to kick cigarettes completely has always been such a frustrating thing. [...]