But then the phone rings and it's my father-in-law. (That's not the bad part... hee, hee, hee!! (Love you Loren)) He's calling to tell me that everyone is at our niece's baptism and we aren't there. They've already done all the talks and are just waiting for their turn to go to the font. Oh crap! Nate's in the middle of roofing the garage and can't leave. So I hurry and get the kids in their Sunday clothes. I'm trying to get their shoes on and I get another call saying they were heading back to the font. There's no way we'll make it so I tell him to tell my niece and her parents I'm sorry we forgot about it and missed the whole thing.
We go about our day doing the usual Saturday things and Nate keeps working on the garage. We were invited to dinner at our friends house in Provo so we head out around 6:00ish. On our way Haley has a coughing attack and throws up all over herself, carseat, etc.. We decide to stop by my parents house to clean her up and the car since we go right by it on our way to our friends house. The only clothes I could find that fit her were some black sweat pants and a green camo sweatshirt. She looked awesome!
We eat dinner and have dessert, but I realize Haley is feverish and rubbing her ears. (I know deep down inside we should've stayed home... actually I didn't have to dig very deep!) We decide to take her to the after hours clinic which is in North Orem. We gather up all the kids and head out. Nate drops me, Haley and Rachel off at the doctors office and he and the boys go to the store to get some pork ribs for Sunday's dinner with Nate's family that we are hosting. It takes close to an hour at the doctor.
Haley's ears are infected and she needs a prescription filled. By this time all the pharmacies are closed except the few that are open 24 hours. So we have to go back down to Provo and we wait a good 30 minutes for her prescription to be filled. Kaden, Tye and Haley have all fallen asleep in the car by now, but when Rachel and I get in the car it wakes Tye up. He was the devil!! Screaming, crying, coughing. Oh please, why couldn't we just teleport home?!! After driving 20 minutes we get about 3 blocks from home and he starts coughing and GAGGING.... No, not the gag reflex again! Yep, he started throwing up so I grab a diaper out of the diaper bag and try to catch the rest of it. Mmmmm, theres' nothing quite like the smell of freshly eaten hot dogs!!
Finally we were home! I get some ibuprofen for Haley's fever and for Rachel because her leg was aching, but failed to get the lid screwed on and just set it on top. I go to give Tye a bath and Nate knocks the medicine over and it spills. But to top that, he was getting the groceries out of the car and the only thing that falls out are the eggs! He salvaged 4 of 18. At some point I glance at the ribs he bought and realize he paid nearly double what he should have. Apparently they weren't on sale at every Macey's and he forgot the dog food!
Seriously, it was the crappiest day. I'll never forget it! I WANT to forget it, but I'm pretty sure it's ingrained in my memory forever!!!
5 comments:
I am so sorry for the crappy day. When you told me the story, I didn't know you caught the throw-up in a diaper. That's gross! I hope you will be able to forget it sooner than later.
I feel your pain girl!! I hate the days where the day sucks from the beginning and it just falls apart at every moment. congratz trying to catch throw-up with a diaper- i was quite entertained by that!
You are a funny writer!
Sorry it was such a bad day. I am glad they are all feeling better now. My Saturday a week ago sounded pretty close to yours, minus the throw up though.
I am sorry it was THAT bad! You handled it though! So pat yourself on the back, you are a great mom!
Sometimes life sucks, but remember it came to pass not to stay.
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