Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Longest (Worst?) Day of Micah's Life

7:30 a.m. Wake up, quickly get dressed
7:45 a.m. Forced to have morning bottle and fruit in the car as we drive
8:20 a.m. Say goodbye to Daddy as we drop him off at work (his truck is in the shop)
8:45 a.m. Get car inspected
9:20 a.m. Get call from Meineke--Daddy's car needs over $500 of work.
9:25 a.m. Drive to Meineke to sign approval of work order
10:00 a.m. Drive thru McDonalds for some coffee for Mommy
10:05 a.m. Begin the 45 minute drive to the pediatrician
11:00 a.m. Hurriedly eat lunch in the waiting room
11:15 a.m. Kill time in the exam room by calling daddy on the phone
11:25 a.m. See new doctor with white leather knee-high boots (regular doctor is sick)
11:35 a.m. Get three shots, scream at nurse
11:40 a.m. get plastic baggy taped around teeny peni to test urine
11:45 a.m. kill more time in exam room waiting to fill the urine bag
12:05 p.m. Have sticky bag ripped away from peni; scream at nurse again
12:20 p.m. In car Mommy calls realtor and gripes about slow homeowners
12:45 p.m. Realtor calls back and says homeowner needs deposit ASAP or we lose house
1:15 p.m. Go to bank to get cashiers check
1:45 p.m. Realtor says we need to provide samples of paints we want to use
2:15 p.m. Run to Home Depot to grab samples
2:45 p.m. Stop and feed Micah in back seat
3:00 p.m. Get ice cream as reward for dealing with shots and all day in the car
3:20 p.m. Arrive at realtor's. He's not there.
3:35 p.m. Give up and leave cashier's check and paint samples with receptionist
4:45 p.m. Arrive home.
5:15 p.m. Eat dinner
6:00 p.m. Screams from exhaustion begin; Daddy should be home soon, so no bedtime yet
6:30 p.m. Daddy still not home. Bad weather and traffic!
6:45 p.m. Get second-wind from playing with daddy
7:00 p.m. has bottle
7:20 p.m. goes to bed; cries; too tired to sleep
7:35 p.m. get rocked by daddy; still no sleep
8:00 p.m. Lie in bed with Mommy; still no sleep
8:45 p.m. Back in own bed; Finally sleep.

1 comment:

Emily said...

Poor Micah and his little peni problem! And poor Mommy too. What a day for both of y'all. Sometimes America seems so chaotic compared to India! and then sometimes, not. :)