We've had loads of fun this week. Well, not so much. It started with the discovery on Sunday night that our flight was on Monday, NOT Tuesday. Yeah, glad I checked. Then Monday brought a 4 a.m. wake up, 2 hour drive, 6 hour flight, etc. Oh, and the girls were sick. Sick, sick. Sickness continued throughout the week. And adjustment problems for a two year old. Combined with Arthur not getting home from work until at least 9:30 every night made for some rather grumpy kiddos and a very grumpy mom.
It all culminated with a lovely trip to the doctor on Friday. Naomi was writhing in pain so I got her an appointment and packed everyone up, prepared snacks, and headed to the doctor's office. Upon arrival we waited for a half an hour in the waiting room. Annoying, not the end of the world. The nurse then brought us back, took Naomi's vitals, said the doctor would be in shortly. We waited. Naomi cried. Maggie complained that she was missing her nap time. Daphne complained that I left the snacks in the car, there were no toys, she was bored, she wanted to play, etc. Everyone needed a trip to the bathroom. Naomi cried in pain some more. Oh yeah, the air conditioning wasn't circulating in the room either so we were all very sweaty. Finally Naomi fell asleep. Standing. With her head resting on the chair.
I checked with the nurse to see how much longer it would be. She apologized for the delay. Yada yada. The doctor finally came in. We had been waiting in that room for about an hour and 15 minutes. Insane. The doctor apologized profusely. Yada yada. Tests needed to be analyzed. More waiting.
After nearly 2.5 hours we were out of there. The doctor was going to call the prescription in so we could run right over to the pharmacy and get her on the prescription right away. Yes, at least something would be quick!
Not so fast. Got stuck in traffic for an hour on the way to the pharmacy a mile away. A water main had broken. Fabulous. Everyone fell asleep so I decided to detour, go through a drive through so they'd have food when they woke up. I didn't want to wake them up at the pharmacy and not have any food for them. So I headed off down the road. 3 miles to the nearest drive through. More traffic. I arrived at the drive through 25 minutes later. Glad everyone was asleep. Bought lunch, Naomi woke up. She had to go potty so we hurried home. I woke everyone else up, went up to our apartment, ate the food, and hurried everyone back down to the car.
As most of you know, it is no small task to get three littles in and out of cars. But, alas, we needed the prescription so we were on our way back to the pharmacy. After unbuckling everyone again we went into the pharmacy, only to discover it hadn't been called in by the doctor yet!! I called the doctor's office and the receptionist said she would do it but it was going to take her another hour before she'd have time. O.K. everyone, back into the car. We drove the 3 minutes back to our apartment and then I got the call. The prescription had been called in. Fabulous... So, back to the pharmacy.
I think you get the picture. LONG day! Can I say how wonderful the kids handled it though? They did well. We survived and hopefully Naomi is on the mend.
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I mentioned that we needed to buy Maggie a new car seat. I thought to myself for a moment and said, "I'll probably buy it online." To which Naomi replied, "Oh, is that a road?" Why yes Naomi, it is a superhighway.
