Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Irony strikes again...
So I just had another very ironic day... First, I was out running errands and finally Ada and I went to drop off my car to get the oil changed. My clock said I was 10 min early. Theirs said I was 30 min early... so they wouldn't take my car for a half hour... then it took them another hour to even get back to me to let me know that they thought that I should get a couple new parts in the car. Even halving their list left us at $300. Ada was tired and hungry at that time, so I said sure... take apart my car... it is good timing after all. Then I took Ada in the stroller to get something to eat somewhere down the street. By the time we finally got somewhere that looked good she had fallen asleep. I got us some food, and we ate... but Ada just happened to get fry sauce dumped all the way down her shirt. I couldn't even put on her coat! So we went next door and got her a shirt off the sale rack. Then we went back to check on the car. By this time it was 3 hours after I had dropped it off. They saw me walk in and said that they had just finished with it and that he'd bring my paperwork up to the front desk. 40 mins later he shows up with the paperwork but not the key, saying that they were washing the car around back and that they'd be done quickly. I checked my mail on the way in, and in it was a coupon book by our car maintenance people with discounts that I could have used and gotten at least a $50 discount. Argg... By the time I got home, I was ready to go to sleep and take a nap while Ada was sleeping... but all of a sudden there were several "urgent" messages from my mightyauthors work that had to be dealt with. When I finished with those I went to actually start the laundry and do the dishes for once in the last several days... but there was a knock at the door... my 10 year old neighbor that comes and talks with me every now and then... this time she wanted to learn how to crochette... by the time she left a half hour later Ada woke up. She woke up screaming, so I thought that she might not have slept long enough or had gotten bitten by a bug or something. I cuddled her for almost an hour while she screamed the whole time. I had to cancel two of my piano lessons, and once I did... she calmed down. Then just after 5 pm she started screaming again... I tried calling the doctor but they were closed. My cell phone died then, so I couldn't call Jer unless I stayed at home... but I had decided to take Ada to the InstaCare. I got there and there was only one other person in the whole waiting room, but it still took them an hour to get me in to see the doctor. They asked me to fill out paperwork... but Ada kept screaming... kinda hard to take care of both at the same time. The only time she stopped screaming was to try to drink someone elses juice that had been left on the table... but she wouldn't drink anything that I tried to give her... she just wanted that juice...hummm...I finally got a hold of Jeremy at work, he didn't have a car and the person he would have gotten a ride with just left. He finally found someone to get him and give him a ride to the office. By that time Ada had been crying for 3 hours straight and I really needed to use the bathroom... (the baby's been jumping on my bladder.) I got her calmed down for just a min and she saw Jer and just started bawling again.... oh well. It turned out that she had an ear infection. I dropped Jer and Ada off at home and headed out to one of those after hour pharmacies to get Adas' medicine. When I got home Ada was totally happy and running around playing with things. Jer hadn't given her Tylenol or anything... maybe she just likes him better. I don't know. Now it's 11 pm. I'm exhausted, but I can't sleep... and now that I can do the dishes I don't want to. Ironic.
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Wow, Rosanne, what a tough day. I think I would have sat down and cried instead of blogging, or rather I probably would have ran to the store and gotten a big chocolate cake, some simply orange and indulged in self pity.
Simply Orange is the way to go! If I didn't feel so guilty buying it I would have it every morning!
What a day! There's a coupon for $1 off simply orange in the group a or b coupons this month on grocerysmarts.com--that might ease your guilt for indulgence.
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