A Long Week!

Two weeks ago we learned of Vera's genetic condition.  It caused a lot of worry and rearranging of schedules for doctor's appointments.  It was a long week.

This past week was just as long.  On Monday, we had our appointment with the specialist in Dayton.  We also took Vera to our family doctor in the morning and learned of a double ear infection.  All week Vera was super-whiney, uncooperative, and trying.  It was understandable, but it took every ounce of patience we had!

Tuesday evening I went to school to work for a few hours.  Vera and Adam went to visit grandpa for a short while.  On the way home, Vera said to Adam, "Dad, I sick!"  Adam told her she was going to be ok, and no sooner had he said this, he heard her vomiting in the back seat.  It was all over herself, the car seat, and the car.  Adam emailed me a picture of the car seat, with the subject "Geez!"  I finished what I was doing and came home.  Vera was clean and watching a movie.  Adam had the hose out, the car seat torn a part and was scrubbing the car.  I started the washer, and helped get Vera to bed.  She was super-congested and I think all of the drainage upset her stomach.  Adam told me that as he was cleaning her up, she said, "Dad, I so sorry.  This is bisgusting!"  :)

Wednesday morning, about 5 minutes before I had to leave, Vera spilled her orange juice all over herself, the booster seat, down the chair, and all over the floor.  I sopped up as much as I could, changed Vera's clothes, and dashed out the door leaving behind a sticky seat and floor. 

After school, I had to stop by Midmark and switch vehicles before I could pick up Vera.  The car seat was still wet and torn apart, so I didn't have a car seat in my vehicle.  When I got home from work on Wednesday, I started in on the sticky mess.  I mopped the floor and tore the seat apart, scrubbing and washing it as best I could.  Adam spent some time putting the car seat back together and getting things put back together from the vomit incident.

On Thursday, I had my formal evaluation with my principal under the brand new teacher evaluation system.  It was stressful, mostly because it was something new and required a lot of extra paperwork.  I spent all week working on the evaluation, rearranging my schedule and lessons to make it work.  I had missed a few days of school because of Vera's situation, and it was kicking my butt.  I was buried at school!

On Thursday after school, as I walked into Patty's house, Vera came running to me like usual.  Immediately, Patty noticed that her pants seemed wet.  Vera, shamefully said she just peed her pants.  She told Patty that she was so sorry.  On my way home, I called Adam and told him I was running away.  It seemed to just keep coming!!  I was getting tired of cleaning up major messes.  Adam and I had very little patience left.  When we got home, Vera told me she was "so sorry for ruining Patty's day."  Aww!  I of course told her she didn't ruin her day.  I couldn't scold her, but calmly changed her clothes and we went to play.  Finally on Thursday, Vera started to feel better and return to her normal self.



We made this tower on Thursday as we waited for dad to get home from work!

Thursday evening I went to the grocery store for the first time in about 3 weeks.  It was massive and expensive.  I walked in the door at 8:30, Adam helped me carry in the loot, and he walked out the door to meet his sales rep at The Inn.  Vera was in bed, and I finally sat down around 9:30 to watch my show.  Thursday night I didn't sleep well at all.  I've been fighting a cold, and rest just didn't come, though I was exhausted. 

Thankfully, Friday went fairly smooth, and I made it through solely because it was finally Friday.  We went out on Friday and Saturday evenings for some much-needed adult time with friends.  We were able to sleep until 9 on Saturday and Sunday mornings, which was also much-needed. 

As we're on the brink of another week, here's to more pleasant days and restful nights for everyone in this household!