So I have an ear infection. I've been struggling with some pressure and pain in my left ear, which I may or may not have discussed here. It has been going on for a couple of weeks now, and I finally went to the doctor on Saturday night. I couldn't get my prescriptions filled until Sunday. I have an antibiotic and steroid. Let me just comment on the steroid. The pharmacy intern that gave it to me said that it might cause some random things and irritability. Wow, what an understatement. Being a naturally impatient and irritable person, increasing my irritability a fraction actually increases it exponentially. I'm thinking that this whole infection thing may be the reason for my lack of energy, coldness, and increased frustration. Well, "hoping" is maybe a better word than "thinking." So, seeing how the steroid affected me yesterday I've already started making supper for tonight. I know that when the time comes to make supper, that I won't be able to focus, much less make a decision. Also, I have two piano lessons today (one girl has a birthday today and didn't want to have piano on her birthday, the other has canceled for Tuesday until May. She now comes on Wednesday). These two lessons are my latest ones, so it would really prevent me from cooking. Now it'll be ready before my lessons are over, so if the kids are hungry, then they can eat.
All of our snow is gone now. Being in the 60's for several days in a row will do that for you. Now it's soggy outside, but nice. I got Dusty's tiller fixed for him for Valentine's Day. I'm a hopeless romantic, what can I say. I think that's, subconsciously, why I haven't posted since last Wednesday. I actually thought several times that I should post on my blog that I was awaiting the tiller for Dusty, or that he was surprised at all the room on that side of the garage and I was sure he knew it was gone, or that he couldn't understand my lack of excitement when he said he had made even more room on that side of the garage...anyway.... Wednesday was the day I decided to do that, and I can NOT keep secrets of things I'm doing for other people. I called a guy to quote me a price. I called my mother-in-law to see if it was a good price, and she said, "Not when you can get it done for free!" So she talked to my father-in-law who came out two hours later with his truck, and the boyfriend of Dusty's sister and picked it up. He welded it, and then they brought it back yesterday afternoon, and it was waiting on Dusty when he got home. My father-in-law painted the welded spot and everything. Dusty was really happy. :) I got scraping spatulas and a spoonula, heart measuring spoons and some candy. He also got me some silicon cupcake cups, but they're not going to be delivered for over a month because amazon can be ridiculous sometimes. It was a good day until I couldn't figure out what to make for supper that sounded good and new. We wound up with cold take out from Olive Garden and screaming kids because they hate candles. Literally, incessant LOUD crying and wailing. They were not to be reasoned with. Even when I sent Seth to his room. I wasn't in the frame of mind to make things fine with them and the candles. I'm just going to have to expose them without them knowing, and then point out that the candle has been lit for X number of minutes/hours and they had no idea. So, the moral of the story is, go to the doctor BEFORE two days before Valentine's Day, to get treated before, or don't take the steroids. Also, plan for Valentine's Day supper before Valentine's Day.
In other news, we had 6 couples in our Sunday school class last Sunday. Far cry from a month ago, and for about 9 months before then when we only had 2 couples, one of which was us (with various visitors interspersed that never stuck around more than 2 or 3 weeks). I'm not figuring that at least one of the couples will remain in our class, but 5 is WAY better than 2. I think they (we) might be getting together on Friday, but I kind of wanted to go out with just Dusty for my birthday, which is also Friday. We had tentatively made plans to have one of the couples watch our kids on that day, but they started planning for everyone to come to their house for the get together, so I think it would be awkward if we dropped off our kids and left them with the Sunday school couples. Maybe I could find someone else...but then I'd have to pay them, and the budget money is already gone. Stupid having a birthday in the same week as Valentine's Day! Wouldn't have it any other way though, even if I could.
By the way, speaking of babysitters, yesterday I was telling Hannah that most couples go out alone, without their kids, for Valentine's Day. The kids usually stay with a babysitter. She gasped and said, "Are you going to do that tonight?" I said no, I was making supper at home, and even if we went to supper, we'd bring them with us. She slumped her shoulders and said, "Oh. I was hoping Mary would come and babysit us." Mary, guess you're nominated! :)
Oh, and Tricia, I did not get the hot chocolate. There wasn't a large crowd, so I was called back very quickly. Score one for going on the Saturday night before Valentine's Day when EVERYONE and their grandmas were out to eat.
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