1. Last night I started to realize that my left elbow was a little tender. I have a small scratch on it, so I was slightly concerned.....but figured I must have hit it on something and not remembered. (CRAZIER things have happened). By this morning I knew something was really wrong. It was red, swollen, hot to the touch, and getting bigger by the hour. OF COURSE...I couldn't get an appointment at my doctor's office for today, so I went to the Urgent Care Clinic. By then, my elbow was freakishly huge and killing me. Wouldn't you JUST know that I have a staph infection in the joint of my elbow? I got a huge shot, two different meds, and get to go back to the doctor tomorrow. There is actually a pen mark around my elbow...so they can measure tomorrow to see if it has grown. As it stands....she made noises about sending me to the ER! Beginning of summer vacation: FAIL!
2. My kids are with my mom tonight and tomorrow so we can move my MIL into her new house. It is supposed to rain until next Tuesday. We looked like drowned rats after trying to move some stuff tonight. Correction: I looked like a drowned rat with a freakishly large elbow. NICE. Good deed for a family member: FAIL!
3. My mom agreed to take my daughter to a birthday party tonight. It was just down the street from her neighborhood. This was the first party in public I have let her attend without me. My mom was supposed to pick her up at 9:30. She called me at 9:42 to tell me she couldn't find her. SHE COULD NOT FIND MY CHILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I immediately start frantically calling other parents (you know.....the good ones.....the ones who WENT with their children) in a desperate search. I was hysterical.......my husband was jumping in his truck to head to the place......and I called back to hear my mom had found her. My hands were shaking so violently that I had to give the phone to MM. I then proceeded to shake and cry for the next 20 minutes. If this is a prelude to giving her more freedom.....you can FORGET it!
Parenting: FAIL!
Simply craptastic.
