One of the shots I took while on the road
Well, yesturday, juuuuust about nothing went as planned or expected.
First off, Mimi was at the gym today! Since the new 24 Hour Fitness opened up in Burbank she’s been going there and it was fun connecting with her again.
Got the older two kids to school on time, even though there was only half a cup of coffee left for me to zap & drink. Took Conor with me to Vons where, for some unknown reason, there wasn’t any hand baskets at the entrance. We had to walk along the line of check out’s searching for one. We promptly filled it so much I had to send him to get another one.
We got home and in the 30 minutes left till I had to take him to school I noticed my body was having interesting symptoms I sadly recognized. Yup.. I think I got another Urinary Tract Infection coming on. I immediately down lots of water & a cranberry pill, but I’m on Kaiser insurance now, so I knew I could go to the doctor.
So instead of heading to Costco after dropping off the youngest at school, I head to my local Kaiser and go through the process of being a walk in. First to check in. Then to the clinic. Then off to Labs to pee in a cup. Then back to clinic because she’s made a doc appointment for me since this is the 4th UTI I’ve had in 6 months & she needed to tell me that. lol. Off to wait for my apt where the doc’s does a quick “any other pain here” exam, poking and prodding along my back and stomach and concludes its probably another simple UTI and not a symptom of something worse. But this time they are going to grow a culture to make sure its not a strain that needs a different antibiotic. Lastly to the pharmacy section of Kaiser I go to pick up my prescription.
Yup, 2 hours later with meds in hand, I go to Costco and manage to get all my shopping done. Then I manage top pick a line which is nice and short only to discover WHY it’s short. Everyone is moving to another line after a few minutes as the people at the check out seem to be waiting for a manager or having difficulty or something. Just as I move to another line, they settle their differences and move on. Of course.
Once home I get a phone call from the work Accountant. Emergency I got to handle. Just as I finish it, the boss texts me… “handle this!” on the same matter. lol
Minutes later I get a call from Conor’s special writing class. (apparently HE won the “who’s gonna need test Mom” rock/paper/scissors contest I imagine they do in secret everyday.) Conor’s IEP doesn’t have any special accommodation for him with writing tests and the one on Tuesday is super important (a state test) and he’s NOT the most “cooperative” of kids. We wrangle an emergency addendum.
I remember to eat lunch about 2 hours past when I normally would have. Amusingly, I wasn’t hungry. Meds? Illness? The extra sausage I had at breakfast? Mmmmmmmm.
I had an hour to try and get as much done as possible before I had to get kids. I manage to get 5 boxes out of my house and into the garage or on their way to the boss for sorting. And put away most of the groceries. A quick check of Facebook…. awww.. Davy Jones died!
On the bright side, the UTI does not seem to be progressing to pain & blood in the urine. I must of caught it early enough. Yay! Oh… but I am soooooooo tired and I need to stay up late enough to take the next pill on time!
Just another day in the life…. no wonder I never seem to get done all the things I set out to do!