My gimpy week

My ankle sprain was badly timed.  This week was packed full plus I have a garden to get prepped and planted and little seedlings needing to get in the ground.  GRRRR!

Monday morning I had an ultrasound scheduled at 9:40am for some weird pains I have been having the past few months.  It has been on the calendar for over a month so I didn't want to cancel but I was in bad shape.  I typically have a difficult time with pain medication.  I am OK if lie still in bed but if I have to get up and function I get very ill.  When I woke up in pain at 5am Stu brought me a Vicodin and I took it not remembering my schedule for the morning.  It took all of my will power and strength to get up, shower and make it to the car.  Forget looking presentable, I was lucky to get out the door.  When having an ultrasound you need to drink a few glasses of water so your bladder is full.  Not a problem normally but quite a feat when you are sick.  I threw up the first batch and managed to keep the second round down until we were on our way home.  Not an ideal way to start a day or week.

I think we had a little birthday bash for Sam Monday night...

Tuesday Samuel turned 3.  What a boy!!!  We had a special breakfast for him and gave him a couple of presents.  Stu got to do the birthday shopping this year because I was incapacitated.  I went to the dentist at 1:30 to check out a tooth that has been bugging me.  Darn sensitive teeth!  The tooth looks fine, which is a plus, so they put some treatment on it it to help with the pain.  Worked like magic!    Tuesday night I attended a big MonaVie meeting with Stu and his team.  I usually stay home but I decided to brave a night on crutches to be supportive.  It was good!

Wednesday was voice lessons and gymnastics.  Lindsey and Lauryn have been begging for too long for me to come watch them at gymnastics.  I usually drop them and Adam off, run and errand and come back to pick them up.  This week my "mother heart" told me they needed me there so I left the little boys with Emmalyn and went to watch them.  I am glad I did!   They did so well and were so excited.  Drops in their bucket.  After gymnastics I dropped them off with Stu and headed to my follow up appointment for my ultrasound.  Everything looks normal.  My doctor gave me a few things to try and if they don't work I need to go to a GI specialist.  Oh yeah!

Thursday was Emmalyn's last day of Key of Liberty and we had momschool.  What a challenge! I wanted to stay home but was committed to go.  It is not easy to manage 2 toddlers with a sprained ankle...  We left as a soon as I could get out of there but the kids had a fun time.  I went straight home and started preparing everything for our commonwealth parent meeting.   Fortunately my mom and Tracy came to help with kids so I could get everything done.  We left and watched Emmlayn at the Constitution Bowl and then had our parent meeting.  It was so amazing!!!  It went well and what a relief it is to have it over.  I am ready for a break!!!

Friday  we went to an OYLI meeting to find out about their classes for next year.  Adam went to Chase Young's for a playdate.  Stu and I went to a late night showing of Star Trek after the little boys went to sleep.  We really liked it! 

Saturday morning the kids had a primary activity from 9:30-11:30.  We worked on the garden in the afternoon and then the girls went to Jesse and Amy's for a concert.  We just had the boys for the evening.  Weird!  We went to get a few plants and stopped by Burgerville for dinner then went to the Nilson's to pick up a motor bike they offered Stu...unbeknownst to me.  We ended up hanging out for a bit and I even got to go milk the goat with Jenny and bottle feed a lamb.  An educational evening.  My first milking...

Church today started out a bit stressful.  Our friend, the choir director, called right as I was leaving(I was a few minutes behind the rest of the family) and begged us to sing with the choir. She offered to have our kids sit with her husband which I doubted would work.  Our little boys are still learning to be reverent(which basically means that they are not) and are fairly attached to their parents (which makes leaving them with someone tricky).  Stu and I ended up sitting in the foyer with all the boys while the girls sat with the director's family.  They were on the 3rd row and we were just a tad bit concerned about how that would turn out.  When it was time to sing, Adam sat in the foyer with Sam and James, who was asleep in the car seat- an unheard of event these days.  When we came back they were sitting on the couch drawing quietly.  So, while it may have been more appropriate to sit in the chapel I was just grateful for a little miracle.  I went to nursery with James because there was no way I could chase him around the halls and he is not amenable to sitting quietly through relief society these days.  It was fun to see Sam enjoying himself.  I had to leave to change his diaper and he kept saying "I go to nursery, Mom!" This afternoon was blissful.  I sat outside and watched the kids wander around the yard and had fun singing harmony with Emmalyn and Adam.  I love spring and summer!!!

So...I am looking forward to a quieter week at home without so many meetings and appointments!