today was very hectic and busy. i managed to not eat a single bite of food until 6:00 this evening.
the little baby i'm taking care of stayed home sick yesterday and today, which was sort of a blessing today, since i ended up having so much to do. at 10:30 am i had a phone interview with the department of health and human services, to see if we qualify for food benefits (josh hasn't found a part-time job yet, and i don't want to rely on my grandparents for groceries anymore). we did qualify, so after i got off the phone, i spent the next couple of hours turning the house upside down looking for josh's most recent paycheck stubs to take to the office. once i found them, i loaded the kids into the car to go pay our car insurance and be at the pediatricians office for their immunizations by 2:00. well, the insurance office was closed for lunch, so i took the kids to the park to kill time until our dr. appt. my dad and brother were playing tennis at the park, so micah and i sat on the hood of the station wagon and watched them while rowan slept in his car seat. just before 2:00, we left for the dr.'s office, where micah and rowan each got a combo DTaP, Hib, and IPV vaccine. rowan cried pretty hard, but i think it was more out of anxiety and fear than pain from the shot. he calmed down once i picked him up off the exam table. micah did amazingly well; she sat very still on the edge of the table and kept her hands in her lap, and was very calm. she cried when the shot was given. when she got her flu shot, she wouldn't let me touch her leg at all, but this time she allowed me to massage it a bit so it wouldn't be sore. i think that helped a lot. what's funny is, she cried a lot harder over not being able to choose her own sucker out of the basket than she did over the shot. : ) she cracks me up. the nurse did let her choose her own sucker, and her own sticker (she chose dora the explorer, of course).
after the pediatrician's, we went to the health and human services office... and sat there for 2 whole hours, only to find out they were out of EBT cards and needed me to come back in the morning. i could've screamed. the kids were very cooperative there, but i still dreaded trying to go back tomorrow, so my dad's going to come over and watch micah and rowan while i take baby lina with me. one kid's better than three in a government office.
after the 2 hour debacle, i went and paid my car insurance, then went home with a pounding headache and an empty stomach. the kids and i ate dinner, rowan and i took a bath (micah refused to get her band-aid wet), and i nursed the kids to sleep at 8:30. i fell asleep for a little while, too, but my head still hurts. hopefully the advil i just took will kick in and i can get some rest.
the little baby i'm taking care of stayed home sick yesterday and today, which was sort of a blessing today, since i ended up having so much to do. at 10:30 am i had a phone interview with the department of health and human services, to see if we qualify for food benefits (josh hasn't found a part-time job yet, and i don't want to rely on my grandparents for groceries anymore). we did qualify, so after i got off the phone, i spent the next couple of hours turning the house upside down looking for josh's most recent paycheck stubs to take to the office. once i found them, i loaded the kids into the car to go pay our car insurance and be at the pediatricians office for their immunizations by 2:00. well, the insurance office was closed for lunch, so i took the kids to the park to kill time until our dr. appt. my dad and brother were playing tennis at the park, so micah and i sat on the hood of the station wagon and watched them while rowan slept in his car seat. just before 2:00, we left for the dr.'s office, where micah and rowan each got a combo DTaP, Hib, and IPV vaccine. rowan cried pretty hard, but i think it was more out of anxiety and fear than pain from the shot. he calmed down once i picked him up off the exam table. micah did amazingly well; she sat very still on the edge of the table and kept her hands in her lap, and was very calm. she cried when the shot was given. when she got her flu shot, she wouldn't let me touch her leg at all, but this time she allowed me to massage it a bit so it wouldn't be sore. i think that helped a lot. what's funny is, she cried a lot harder over not being able to choose her own sucker out of the basket than she did over the shot. : ) she cracks me up. the nurse did let her choose her own sucker, and her own sticker (she chose dora the explorer, of course).
after the pediatrician's, we went to the health and human services office... and sat there for 2 whole hours, only to find out they were out of EBT cards and needed me to come back in the morning. i could've screamed. the kids were very cooperative there, but i still dreaded trying to go back tomorrow, so my dad's going to come over and watch micah and rowan while i take baby lina with me. one kid's better than three in a government office.
after the 2 hour debacle, i went and paid my car insurance, then went home with a pounding headache and an empty stomach. the kids and i ate dinner, rowan and i took a bath (micah refused to get her band-aid wet), and i nursed the kids to sleep at 8:30. i fell asleep for a little while, too, but my head still hurts. hopefully the advil i just took will kick in and i can get some rest.
2 comments:
Eli is so much like Eli...he ALWAYS wants to choose the sucker and is so offended if they just hand him one. : ) We're praying for your family and your husband's job situation. Hugs to you!!
how did they that night, after the shots? did they get fever or anything? i hope tomorrow goes better for you, sweetie!
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