Today Isaac had his tonsils and adenoids taken out. He went from a happy, exuberant little boy, "on a flying dolphin!" as he was wheeled to his surgery room. . . to a gasping, choking, shaking, crying little boy with a voice he has never had before. He sounds like one of his little friends with a lisp.
I love my son, and loved him through the whole day.
And I hated Walmart Pharmacy today. I requested to have Isaac's meds sent to Walgreens, but someone sent them to Walmart instead, and Walmart didn't have Isaac's info. So they didn't fill his prescriptions! I was so frustrated because he needed pain medication and the pharmacy made me wait half an hour for it. In the Walmart parking lot with my children. In a snow storm. I almost cried leaving Walmart when I heard that news. Thankfully, we all survived, but not without a bitter taste in our mouths--terrible pun intended.
Tonight, after putting kids down, I concentrated on my class. I don't ever want my teaching to interrupt my parenting, but it does. Heavy grading weeks make me wish for a mother's helper, or someone to swap kids with. By the way, it is apparently fine to end sentences with prepositional phrases now, and I am adjusting to that freedom.
I want to be an awesome mother and an awesome teacher. And I am working on it. It means I don't get very much/any down time sometimes, and then it's a good thing that I am challenged by and love my job.
I feel awe and gratitude that I have my job. I also feel that for my children, but the "awe" is often muffled by fatigue and impatience. I guess the "awe" is muffled in my job, too:). So I'll work on honoring my blessings.
4 comments:
We can end sentences with prepositions now? That feels very, very wrong. Sigh.
That phrase really wasn't the thing that stood out most in my mind from your post. I am so sorry you had to deal with Walmart. I just hate that store in general, and try to stay away from it as much as I can. How is Isaac feeling today? You are an amazing mom, and if you were in Atlanta, I would absolutely trade kids with you (Or, I guess if I was in Idaho...but then I'd have to deal with snowstorms, too). Your kids and your students are both so lucky to have you.
I had my tonsils out while they fixed my blocked nose and it was the most painful surgery ever (and boy did they lie about the pain level before I signed on for it). I have heard it's a bit better for kids, but man alive I feel so bad for your little guy. Walmart is the worst no doubt about it, and I have always been a fan of breaking as many grammatical rules as possible (except for spelling). I finished my english degree without having taken a single grammar class. Aren't you properly scandalized? It is probably a necessary evil, but mostly I just consider it evil. Grammar is the math of english.
I totally know what you mean, but I don;t have another job demanding my time and sapping my energy. I am in awe of you! Poor little Isaac. I hope he is all better now.
I know so many kids getting adenoids and tonsils out, yuck!!! I'm so sorry he had to have that done...and how frustrating about the pharmacy thing!
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