Well it was a hurry up and wait type day. I couldn't sleep that night, so I finished my book I was reading, and I didn't really want to start another book, but I still wasn't sleepy, but as I was waiting for something to do, my 23 and me results came back, so I had fun looking at those.
By 4 am I knew if I didn't try and get some sleep then I was not going to be any good that day, so I turned off all equipment and headed to bed. Seven comes awful soon if you go to bed at 4. But we needed to get the children off to school and Tbaby off to the hospital, so I didn't feel the lack of sleep. We got admitted right in, and they took Tbaby right in for the first part, but then it became a waiting game.
I do have to say that Tbaby certainly knows how to charm people. She got the charisma gene, whereas I got none. In fact, all my siblings except for me got that gene. It has always amazed me how people just want to be around my siblings, no matter what they are doing or how they are treating people. But I digress, Tbaby was witty, and funny and open and charming and she had all the nurses and doctors fawning over her. It was a thing of beauty.
But then we waited. We had to get there at 10 am, and the surgery was suppose to be at 3 pm, but by 2 pm I knew they weren't going to take her in before I had to leave to pick up the chitlins. So Tbaby asked that I leave a little early to beat traffic, so off I went.
It actually is a good thing that I left early, because I got completely and totally lost. I didn't have a clue where I was or how I was suppose to find the car that we parked two buildings from the hospital. Unlike the other hospitals I have been too, this hospital seemed to have numerous entrances, and I ended up at one I had never ever seen before. I didn't know if I was still in Ohio by the time I got out of the building, more like a space warp, and I didn't think I would have any problem finding Neil street, but when I found a map of you are here I walked in what I supposed was the correct direction only to find another map saying you are here and finding I had gone in the exact opposite direction.
I was hoping to get home to use the bathroom, but by the time I got home, it was running a little late and I had to go pick up Little T. I got to Little T on time (though I did make a little detour to the high school - dang all of Ohio streets look the same) but she decided I needed to be punished because I was there at 2:45 instead of 2:40. So I had to wait in line until I got to the front of the line (about 10 minutes) before she would get in the car. I asked why she didn't get in the car before I got to the head of the line and she said that she wasn't suppose to. I said other kids were - and she said if other kids eat horse manure am I suppose to? Hmm - okay.
So I went and picked up Little R and I went back to the hospital. I inputted the hospital into the GPS and off I went. As I was passing the freeway entrance that I thought I was suppose to take, the GPS did not tell me to turn so I kept believing it and driving blindly into the sameness of Ohio.
By the time I realized that the GPS was taking me the back roads, I didn't know if it would be faster to turn around or keep going, so I kept going. In the meantime Tbaby had finished up the surgery and it was all good news. Very good news, and there was a possibility that she could come home that night, so I knew I had to get to the hospital - I was their ride.
We won't know all of it until the results come back, but it was all good, couldn't be better, and I knew my job was done.
By 4 am I knew if I didn't try and get some sleep then I was not going to be any good that day, so I turned off all equipment and headed to bed. Seven comes awful soon if you go to bed at 4. But we needed to get the children off to school and Tbaby off to the hospital, so I didn't feel the lack of sleep. We got admitted right in, and they took Tbaby right in for the first part, but then it became a waiting game.
I do have to say that Tbaby certainly knows how to charm people. She got the charisma gene, whereas I got none. In fact, all my siblings except for me got that gene. It has always amazed me how people just want to be around my siblings, no matter what they are doing or how they are treating people. But I digress, Tbaby was witty, and funny and open and charming and she had all the nurses and doctors fawning over her. It was a thing of beauty.
But then we waited. We had to get there at 10 am, and the surgery was suppose to be at 3 pm, but by 2 pm I knew they weren't going to take her in before I had to leave to pick up the chitlins. So Tbaby asked that I leave a little early to beat traffic, so off I went.
It actually is a good thing that I left early, because I got completely and totally lost. I didn't have a clue where I was or how I was suppose to find the car that we parked two buildings from the hospital. Unlike the other hospitals I have been too, this hospital seemed to have numerous entrances, and I ended up at one I had never ever seen before. I didn't know if I was still in Ohio by the time I got out of the building, more like a space warp, and I didn't think I would have any problem finding Neil street, but when I found a map of you are here I walked in what I supposed was the correct direction only to find another map saying you are here and finding I had gone in the exact opposite direction.
I was hoping to get home to use the bathroom, but by the time I got home, it was running a little late and I had to go pick up Little T. I got to Little T on time (though I did make a little detour to the high school - dang all of Ohio streets look the same) but she decided I needed to be punished because I was there at 2:45 instead of 2:40. So I had to wait in line until I got to the front of the line (about 10 minutes) before she would get in the car. I asked why she didn't get in the car before I got to the head of the line and she said that she wasn't suppose to. I said other kids were - and she said if other kids eat horse manure am I suppose to? Hmm - okay.
So I went and picked up Little R and I went back to the hospital. I inputted the hospital into the GPS and off I went. As I was passing the freeway entrance that I thought I was suppose to take, the GPS did not tell me to turn so I kept believing it and driving blindly into the sameness of Ohio.
By the time I realized that the GPS was taking me the back roads, I didn't know if it would be faster to turn around or keep going, so I kept going. In the meantime Tbaby had finished up the surgery and it was all good news. Very good news, and there was a possibility that she could come home that night, so I knew I had to get to the hospital - I was their ride.
We won't know all of it until the results come back, but it was all good, couldn't be better, and I knew my job was done.
Thank goodness for GPS - they work pretty well, albeit often in a round about way.
ReplyDeleteWhat is "23 & me" for goodness sake?
This is TSH speaking - you, yes you, charmed ME years ago & you keep on charming. I wouldn't trade you for anything!!!!!
Next time Tatiana comes out, lets buy her some horse manure & see how well she likes eating it. Tatiana seems to obey rules when they suit HER - hummmm.
Great news on the test.
Glad to have MY charmer home - you do a way better job than Taya. However, Taya does a better job of grabbing my arm with her mouth & leading me to the refrigerator.
Welcome home!