Twice a Day for Ten Days:
I'd love to tell you those were doctors' orders for something far more exciting, but no.
In our house if it ends in "cillin" or has both an "x" and a "y" in the name, is liquid and isn't part of the alphabet song, you can bet we've been prescribed it in the last three weeks.
Symptoms:
(Two) Double ear infections.
5 teeth.
Respiratory virus.
Eyes matted so badly that we ran Caroline's tiny hands along the cows so that she knew she was home without seeing proof.
Life in general.
BUT WE ARE OF RESILIENT STOCK!!
When I was 13 my Dad broke his arm after a suspense lever came loose on a loading chute. He went about his business for two days with his arm resting on a 2 x 4 board and took two aspirin. When his hand began to turn green he decided to get it checked out. I just wasn't raised in a home that over-medicates.
So drugs in this house are like the gluten in a Seattle condo: they don't belong and we aren't sure how to use them.
I keep telling myself that by the time Caroline is school age, she'll get the award for 12 years of perfect attendance because she has been exposed to every germ on both sides of the Mississippi. More times than once.
Indiana to Kansas.
Kansas to Indiana.
Indiana to Kansas.
Does perfect attendance merit scholarships?
Asking for a friend.
During our last Pediatric center visit (Caroline thinks this is our vacation home) Caroline waved good-bye to everyone in the joint as though she knew she'd see them next week. Our daughter may be both intuitive and super social, and I link that to genetics. She is double bred.
Our health insurance is getting a full run for its money because on Monday I had a dentist appointment over my lunch hour.
Between the initial cleaning and the consultation with the dentist I fell asleep in the chair.
Like....really asleep.
As in chin to chest, drool, asleep.
I woke to the young dentist (re)(re)reintroducing herself and trying to shake my limp hand.
All while I was still trying to figure out where I was and how I got there.
I wiped the drool from my chin and explained that I had fallen asleep. She laughed awkwardly and explained that - for the first time in 13 years - I have cavity that needs filled.
Why does everyone want my money?
Last night - in an effort to clean out the deep freezer - I thawed steaks that had been stored too long. I was embarrassed, in fact, that cuts such as those as fallen to the back of the freezer and weren't grilled during the greatest opportunity. I thawed and seasoned them anyway.
While praying over our supper Cody held my hand and Caroline's and closed with "And we pray that the grey meat Lindsay prepared doesn't hurt any of us."
Amen, buddy.
A-M-E-N.
But I have peace of mind knowing that anything that he and I consumed last night can be addressed with something taken "twice a day for ten days."
Two serious questions:
1. Does this count?
2. Does our health insurance cover it?
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