Well, this week has felt a long one!
Jamie was away from Sunday night until late friday night, I had extra shifts at work and another Uni assignment that needed to be written and handed in, on top of all the usual Mum things. And as if that wasn't stressy enough 5 minutes after getting in from work on Thursady Lydia came to show me that she had got a toy stuck on her finger and ask if I could get it off for her................. the answer was NO! Even after 20 minutes under a cold tap and half a tub of vasaline, the thing wouldn't budge. By now Lydia was hysterical (It was hurting!) and her finger was really swollen.
So I got all the kids in the car (I would love to say calmly, but that wouldn't be quite true) and headed off to A & E.
After 3 hours of waiting we were finally seen, and they CUT the toy off her finger and then had to put her arm in a sling because they were worried about the blood flow to the finger. By this time it was 9:15 pm and we were all tired out! (I have to say though all the kids were really well behaved in the waiting room though, I think they knew that Mummy didn't need anymore hassle that night).
(The offending toy. They let her bring it home
to show daddy. You can see where they cut it to prise it open .)
ANYWAY, Jamie is now home and might any be away a couple of nights this coming week,
Lydia's finger is all better and my Uni assignment is all finished and handed in. And we had a nice lazy weekend together as a family.
I wonder what FUN next week will bring?
What a radiculous crazy day! Why do they come like that sometimes? One of those events on it's own whould have been enough to cope with. Doesn't blogging about it put it in perspective - and you can look at it and say - 'I deserve the mother of the year award!' Next time you have a trip to A&E (and there probably will be a next time, I hate to say it) you can always drop little people off round here and they can play or sleep over, we'd love to help out!
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