Tonight as I was driving home at 11:30 p.m., I drove by an overturned shopping cart with a television laying screen down next to it practically in the middle of the street. I wonder where it was on its way to. Better yet, I wonder where it came from. After that I drove by a rather large shirtless man crossing the street. I understand it’s Summer, but to be shirtless at 11:30 at night. Somehow I don’t think he was on his way to the beach. Neither of these beat the time that I drove by a man pooping in the gutter. That’s right people, POOPING!
Ouch – Ellie Style. September 2, 2008
Today was a little crazy. I got up at 5:30 am, and for some reason Ellie-bean thought it would be a great idea to get up then to. She had breakfast, I got her ready for school, and off to daycare we went. As soon as I got there I hear “Excuse me”. I look around and see one of the teachers behind the playground fence talking to me. She then says, “Daycare is closed today”. I than think to myself, WHAT THE HECK!!! How could I not know about this? They say that daycare starts again on Wednesday. So there I was, my child totally excited to spend the day with her favorite teacher after being off for over a week, I am supposed to be at work in 25 minutes, and I don’t know what to do with my child. Thank God for Auntie Beth. I called her twice before she picked up, and I said “I have an emergency…daycare is closed!” Without hesitation she says, “bring her over”. I think that I got her still half asleep which is why she was so willing to watch my child for 8+ hours. Everything ended up working out just fine, and Ellie had a great time. After work I went over to Beth’s house to hang out and Ellie said she wanted a snack. I got her some pretzels and set her up on a chair with a TV tray. I had my back turned to her thinking she would be fine when all of a sudden I hear a giant BOOM. I turned around and Ellie was sprawled out on the floor and the tray was knocked over as well. She started screaming, and screamed louder and longer than I have ever heard her scream in my life. I thought for sure something was seriously wrong. Beth felt all over her to see if she had broken any bones but couldn’t find anything. Then a few seconds later while Ellie is still screaming Beth brushed her hair aside and there it was…a ginormous knot on her forehead. As the night went on the swelling went down and the color went from normal flesh tone, to purple. It’ll be a great look for her REAL first day of daycare.
