Last Week - The Week From Hell
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Last week was a pretty cruddy week for me. Kevin was in Dubai for most of it so it started out sucking. Let me just give you a run through…
- Monday: The kids and I went to Costco and spent way too much money on diapers and other junk.. You can’t go there and NOT spend money. I think it defies physics… Anyways… We were heading home and we got rear-ended. The jerk in the tan van, who hit me, honked then proceeded to flip ME off and then sped off. No he/she didn’t even stop. I was so busy trying to get my car out of traffic that I couldn’t even tell you if it was a he or a she. I don’t know what kind of car nor did I get a plate number. Both kids were screaming, I’m on the verge of tears because I’ve never been involved in an accident before. I didn’t know what to do. I just knew I was going to have a mess in the smashed in trunk (Remember, I just bought groceries) I pulled over to check the car. Before getting out I made sure that both kids were ok. They were just a little rattled. Ashton didn’t like the fact that mommy dropped an F Bomb. (I don’t remember saying it, but she claims I did and it hurt her ears!) Jax was only crying because Ashton was. To my surprise, there wasn’t even a mark on the car. Not even a smudge in the dirt that was caked on my bumper. We got really lucky and so did that jerk in the van. I figured he probably didn’t have insurance or something. How lame? I mean how much could old run down van insurance really be?
- Tuesday: Ashton wasn’t feeling well. Her stomach was giving her issues. So she made sure and took every chance that she could to complain and let me know how crippled she was when I would ask her to do something.
- Wednesday: We painted Ashton’s bathroom. The smell of the $40 NON SMELLING paint made me sick. I spent double for this non toxic, not fumed paint so that I could paint while pregnant. It still stinks and has fumes… I don’t think it’s worth the money.
- Thursday: 4am -I woke up running to the restroom with the worst diarrhea ever. (TMI- I know.. sorry.) This was followed by vomiting and a lot of it. It got so bad that I was to the point of laying in the floor thinking I was on my way to the ER. (I’m 5 months pregnant -so not good) I couldn’t keep anything down. Not even water. I managed to shower and get the kids in the car in between episodes… I was on a mission to get some gatorade so I wouldn’t dehydrate. We made it two blocks before I decided I couldn’t bare the thought of juggling two kids through the store. I called Maimie (Kev’s Mom) and asked her to bring me some gatorade. Kevin was on a plane, headed home, and we were due to pick him up that afternoon as well. Luckily, Kevin’s parent’s were able to pick him up for me. By this time, I had a horrible headache and a fever. I pretty much needed to go to bed. Thank goodness Ashton was feeling better and she was able to help me with Jax. She was awesome. She changed all of his diapers that day. She fed him. I think she even attempted to do some dishes and laundry for me. She was a life saver.
- Friday: Kev returned to work. We were to meet for dinner at the new pizzeria. I arrived early. It was crowded. The line was out the door. It was HOT. The kids and I made it through the line and sat down to wait on our pizza. Still no Kevin. I looked down and there was a voicemail from Kev. Guess what? He had an accident on the way to meet us. ANOTHER idiot hit him. Supposedly, the guy had just bought a used car and the breaks went out and he ran smack into Kevin’s rear passenger side. Kevin wasn’t hurt but he was pissed. He followed the guy back to the dealership. The dealership is fixing Kevin’s car. They sent him home in a pimpin’ bright red minivan. He was thrilled. They promised his car would be ready the following day (Saturday.) Fast-forward to today (Wednesday), his car is still not fixed.
So, to sum up last week… it sucked… I’m glad it’s over. This week has been much better so far.. except for the fact that Ashton is at her dad’s and I miss her.
