Let the Games Begin, And the Insanity

23 December 2009

First let me apologize for no pictures. I will get them posted as soon as I get them from my mom and sister. My camera was not available for the Bridal luncheon today. I'll explain later on.

The day started early. I'm working every morning so I can have the rest of the day and evenings free to get Christmas together and any wedding issues.

Today Recruit 1 and her Beau needed to leave early to go get their marriage license. I was up at 0600 working and so was Recruit 6. He was up, and working. Working on me to give him an ice cream cone from the freezer.

I did not give in. He has had a terrible cough and fever. dairy products are not what he needs right now. Honestly otherwise, I would have let him have the ice cream. Don't tell The Marine. He hates it when I let them have ice cream for breakfast.

Seriously, it can't be worse than Captain Crunch or other sugar cereals.

Recruit 1 rolled out of bed at 0710, started to get dressed at 0719 and left the house to meet her fella at the county clerk's office to get their marriage license. You have to have it for 72 hours.

We received a call from her not long after she left. They were closed. They couldn't get in until Monday which would mess up the necessary 72 hour waiting period.

They hung up and I left to go pick up the grooms pants from the alterations lady, fretting the whole way. And why the heck were they closed today? I mean seriously!!!

Fortunately Sequin had a county clerk who was actually working and they were able to square everything away. Thank goodness!

So now it's time to dress for the Bride's maids luncheon. I was wearing black slacks and a white fancy top I had worn to the Marine Corps Ball.

The zipper broke. With me in the jacket. so my mother in law finally got it open all the way so I could get out of it. Thank goodness for her!

I quickly switched fashion gears, raided my mom's closet and jewelery box and away we went.

The luncheon was at a winery called Mandola's. It was beautiful and delicious. Mom did a great job pulling it together. Recruit 1 had both her Grandmothers and her Great Grandmother at her lunch today.

Leaving for the luncheon I forgot my camera. Recruit 1 called and I told her I didn't have it. She had just left the house so she turned around to go get it. I called Recruit 2 who was at home with Recruit 6, both of them not feeling well, and told him to start looking for the camera.

He didn't find it. Recruit 1 was supposed to be helping look for it. I just found out about thirty minutes ago she wasn't helping she was running around with a curling iron in her hand trying to fix her hair again.

I went into the room I'm staying in and looked about 2 seconds for the camera. Found it. Recruit 2 is not doing the well in the finding department lately.

Immediately after the lunch I took Recruit 6 to the doctors (the ER) since we are away from our regular medical facility.

He has pneumonia. I thought hit had been way to long for him to have this cough. He was a great trooper. We hung out together watching Sponge Bob and finally after three hours left the hospital.

We went to Walgreens to get his prescription. While there he had another coughing fit, so sever this time he started throwing up. On me. On the floor in front of the pharmacy and snot was coming out his nose.

Not a cool experience.

The pharmacy tech gave me some kleenex and I asked for a bag. I cleaned up the floor and myself and my little man. There was a woman in hospital scrubs waiting behind me and she came over and helped.

We started to leave and as we left the pharmacy area, Recruit 6 starts getting ornery. We had not yet visited the toy aisle. I told him I was not getting a toy and we needed to go, he was a walking viral infection.

He didn't get it and started getting upset. So we cruised through the toy aisle and I quickly escorted him out of the store. He was not happy he did not get "just a little toy".

After we arrived home, I held him a while and he fell asleep.

He woke up not long ago.

He just had a blessing, motrin, a bath and some Young Living oils on his feet and chest. Recruit 1 did all that and put him to bed on his pallet.

Oh and on a side note. The big scratch across his right cheek was the subject of much attention in the hospital. When I first came in the triage nurse asked what happened and I looked puzzled because I hadn't said anything yet. Then I realized she thought we were there for the face.

I laughed and said, oh that? No that's not what we're here for. Of course Recruit 6 was asked several different times by several different medical personnel about it. When we told them he was leaping from one bale of hay to another across a fairly wide expanse, more than one of them said oh yes I used to do that. Only in Texas.

It's been a good day. I have two wonderful men in my family who both hold the Priesthood and can provide blessings for my children and mother. I have two wonderful moms, mine and the Marine's.

It's been good a day.