SSB

Yesterday, one of my kids (1) injured her hand playing sports and (2) reported to me that "half of one of my teeth is missing." So here's my morning:

At 5:30 the phone rings to tell me that my school is canceled. I come downstairs and turn on my computer to see about my kids' schools. Neither school web site says boo, so I go to the KYW school closing site, which says nothing about either school, but reports that Philadelphia Public Schools are closed. I remember something from the school handbook at kid #1's school. I download the pdf and find that, yes, that school is closed. I then go back to kid #2's school site which has put a closing message up during those 3 minutes.

I go back to bed to wait for the phone calls from the other 2 schools. One comes after about 15 minutes and the other one, this from a school that sends messages to my home phone number and both me and my wife's cell phones every time a committee meeting is cancelled, never calls. I sleep until about 8:30.

Then I get up and call the doctor. They can take my kid whenever. I say 11, because I don't want to wake her too early. I then call the dentist. He has an opening at 11:15. Don't think that's enough time in between, so as I'm trying to decide if I want to call the other doctor back and reschedule, they tell me there's a spot at 1:30. Much better.

Wake kid #1 up at 10. She's grumpy. Kid #2 wakes up at 10:02. She's hungry. I make her some of my famous pancakes. I go to Starbucks and get coffee for everyone. Then home and to the doctor. First regular doctor, then down to x-ray. Sit and wait. Then x-rays taken and home to wait for the results. I say to kid #1, let's go to Trader Joe's before the dentist. She says okay. We get in the car and I get halfway and realize I don't have my wallet. This is not a positive development. We go back home and now there's no time for Trader Joes :(

Then to the dentist, get the tooth fixed. Come home. It's now 2PM. I have essentially done nothing and I'm exhausted.

So if your parents seem crabby today, give them a break, eh?