I swear we aren't doing this on purpose. The phone just rang. It's the midwife, asking if we're still on for this morning.
This morning?
Yeah, you have an appointment this morning.
(She woke me up when she called... through the fog, I could tell the coffee pot wasn't on, but that's about all that clicked.) Um, what... what time this morning?
You're appointment is at nine.
A glance at the clock tells me it's 8:30. Wow. Yeah, we are so not going to make that one. Nobody's up. Charles is gone, so I'm guessing the alarm went off at *some* point, but the rest of us? Out cold.
This wouldn't be a problem, except she and I have been playing musical appointments for the last two months. I'm sure she's starting to think I am a complete flake. We had one appointment scheduled, pending a quarry day. Come the day of the appointment, there was a quarry day. So, I didn't go. Neither did she, so that was all okay.
Em kept us up all night the night before the next appointment. Then the midwife had a birth and missed the following appointment. I don't know why we missed the one after that, but we rescheduled and then were in New Mexico for that one. (I made Charles call and cancel that appointment. Yes, I am a coward. He said she sounded skeptical, too.) Later on, I rescheduled for the Monday after we returned from New Mexico, only to remember a few hours later that I had no transportation. So. We rescheduled for... this morning.
She can see me at noon today. Think I can make it? Everybody's up now. And talking. Nonstop. (As if I'm capable of caring about the price of crabby patties before I've had a cup of coffee... it's amazing.)
John's fever broke around one this morning. That's when I went to bed. I'd like to be there, now, to be honest, all tucked in and sleeping. But did I mention they're all up? And talking? Ugh. It's going to be a long, long day. However, at least they all sound healthy and happy. That's good. I hope they'll take care of me when I'm sick, one day. :-)
Kiss those babies!
~Dy
5 comments:
Glad to hear that John's feeling a bit better today! Good luck at the midwife!
You know, I always think that's going to be a great benefit of having so many children: someday, when I need it, there will be somebody to take care of me in my old age. :-) I'm so glad John is feeling better.
And I know you're tired because of the frequent mention of some guy named Charles. :-)
You'll have to be sure to let us know if you made it!
I hope it's a good appointment whenever it happens to be!
mere
Well, at least they're not all sick.
Remember when going to appointments was just a matter of ...going to the appointment? Kids do make a difference.
LOL at Jenny... I saw that... and kept thinking "Who's Charles?" *grin*
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