Well, I was off visiting Ben’s family in Michigan for the week, and Ben’s cousin was getting married, too, so there was alot of celebrating to be done!
Jack had a fantastic time on the farm, and spent almost every waking minute outside looking at the corn and/or soybeans, riding in the gator out into the fields (he even steered it himself… watch out for that boy!), and helping Grampa pick up apples. He loved his time there, and I can foresee many happy summers for him in the future, as he goes to visit the family farm. Ben and I also got to hang out with Jeff (Hi Jeff!), which was awesome. At one point during lunch he said, “It’s happened: we are now the kind of people who get together and talk about our kids.” We talked about other stuff, too, promise… but there was alot of comparing of stories, probably because parents always tend to wonder whether we’re doing things right (even the ones who don’t admit that they worry about that).
Our Tuesday evening flight back was OK but delayed by an hour, so we didn’t actually get back in the door until about 1:30 Wednesday morning. After a day of recovering, I was looking forward to a day of normalcy. Until (cue forboding music) Seamus had to go in for a follow up on the cut on his face. He came back from the vet wearing a floppy collar, which he proceeded to work over his shoulders until it settled on his waist. He ran around the house with it like he was wearing a tutu. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Then… Jack has had a slightly yellow pinky nail that I have noticed for the last few days. Today, he reached down to pick something up, and it ended up peeling back almost to the nail bed–my boy is about to lose his nail. I called his pediatrician, explained that it was pretty far back there and I didn’t know what to do, and they told me to take him to urgent care, since they didn’t have tools to remove the nail. I go to urgent care, pay a $75 co-pay (since it’s considered emergency room care) and they tell me they won’t remove the nail. Which I am sure my pediatrician would have said if my pediatrician would have let us come in like I ASKED. for $15 co-pay. ARGH. Jack’s now on keflex for the infection. Fun and games at our house!
Anyway, pics to follow at some point, once I a) find my camera and b) locate the card reader. Hope my readers reader (?) is faring well.