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What A Day! Pedicure Is-A-Calling!

I seriously could not have made the events of today up if I'd tried!


I had two interviews out of town, an hour and a half away. Luckily for me (and a bit ironic), they were in the same city. Made it there successfully and interviews went well. I made it home safely (three hour road trip in total), knowing that I had to go to the laundromat when I got home (dryer went out 🚫). Loaded the car with four loads of laundry (been a bit lazy, but whatev's)...


LB has been battling allergies since May 26th... Took him to urgent care twice since then only to find out that he needed antibiotics for a double ear infection (fever of 101... poor guy). Got his 2nd round of meds filled yesterday and gave him a dose in the morning and last night. Thought he'd be progressing toward better health only to find out that he had an allergic reaction throughout the night to the antibiotic😷🤦🏾.  

"Ok, don't give him any more antibiotics, just monitor him to make sure he doesn't have a fever, give him plenty of liquid... I'll call the doctor's office and have her call in another prescription," were the instructions I gave (ain't nobody got time for a THIRD trip to a medical facility... thank God the reaction was mild enough so I didn't need to over react... If they would've required that he come in, no problem. We were prepared for that. Better safe than sorry...

But when I tell you that I LITERALLY CALLED FIVE TIMES, I am NOT exaggerateing! I was FINALLY able to get a call back from a doctor on-call after hours ( sometimes situations require more urgency than what is anticipated... my son coughing, sneezing, snotting, lethargic and miserable for a week is urgent! So I definitely stalked the after-hours phone line when I didn't get the response I needed all day... the reponse that my son needed, given he's experiencing an allergic reaction, on top of his double ear infection). Mind you, this is going on throughout my interview process during the day.

Fast foward to this evening. Tons of my laundry was soiled because LB threw up all over (seems like his most fav place to puke is my bed 😒) i.e. had to wash my sheets, comforter... Even the pillow cases AND pillows! Washed the loads in record time and loaded the car back up and headed home (those multi-load washers are AMAZING... I'd debated on washing my loads at home and taking the washed clothes to the laundromat, but I opted out cuz it was too time consuming when I could just dump everything in, all at once and hit "start"!)

I got home, put my sheets and comforter back on the bed, told LB he could get in my bed with me ( what else is new with that) and then I felt his tap on my shoulder. I turned to him and he says, "Mom, I throw up," and before I could catch it, he threw up 😒... once again😒😒, on my comforter😒😒😒... and sheets😒😒😒😒... that were freshly laundered😒😕😵😤... and of course, it was on my side of the bed... AGAIN😰!!!

When I tell you that my bed was not made for more than FIVE minutes before he invaded my space with his chunky liquid venom, I am not exaggerating! His stomach and intestines and throat all decided to wage an all-out attack on me in my bed...  once again!

I say all that to say this: These experiences are not foreign to those who serve in the roles of mother, wife, career woman, and so on. It's the end of the night and I'm sitting on a towel to absorb the wet spot on my mattress where my son puked. I don't have the energy to patiently wait for the fan to dry the spot... and quite frankly, I'm tired! The kids are bathed and off to bed, the laundry can wait to be folded, and LB has a new antibiotic in his system.

Today was good... busy beyond belief, but good! Oh, I forgot to mention that I did all this while getting over strep throat and an upper respiratory infection. Make sure you take time for self; self-renewal, self-healing, self-indulgence! It's okay to give to yourself, just as freely as you give to your family, your employer, your church and so on. And another thing... learn to delegate, let go and trust that those around you can/will get the tasks done (I'm a work in progress with that one 🤷🏾).

I think it's time for me to reward myself... I think a pedicure is-a-calling!

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