Lincoln and I had a great night last night watching football Bills v Pats followed by Green Bay v The Broncos while Reagan and mommy went to watch the Taylor Swift movie in Chester.
Pizza, Wings and beer (non alcoholic for Linc) we had a good time teaching him about the rules and, of course, watching a Broncos win!
Trying to dry the window frame I turned on the heater for almost an hour while I took Billy for a walk which seemed excessive but I wanted to give the wood the best chance to dry out. What did impress me hugely was the fact that Mt shed retained that heat all day, so much so that when I went back in 7 hours later, having gone in and out numerous times during the day, and it was REALLY warm.
I was very impressed and surprised just how much heat was retained throughout the day maybe I did something right for once?
After storm Babet battered Britain it also battered me shed too, which unfortunately meant the window frames filled with water. I knew I needed to run sealer around the frame I even bought it but was going to do it this weekend hopefully it won’t have too big of an effect longterm
Tonight I finished work for a week of much needed rest and just a break from being switched on all the time for people who wouldn’t care if I died! To spend a week pottering would be bliss, to spend some of it working on me shed even better. The kids are off Jamie is off too so nothing to do at all but whatever I want!
Both Reagan and Lincoln are doing well at school, yet both find it a struggle to navigate the miriad of obstacles that they face growing up. Big School is tough, and Reagan sat tonight and talked through her options and choices she has to make for her GCSEs with us at the dinner table.While Lincoln told us his concerns about the attentions of a girl he faces that could be construed as bullying. Both have to be carefully managed and both are just examples of what they have to navigate everyday at school.
I have played pool every Wednesday for nigh on 40 years and seen the highs and the many lows, I have always enjoyed playing but when you’re at the top it can become so competitive you forget to enjoy it?
We are no longer at the top and actually sit at the bottom of the table with only one point from our first 5 games and tonight we lost again because we are struggling to transition from world rules to international rules. In the later it favours talent and aggressive play which we can’t cope with right now. I lost the first 4 frames of the season but I was always having to play and go because my children were home alone. This week I was able to captain the side and lead from the front, which did not mean a team win but did mean I could talk to the players and let them know I have their backs etc
I won tonight it always feels better when you win…
Having chosen not to go in the ambulance last night, we hoped to steal a march on the minor injuries queue by getting to hospital before 9am and getting sorted quickly. Little did we know that after 7 hours in the system we would be examined and discharged in a busy waiting room in front of everyone when we sat down in the first sparsley populated waiting room.
Initially triaged there, we were lead to minor injuries waiting room where we were still oblivious to what was to follow. Triaged again by a nurse who admitted Jamie needed an X-ray but she was not qualified to request it so we needed to go back and sit in the waiting room which we did for the next 4 hours, knowing we would need to get X-ray authorisation and then get to photographed before a doctor would be able to assess her injuries.
Walking along the corridor outside Minor injuries and seeing people on gurneys lined up waiting to be seen and realising that the system is not working, and throughout the day we watched all the spare gurneys utilised until they were all gone and the place was full of people waiting, everywhere!
We eventually got X-rayed and a junior doctor examined diagnosed and discharged Jamie in the middle of a very busy waiting room because there were queuing people everywhere, the only thing that was broken was the system we went home with crutches and told to take painkillers until she could weightbear and come back if it got worse….
We had to call 999 tonight not something I would EVER do lightly but finding Mommy laid in the doorway of Lincoln’s room unable to move and in so much pain I had to, but not before assessing that it was absolutely necessary.
Mommy had gone to Reagan’s room to say goodnight and got into a heated discussion about what she witnessed Reagan watching on YouTube. As she turned to leave she lost her footing and fell down the stairs. When I found her Lincoln was with her and Reagan was still in her room being the victim acrying and saying it was all her fault instead of helping Mommy who could potentially have been very seriously injured. I ascertained slowly that although she had pain in many areas most of it was emanating from her left ankle and the rest although excruciating was superficial but she couldn’t move so I decided I needed help.
When they said it could take 4 hours for an ambulance to arrive Jamie forced herself to suffer the pain and allow me to get her to our bed but it took 30+ minutes making sure all her injuries were minor except her left ankle.
The ambulance arrived, but not before I’d rang my mate John for advice, and he’d come round to assess whether we needed to make our own way to A&E. He left, leaving it to medics on duty to tell us we had a choice because of what was basically a long wait either in your own bed or at Leighton for the minor injuries department to open up at 9am tomorrow. Jamie decided she would prefer her own bed and manage the pain herself and make our own way to hospital tomorrow.
Lincoln was amazing staying calm and caring for his mom in what must have been a very scary situation but he did what was needed holding her hand getting her a pillow on his own and also doing what I asked him to do which meant I could assess the situation without worrying about him too.
Reagan just made it totally about her and just became a second victim, someone else I had to manage while the real patient could have very easily been seriously injured. It was so disappointing to realise that in an emergency we can’t count on her because of her selfishness.
We will get both children off to school and go to A&E to find out exactly what Mommy has done to her foot which I fear could be broken and may take all day to find out!
Making Mommy breakfast in bed on a Sunday morning and taking Billy I found myself wanting to be productive but struggled to do much other than
It’s difficult to drop to last in the pecking order with Reagan and Lincoln vying for Mommy’s affection.
It’s great to be together again it makes me happy, we went on the walk this morning and watched Good Morning Vietnam after tea, and Lincoln loved it.
