May 06, 2008
taking things in stride
First thing this morning, I knocked a laundry basket full of clean clothes off of the chair next to my bed and when I righted the basket and lifted it onto the bed, I realized it fell smack into a steaming pile of dog barf. Barf covered the side of the basket and a stack of clothes that were up against that edge. Mmmmm.
When I woke Little Bear, he had an accident and had peed the bed. When I brought him out into the family room to get him cleaned up and changed, I was greeted by several lovely barf spots. I cleaned those up and then got Hoho up and dressed. As I was packing everything up and getting everybody out the door Keno barfs again and it's all bloody. Gag. I figured I'd have to call the vet on my way to work and make an appointment to get him in today.
I had just locked the front door when I heard HoHo say "Uh-oh". I had a flat tire. G-zuss! Grumpy had already left for work so I had to figure it out myself. I hate fixing car issues, because Grumpy is kinda picky about car stuff and grumbles if I pay to have something fixed that he could have done himself.
I had to call my office and tell my poor new assistant, who has no idea what she is doing, that I wouldn't be coming in today. Did I mention that there are only two of us that work there. So, I left her completely alone.
Then I had to call Little Bear's speech therapist and cancel so I could get the van in and get the tire fixed.
I called Little Bear's caretaker and told her not to bother coming today because without the van we can't take his wheelchair anywhere.
I went to the in-law's (who live around the corner), got enough air in the tire to get to MIDAS and then we were off.
Little Bear normally would have music therapy today too, but his therapist quit and his replacement isn't scheduled to start until the 12th. When Ms. L quit we were told there would be no lapse in therapy.
But, last week, when we showed up for therapy (after driving a half an hour to get there) we were told that the new therapist was moving from out of state and wouldn't be starting until the 12th. We were also told that someone would call and confirm when she was ready to start.
Thank God the guys at MIDAS know me and weren't busy this morning. They fixed my tire and I got an alignment while I was at it because Grumpy put new struts on the van a few weeks ago and I've been meaning to do it. I don't know why I haven't gotten to it yet, it's not like I'm busy or anything. Yes, I was being sarcastic.
When we got home from MIDAS, there was a message from the new music therapist asking why we had missed our appointment today. Wha? Get it together people.
Well, thankfully my tire went flat here in my driveway and not out on the road somewhere.
I am taking Keno to the vet at five, hopefully he is ok. I'll keep you posted.
In other news, my father-in-law and Grumpy are out in the back yard doing a final grading job, because we get the sod installed TOMORROW! I am sooooo excited. We will finally have grass to play on instead of dirt! Whee.
In other, other news, I think I told you I work two part-time jobs. I manage a non-profit office Monday through Friday in the mornings. And in the afternoons I work from home for a female race car driver. She travels all the time so I meet her at her house once a month or so to go over things. I have to pull up to the gate of her housing development and the security guard has to raise the gate and let me in. It's pretty funny, me in my beat-up, ADA mini-van cruising through this hoity-toity Scottsdale neighborhood.
Anyway, because Danic Patrick won her first IRL race, all the newspapers have been contacting my boss for interviews. I was at her house while she was on the phone with USA today and the next day I bought the paper and read all the stuff I had heard her say the day before. It was wild.
Since I don't follow racing, I had never heard of her and didn't realize she was such a big deal. I think that's why she hired me. She liked that I had no idea who she was. Anyway, after all the years I went to school and worked as a graphic designer and I've never loved a job the way I love these two jobs. Weird how life takes you places you never thought you'd want to be.
Posted by bugg at May 6, 2008 02:35 PM
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Holy Bodily Fluids Batman!! Glad you got your tire fixed and that happened at home. Our car broke down in MN, right after we moved and Eli and I had no one to get us because we didn't know anyone. Good times.
Posted by: Chas at May 7, 2008 08:09 AM