to grandmothers house we go

Nov 17, 2017 | Uncategorized | 2 comments

Last week AB and I took a last minute trip down to my hometown.


We had somewhat of a rocky start. I went out to the car to turn it around to make packing the trunk easier. Sesame saw me pulling into the road, thought I was leaving her behind and came charging out of the house wearing only a shirt and diaper. She was dragging her blanket and crying hysterically. I had no idea she was there until I almost backed into her. My car was half in the driveway and half in our very busy road while I tried to explain I wasn’t leaving and she needed to go back in the house. She was so upset. When we got on the road the GPS told me to take exit 31. I’m bad at directions but I knew that wasn’t right. I knew we should go straight. I wondered if maybe the GPS knew there was traffic on our route so I followed it. It brought me to Trader Joes. I like TJ’s but not when I’m wrongly sent there while still recovering from nearly running over my baby. 


The day after we arrived Annabelle started getting sick. Christopher and I both had the flu so it was only a matter of time before she bit the dust. She was coughing and had a fever of 103. We made trip to urgent care to rule out her yearly bronchitis. The doctor wanted her to have an xray done to see if she had pneumonia. The nurse handed me the lead vest to put on and something that looked like a bandanna to put over my thyroid. I confused my thyroid with my ovaries and tried to wrap the thing around my waist. Apparently the thyroid resides in ones throat. Obviously I did not go to school for anatomy.2

 
The poor girl woke up every single night from coughing spells. She’d ask to come in my bed and when I brought her over she’d put her knees under my chin or her legs on my neck. I didn’t sleep through the night for days on end. Elizabeth kindly offered to sleep in the guest room with her so I could sleep upstairs and get a full night rest. I slept in that room for 21 years but haven’t since I got married. It felt a little sentimental. I did a celebratory dance at the thought of sleeping all night.
As these things go, I woke up twice because I was cold but AB didn’t wake up once. Of course.

Elizabeth is preparing for her licence test so I took her out on the road to pass on my road skilz. It was terrifying. She drives slower than any little old lady I have ever seen. I constantly had to tell her speed up. She has issues with being on the wrong side of the road. She may look happy and confident…

 but this is how I felt driving with her. I feared for my life.

One afternoon we went to Target to see Joanna Gaines new line. I didn’t want to go and be the stereotypical white lady walking around Target in leggings, but my desire to see the new items was overpowering. I loved it all. I loved seeing all the Christmas things too. Annabelle was as enthralled as I was and she told me “we should buy dis one and dis one AND DIS ONE IS THE BEST OF ALL!” She is her mother’s daughter.

It’s always tricky trying to visit Aaron when we’re in town. He has a very busy work/social schedule and the only time he could fit me for the 9:45pm-12:15am viewing of Thor. I seldom leave the house after 8, let alone arrive at the theater at 9:30, but I’ll do anything for my favorite little brother! I forgot to bring a real snack to share with him and Elizabeth but I handed out what I had- sticks of gum. You can always count on me to bring a real party.

We spent our last night at Daniel and Erika’s. The girls adore each other. Baby Ivy is growing so fast and they can really play together now. Ivy is a genius child who can already spell her name. She’s not even 2 yet. The minute I found that out I really buckled down on Annabelle learning to spell her name. Ivy does have a significant leg up by having such a short name.

We drove home yesterday and I can say without one bit of exaggeration that it was the longest drive in the history of drives. We’re going away for Thanksgiving next week but we’re flying so I won’t have the weight of getting there solely on myself.  With me in charge we’d end up at Trader Joes instead of Tennessee. 

2 Comments

  1. Laura Darling
    Laura Darling on November 17, 2017 at 2:55 am

    I am laughing out loud at the ovary/thyroid mixup. That's hysterical.

    My sister is turning 22 in a month and has only ever driven me one time. She is on team turtle as well. Thank goodness we live in a fairly hilly area because she pretty much gets by coasting down hills and using the momentum to get back up them.

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  2. rooth
    rooth on November 27, 2017 at 10:49 pm

    The last picture – the babies are the cutest!

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