oh just a day...

things that occurred today, for fun:

-pooped BEFORE morning coffee, causing me to question whether or not to even bother to DRINK any coffee...conundrum
-arrived at tennis lessons early
-drop entire icey water bottle under car
-played for a while
-tennis lessons begin
-other 3 children fight over "communal" snack.
-fight continues, louder and shriekier.
-communal snack flies into air. gonezo.
-two of three girls fight for my lap while i TRY to discuss fave show, intervention with friend, during tennis
-tennis concludes
-off for a "quick swim" at my parent's pool
-arrive, enter...open a bottle of water, have sip
-look out door, realize left van slider door open
-attempt to go outside to shut it, fall down three wooden steps
-immediately examine arm: forearm appears to have grown a second elbow.
-ponder the possibility of BONE sticking out?
-panic under INTENSE amount of pain i am suddenly struggling with
-parents arrive
-husband arrives
-phone calls made
-ER advised
-several hours later, i leave with a prescription for conjunctivitis.
-no joke
-i do realize that pinkeye is a much gross, and cuter way to describe ailment.
-cousin calls to say her dad (my uncle) is on way to (same) ER for constant vomitting/diahhrea
-kids dress up in wrist brace and sling
-try to leave parents but son's modeling agency calls with audition for part in feature film
-return to let dog out that has been cooped up all day.
-refuses to exit house due to rain.
-dog is limping and bumps head into door. just great.
-same cousin texts saying her mysterious two week nausea could be TUMOR on ovary. lord.
-open thank you card from cousin whose dad just passed. BAWL eyes out.
-i was her ROCK through all of it. who? me?
-attempt to clean children in bath.
-0ne has yearly physical tomorrow.
-the other a chance to be in a movie.
-clip fingernails.
-bang arm three thousand times.


then magically the red sox are on...and all is okay.