• Sep. 20, 2008
Easily Distracted...Who Me?
Although I teach my kids everyday I realize I could really use some classes myself...in time managment! This is a typical 'wasted three hours doing NotHiNg' day for me!
We finished up breakfast and I told the boys to brush their teeth and get ready to start school. So far so good we were right on schedule and then it happened, I saw the checkbook on the bar and realized Mark made a deposit yesterday and I should pay some bills, and have them ready to go into the mail this afternoon. So I begin working on the bills, then I discover that DishNet hasn't sent me my Gift Card they promised me. I decide I should call them, and as I am talking to them I realize my Verizon bill went up because I switched to DishNet from Direct TV. I finish with Dish and decide to call Verizon.
I hollar for Jordan to start school without me, and I call Verizon. I found out why Verizon charges thru the roof for their services...so they can afford to pay the service department overtime that is aquired while talking on the phone to customers!! The very nice gentleman talked and talked and talked about high-speed internet and the probability of me getting it in this area (no I HAD NOT called to inquire about High Speed internet but he ended up on that subject, go figure) as I talked to him my brother, Avery, called but I didn't switch over to answer. I couldn't get off the phone with this person, and I didn't want to be rude but I really wanted to ask "shouldn't you get to the next caller"...no wonder the call wait time is so high!
Finally, I am able to get off and again I hollar for Jordan to get started with out me. I need to return Avery's call, who by the way would make an excellent Verizon employee, :-). I talk to Avery for a few minutes then I hear a loud cry and realize my kids still aren't in school and it's 10 am! I walk in the living room to find out what all the screaming is about, and immediately I see blood all over Lucas' neck and Jordan freaking out. I calmly send Jordan to his room and tell myself and Josiah that we are not allowed to freak out.
At this point I didn't know what I was facing but I knew it had the potential to cause me to faint. I knew this because Mark cut his finger a couple of weeks earlier and as I 'helped' him change the bandage, I nearly passed out, and that was before he actually got the old bandage off! I have never been the queasy fainty type but I guess all things change. So I realize I must hold myself togather, but just in case I call Josiah in for back up support! There is blood all over Lucas' back, it looks as though one of those chainsaw monsters from the '80s has attacked my poor baby. I send Josiah after my ice pack and a clean towel and I prepare myself for what I thought would be a gaping whole in the back of Lucas's neck.
As I begin to look I realize Lucas is no longer crying. Is he in shock? Am I in shock, why am I so calm? Could it be that it's not as bad as it looks? I ask Josiah to hold the ice on his head for a second (I forget why) and he did, for a second, then he informed me that he just couldn't take 'this.' I looked in his direction, and he was turning pale and wobbly. To the chair he went and I turn the fan on and remove Lucas from the room. I decide I better call someone before I start cleaning it up...just in case. So I call Mark and explain the situation and then I hand the phone to Lucas so Mark can talk to him and distract him while I clean him up.
As I begin to clean his neck I see a trail of blood down his head, so at this point I'm still not sure how bad it is because it looks as though he has an 8in cut in the back of his head. The more I clean the smaller the wound becomes. In the end the cut was less than a centimeter long. No wonder he was so calm! Whew! God spares us again! I wish I could remember the amount of times God has blessed us with His protection on what could have been a very bad situation.
The bleeding has slowed down quite a bit but I decide to put a little ice on anyway. I sit down with Lucas in my lap and hold the ice on his head for a while, then I decide we really need to get to school because we're going to miss at least two days next week. We finally got to school around 11am, and I didn't even remember to put my bills in the box before the mail ran at 3pm!
Comments
• Sep. 23, 2008
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Posted by mansemamma
I'm so glad he's ok. As I was reading, I kept bracing myself for the big reveal (couldn't see the pic though) and then, of course, let out a big sigh when it wasn't too bad. As for the time management thing, it's so easy to lose track of time. August and September have been a major struggle for us this year, so I feel a bit of your pain. Anyhoo, thanks for stopping by my blog; I hope you'll come back!
Jennifer
• Oct. 20, 2008
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Posted by momstilllearning
WHAT A DAY!!! That would have been enough for me to call it quits I think, but I probably wouldn't have...I'm a slave to a schedule. Glad to hear it looked a lot worse than it was.
