Jan. 10, 2007
Breaking In Is Hard To Do
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I chatted with a couple of friends on the phone this morning, nursed the baby and put her down for her nap in my room. I went into the kitchen and made myself and the kids something to eat. I prepared the kids' food first and then started making mine. (Still talking to my friend L on the phone...) Lovey finished her breakfast and heard the baby crying, so she headed back to my bedroom to get her. I sat down to eat, and (I kid you not!) JUST as I was about to put the first forkful into my mouth, Lovey came running back into the kitchen shouting "MOM! Mom! MOM!! (Now what?!)
She tells that the door to my bedroom is locked! (Nah, It can't be...) I hurried down the hall with two excited kids in tow... And sure enough IT IS LOCKED.
The doorknow is kind of lightbulb shaped with a weird kind of lock- there is no button to push or twist like the other locks. It pushes in... kind of like the top of a medicine bottle. Not sure how it got locked, but there we were. Crying baby on one side, Momma and other kids on the other. Huh. Ok. This is a new one...
First thing, I tried using the bathroom "key" in the little hole. It didn't work. Next up, a small screwdriver. Nope. That doesn't work either. The kids were freaking out, the baby was now screaming at the top of her lungs, and I cannot get that lock open.
I found myself in a mild state of panic. I could no longer think straight as the older kids were having hissy fits. Lovey kept making her Drama Queen statements- "Mom! She's gonna STARVE to death!" and "Call 911! Call 911!". She also kept shouting at Miss E thru the door, which made the baby cry harder. P'Tater was having himself a tizzy,jumping around, occasionally landing on my foot.
I got off the phone with my friend and called M. He was 45 min. away. It looked like it was up to me to figure it out... At least he was able to tell me where the tools were and play Tech Support.
I try to make and post a daily To-Do list on my FlyBaby Yahoo Group.
This is how the first one looked for 1/10:
1) Morning routine
2) Homeschool
3) Bake cupcakes for AWANA
and muffins for Pray N Play
4) Babysteps~HB, Zone Work, Missions
5) Exercise
6) Wash my bedding. Did P'tater's last night because he has a spider bite on his hand. He came in yesterday am and showed me. I "doctored it up" but didn't think too much about it. I showed dh, and he decided to see if he could find the spider. The only one M found in his room was a Black Widow on his window sill!! (Right by his bed) I am keeping a close eye on him, but he has not developed any serious symptoms. Just the bite, which hurts and itches.
7) Get kids ready for church tonight
8) Date night for dh and I (and the baby!:))
We are going out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary. I am thinking Olive Garden. Yum...
This is what it looked like not an hour later...
**** REVISED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES****
New list~
1) Morning routine 2) Break into bedroom via window where A/C unit is by pulling a MacGyver!
*I couldn't get the window itself to budge.I had to disassemble part of the A/C unit from outside and slide the whole unit over.
* Spend a good portion of the time attemping to keep Lovey and P'Tater from dropping the screwdrivers or knocking over the parts of the A/C unit as I dismantle it... Find myself saying "Back off!" and swatting at the air at least 67 times.
*Discover that, while not an easy thing to do, the A/C unit is not "break-in proof" after all. It was no match for Momma.
3) Push Lovey and P'Tater thru the 12"x 14" opening so they can open the bedroom door and be heroes. (Think of a couple of Pooh Bears "stuck in Rabbits' hole" and you have a pretty accurate mental picture of the scene.)
4) Reassemble the A/C and window so that the cold air is not permeating the house. (It is freezing out there!)
5) Fix myself a cup of hot tea and sit down to let the adrenalin leave my system. Heat up my cold ham and eggs. (Why am I not a size 4?!)
6) Bake cupcakes for AWANA (Decorate them with one hand as I nurse the baby 20 minutes before I have to leave.)
7) Homeschool
8) Wash bedding
9) Add a few things (like Benadryl for spider bites and a new doorknob) to my list of things to buy on Pay Day.
10) Get everyone ready to go to church and date night
What a day.... and it not even noon.
I was really looking forward to item #10...M and I were supposed to go to dinner at The Olive Garden for our anniversary. It didn't happen. He had a disastrous day at work. He did not even get home until 8:45pm.
Miss E and I ended up going grocery shopping while the kids were at church. I sat in the parking lot of Foods Co eating the insides of 2 tacos from Taco Bell with her serenading me with her wails... (She HATES riding in the car. She hates her carseat. She is not your typical baby, which means she fits right in with our family.)
It was not so much fun.
This was quite a day.
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