Monday Madness

I woke up at 7:25 confused.

What day is it? Is this morning or evening?

According to my official schedule, I should be waking up at 5 am feeling rested and refreshed. Unfortunately, I still couldn’t fall asleep around 2 am and decided to take a Benadryl just so I could get a few hours of sleep.

I send Nicky a text “Guess who won’t be at work at 8”?
She calls me back to say she isn’t feeling well but is on the way to work.

Text from Michelle 7:55 “Shirley isn’t coming in today and I am just leaving my house.”
I text back “You’re doing better than me”!

I work with 4 women and 1 doctor. Mondays are insane and the only one there is the doctor. We are going to be in trouble!

I then rush to get Hannah ready for school and she seems just as dazed and confused as I am.

She can’t seem to figure out what to put on first.

No breakfast or lunch ready for Hannah. I told her she will have to get a school lunch today and she tells me she will just drink water from the fountain. I pull together cheezits, water and a left over brownie and put it in her back pack. Anything is better than just fountain water right? Can you imagine her telling her teachers that she was having lunch at the water fountain?

We race to the freezing cold car and buckle in to race to school that is 20 minutes away and starts at 7:45. But…
The car won’t start! The battery is completely dead for some unknown reason and it is after 8. I call Nicky to let her know things have gone from bad to worse. Imagine how she feels! I have her fax an excuse to the school so Hannah won’t have to go to detention. I look up and down the street and realize the predicament I find myself in once again.

Everyone I know is already at work or tied up. I consider going back to bed but instead I “Put my big girl panties on” and decided to put on some makeup as I pondered what to do next. I texted Alex to please come by after he leaves meeting. I really hate to inconvenience him but so happy he was going to be there soon. Alex saves the day again!

One the way to Hannah’s school around 9:
Hannah decides she is hungry now.
The Low Fuel Light comes on
I still have no debit card
I go thru long line at ATM to get $20 cash
Hannah gets a Hershey bar for breakfast
I get $15 in gas
Alex rushes to his Mom’s house to meet ambulance- admitted with Pneumonia

When I get to work
Shirley is there. She thought she was in congestive heart failure but is ok now???
Patients lined up

Charts everywhere
Doctor typing away on the other side of my desk. We are face to face all day!

My entire day was chaos. Imagine how bad it would have been without the black eyed peas and cabbage.