Best laid plans...
As a planner, it's my worst nightmare
when things don't go according to plan...
I have a hard time adjusting
to alternatives when forced to...
Not that I am inflexible...
Did I just hear my husband snort?
It takes me a few minutes of panicked thinking,
"Now what am I going to do?!" ,
until reality, realization and acceptance kicks in....
Two weeks ago, my day was rolling along well, according to plan,
when I received a noontime call from the school
that my daughter was throwing up in the girl's bathroom...
Sigh, there went the rest of the day...
I scooped her up and salvaged some of my planned chores
while she recuperated
from her suspicious stomach ailment...
Funny how your tummy feels SO much better
once you are on the couch...
Late last week, Kate fell while at gymnastics
and twisted her ankle,
but it seemed like more than the usual sprain...
Remembering my own ankle mishaps as a gangly, uncoordinated kid,
I sympathized as she hopped around
on her good foot the next morning...
Missing the half day of school Friday,
I took her to the urgent care
for a check up and resulting X-Ray...
On the way to radiology, I realized my poor, gimpy girl
could not make the walk to the third floor,
so the nurse put her in a wheelchair....
Wow! "Now this was real service and attention
and a cool ride!", Kate was clearly thinking
as I pushed her down the halls...
After a normal X-Ray, the doctor fitted Kate
with a soft foot brace to give her a little extra support,
and boy, was it ever miraculous
how she could instantly walk with ease!
It was the prop she had been looking for
ever since her schoolmate broke her ankle
and got a cast on her foot...
Oh, the attention she was going to get
the second she hobbled onto the playground next week!
Oh, the sympathy and free pass from gym!
This was awesome!
She kept Freudian slipping
and called her brace a "cast"...
My BS detector starting beeping in my ear...
There is a sprain there and she does have some pain,
but when she hopped over to me this morning
on her good foot again,
I decided some emotional warfare was in order...
I was getting a little tired of this charade,
and given the five day school break,
I was in no mood for continued milking of the injury...
"Gee, Kate, I was hoping to take you to see a movie today,
like "Wreck It Ralph." But since that you can't walk very far,
I don't see how you can walk through the parking garage
or even to the theater with your ankle hurting so much today.
Guess we will have to stay home."
It was truly amazing how much better her ankle felt
at that moment and how her walk improved...
It was as if the angels came, from above,
to rescue this poor soul with pigtails
and they healed her ankle right then and there...
Mothers are allowed a fair amount of mental gamery and deceit
to make the world function properly...
Oh, and that thing about knowing EVERYTHING
that is going on, along with eyes in the back of our heads
is totally true...
That superpower appears
around the fifth month of gestation...
Just sayin'...
Otherwise there would be anarchy
and the world would slip off its axis...
Kate had also planned to visit her grandparents this weekend,
but Grandpa fell ill
and we rain checked that event for another day...
Kate needed to be distracted from her disappointment
as well as her real/fake injury,
so I scrambled for a quick craft...
Once again, Pinterest to the rescue!
This is a GREAT rainy day activity
and it is SO easy....
Sharpie Tie Dye...
Gather some plain white T Shirts,
Sharpies in a variety of colors,
rubbing alcohol,
rubber bands,
plastic cups,
medicine dropper,
blow dryer or iron
and some iron on appliques (optional)
1. Stretch a section of the front of the T Shirt
over a plastic cup
and secure tightly with a rubber band.
2. Design your T with the Sharpies in the tight circle.
I find small circles of color, close together,
make the coolest designs,
but this is where your little one can be very creative.
3. Fill the dropper with the alcohol
and let them drip, drip drip it
over their design and watch the colors run.
4. When it has stopped running,
gently blow dry the image.
5. Then move the cup to another section of the T Shirt
until you have decided you are finished.
6. Toss the T Shirt into the dryer to set the ink.
Then I ironed on some appliques from Jo Ann Fabrics
to add a little extra something...
That's it!
It's great for old Tees that have stains on them...
Kate had a blast
and it cost me about $4.00
for the appliques....
I need to appreciate the days
when things do go according to plan...
And really, sometimes the alternative plan
is as fun as the original anyway...
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