oh the pain! and oh the weekend! etc.
Jun. 27th, 2008 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mamajoanYesterday I did the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge which I think I posted about here recently. It's a road race for charity where you sign up in teams from the same company. A bunch of my coworkers ran it; I walked. I was the only one walking from our company, because some people had to go on a business trip and missed it.
It was fairly fun in terms of a friendly atmosphere and all that, except that I was not adequately prepared to walk 3 miles. (The course is usually 3.5 but they shortened it due to construction.) In my head, 3 miles was like just a short little walk that you don't need to do anything for. In reality, at least some light stretching in advance would probably have been a good idea. Urgh. Also I had cramps all day yesterday and today. Stupid girly hormones. They say exercise is good for cramps, but that hasn't been my experience. :P The only things that seem to help are ibuprofen, chocolate, and TMI, not necessarily in that order.
So now I am extremely sore and wondering what the heck I was thinking. Oh well, it was fun and all for a good cause. But I'm sore. Did I mention sore? And soooooo tired. yow.
I had another tempest-in-a-teapot related to doctoring. I called to make an appointment for Isaac's 5-year checkup (yes, I didn't call until two weeks AFTER his birthday, because I am Slacker Mom) and the lady at our new doctor's office -- where Isaac has not actually been seen yet -- told me that they had not received his records from our old pediatrician. But they had received Ruthie's, which seemed odd. Anyway, I found this very annoying since the last thing I wanted to be doing was making a bunch of angry phone calls to doctors' offices. But before I got around to doing anything about it, the new doctor's office called back this morning and left me a message saying that in fact they DO have Isaac's records. I'm guessing that they had stuck his records in some drawer marked "Records for people who aren't actually our patients" and the woman I spoke to the other day didn't think to look there for them. I dunno. Anyway, so that's all good except that now I have to prepare Isaac for the possibility of getting shots at his checkup. alas.
Next week Isaac's preschool is closed and I am having to take time off work because I was Slacker Mom when it came to trying to arrange an alternative. However, another mom from the school did kindly offer (after I dropped some strong hints ;) ) to take Isaac for Tuesday, and my mom will take him on Wednesday as usual, so it turns out I'll just have to miss Mon and Thurs, so that's okay. I dunno what we'll do, but we'll think of something. I'm sure Isaac would be happy to just ride the subway with me all day long. ;)
I'm pulling out my hair about the upcoming weekend too. It's supposed to be thunderstormy all weekend long, which is disappointing. We've been having a LOT of thunderstorms lately and we are getting pretty sick of the inside of our house. Am I desperate enough to try taking a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old to a movie theater? Only time will tell! stay tuned! ;)
It was fairly fun in terms of a friendly atmosphere and all that, except that I was not adequately prepared to walk 3 miles. (The course is usually 3.5 but they shortened it due to construction.) In my head, 3 miles was like just a short little walk that you don't need to do anything for. In reality, at least some light stretching in advance would probably have been a good idea. Urgh. Also I had cramps all day yesterday and today. Stupid girly hormones. They say exercise is good for cramps, but that hasn't been my experience. :P The only things that seem to help are ibuprofen, chocolate, and TMI, not necessarily in that order.
So now I am extremely sore and wondering what the heck I was thinking. Oh well, it was fun and all for a good cause. But I'm sore. Did I mention sore? And soooooo tired. yow.
I had another tempest-in-a-teapot related to doctoring. I called to make an appointment for Isaac's 5-year checkup (yes, I didn't call until two weeks AFTER his birthday, because I am Slacker Mom) and the lady at our new doctor's office -- where Isaac has not actually been seen yet -- told me that they had not received his records from our old pediatrician. But they had received Ruthie's, which seemed odd. Anyway, I found this very annoying since the last thing I wanted to be doing was making a bunch of angry phone calls to doctors' offices. But before I got around to doing anything about it, the new doctor's office called back this morning and left me a message saying that in fact they DO have Isaac's records. I'm guessing that they had stuck his records in some drawer marked "Records for people who aren't actually our patients" and the woman I spoke to the other day didn't think to look there for them. I dunno. Anyway, so that's all good except that now I have to prepare Isaac for the possibility of getting shots at his checkup. alas.
Next week Isaac's preschool is closed and I am having to take time off work because I was Slacker Mom when it came to trying to arrange an alternative. However, another mom from the school did kindly offer (after I dropped some strong hints ;) ) to take Isaac for Tuesday, and my mom will take him on Wednesday as usual, so it turns out I'll just have to miss Mon and Thurs, so that's okay. I dunno what we'll do, but we'll think of something. I'm sure Isaac would be happy to just ride the subway with me all day long. ;)
I'm pulling out my hair about the upcoming weekend too. It's supposed to be thunderstormy all weekend long, which is disappointing. We've been having a LOT of thunderstorms lately and we are getting pretty sick of the inside of our house. Am I desperate enough to try taking a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old to a movie theater? Only time will tell! stay tuned! ;)
