by teresa

What a rough weekend this has been.

Friday night I spent the evening with Ben and Kaden at the the place of evil (chuckecheese).
You guys know I NEVER go there. But, the pageant Ben is an escort in had a party for the kids participating...and I sucked it up and took him. And then on the way I had a moment of weakness and asked Kaden(my crazy 2yr old niece) to come with us.
It was so packed inside.
Hundreds of children let off their leash at once.
While the parents sat back and ignored the craziness going on with a cold beer (did you know they serve beer at chuckecheese?) and a piece of cardboard pizza. Numb to the screaming, pushing, running and jumping that is a good time for kids at C.E.C.
Since I don't drink or eat cardboard pizza I was fully aware and tuned in to all the debauchery.
I was a little scared.
Two hours later I dragged the over sugared and over stimulated kids back to the car to go home.
One of them kicked my seat the whole way home.
The other threw a sucker in my hair.
I said nothing.
I was verging on narcoleptic.

I dropped Kaden off (fueled up and ready to party...can you say endless mountain dew refills?) which I'm sure Katy appreciated.
Then came home and put Ben to bed.
I put on my sweats, straightened the covers and leaned over to set the alarm for our early morning soccer game on Sat.
Then the phone rang.
A phone ringing at 11:00 is usually not good.
It was mom and she was sick.
Real sick.
So I threw my C.E.C. smelling clothes back on(they almost smelled as bad as Mexican restaurant clothes) and headed next door.
I drove her to the ER and spent most of the night (next morning) there with her.
She was admitted yesterday and is still there today.
Gallstones. Infected gallbladder.
Much pain and nausea.
Poor mom.
We are waiting for a catscan today that will show if one of the ducts is clogged with a stone so the Dr. can make a next step.
Pray for her full and painless recovery.
And pray for me to find the time to take care of my family (wash those funky clothes and the rest of the full hampers) and be with mom as much as I can.