Well, at least the weekend STARTED off good....

Wow...I am finally catching my breath and taking some time to update on here. Our weekend started early with Chris cutting out of work a couple hours early last Friday. We headed to the Stoneboro Fair..for you non-locals this is about the most "hickish" fair you may ever find! At any rate...its perfect for us, it's cheap and the cost of the rides is included in the general admission so there are no "surprise" fees. The rides aren't spectacular, for adults anyways, but they are perfect for all 3 of our kids ranging in age from 2 to 7. We had a wonderful and late night...couldn't get the kids to leave. The highlight of the evening was Nolan stepping in cow manure in his flip-flops. No more detail is needed there...just be assured that Chris was beyond grossed out. We had a nice farmer-type lady spray his feet down along with the other horses she had tied outside the barn! That was Friday night, now fast forward to Saturday. Chris says his finger (recently operated on) is feeling a little bit sore and he's confused as to why. It has been feeling great the past week and he almost forgot it even had been operated on, that is how wel it had been healing. Chris went about his day, actually spent most of the day with his Dad in the garage getting oil changed in all the vehicles. That evening we headed over to his parents for a cookout, that was actually a cook-in, but a Labor Day get together anyways. We enjoyed dinner and home-made apple pie, and games with the kiddos. Again, Chris finger was aching and now warm to the touch. So, we get home Saturday night and he calls the attending doc on call at Mercy hospital hospital in Pittsburgh. The doc says...it shouldn't be infected...infection takes ABOUT 7-10 days to set in and you are on day 11, but if you feel something is wrong well then make the 1 hour drive and come see me in the Emergency Room. Well, we thought this was a bit ridiculous, and Chris had an appointment made for today (Tuesday) afternoon anyways. We didn't think that waiting 3 days would hurt. So, Sunday rolls around, we actually all 5 made it to Sunday School and church...a first for us since the month of May! As church progresses Chris is feeling sicker and sicker, and his finger is getting redder and redder. Is redder a word??? Anyways....as crappy as he is feeling we head out of church and to Canonsburg to our favorite hockey store...KoSports...and pick up a few hockey items to replace a few pieces of equipment Nolan has grown out of. We also stopped at Sarris chocolate factory...a local favorite for quality chocolate. I knew Chris wasn't feeling well when he ordered 5 small pieces of chocolate to bring home and passed on the gourmet peanut butter cups. We got home at dinner time on Sunday evening and he crashed on the couch. He slept all evening, and barely ate a thing. By late evning I told him he should consider going to our local Emergency Room...a 10 minute drive...and get his finger looked at...and possibly get some antibiotics. He said he'd feel stupid for going to the E.R. for a sore finger and he'd just sleep it off. Well, by 9-10:00 p.m. he was in tears. You know its bad when a grown man is crying. This is the same man that chopped off the tip of that finger 1 year ago and never shed a tear over it! Looooooong story short...or at least shortened...yes it is badly infected, and the E.R. doc gave him a prescription for 2 powerful antibiotics, taken 6 times daily! The bad news...its been over 24 hours since that visit and he's still miserable. The pain is lessened but now he has a fever, chills, no appetite, headache, can't sleep, you name it...he's got it. He is at his doctor appointment right now in Pittsburgh...pray that relief is on its way! Monday (Labor Day) Chris slept the entire day, the kids took turns staying at Chris' parents house while I did last minute school shoe shopping for Chelsea. Poor girl took a growth spurt over the last 2 weeks and all of a sudden none of her shoes fit! Thanks to Stride-Rite she now has 3 pairs that fit! Today was the kids' first day back to school...man did I shock myself! I have no idea why, but as both kiddos got onto the bus I burst out into tears! I felt like such a fool...hoping that nobody on the bus saw me! Not that I should care what a bunch of kids think anyways...but I felt foolish. Can't figure out if it was because it was 2 of my kids and not just one, was I thinking I would be lonely for the day, was I just feeling old? When I walked back into the house I was fine, I immediately started thinking about what Kylie and I were gonna do and plan our day. Well, needless to say 11:00 rolled around pretty darn quickly (that's when Nolan gets home from 1/2 day kindergarden). Today also marked day 1 of potty training Kylie. She is doing wonderfully, hasn't peed in her underwear yet, but did "poopy" in them. At least she came and told me she dirtied them...she could have just sat in it and smooshed it everywhere! This is going to be a week of big changes for her, no siblings around, for at least half the day, no more Binky (we threw it away a week ago), and no more diapers (unless she's sleeping). It's been a crazy few days...and i'm sure the next few aren't gonna want to be any less, so we'll see what the week brings! Wish me luck...potty training, sick husband, kids back to school, Chelsea starts dance lessons this week, hockey practice on school nights...I just need these next 2 weeks to get back into the swing of things and i'll be good after that...just in time for Chris to go on his 2 week trip for work! I wouldn't trade my life..hectic as it may be..for a thing in this world!