It actually started Sunday when Brandon used the wrong contact lens cleaner in his case. There are some contact lense solutions you use in this special case with this neutralizing tablet to disinfect and clean your lenses. We only have that solution in the house because it cleans up blood really well and my doggie, Lennox has prostate problems so drops blood unexpectedly (sorry I know it's gross) and it's not the easiest thing to clean off carpet, walls, hardwoods, fabric, etc. So anyway, that's why we have it. Well Brandon ran out of his regular contact lens solution so used this other kind I have. He soaked it over night and put his contact in and then I heard the bloody murder screams from rooms away! I knew that for my mild tempered phlegmatic husband to be screaming like this something was REALLY wrong. He ended up getting a really nasty chemical burn in his eye.
Sooo all day Sunday I had to deal with a teething baby (or maybe it's a cold or something that just hasn’t gone away for a week and a half) and Brandon who was even more sad acting than Raymond. So that was Sunday… just trying to keep up with taking care of my 3 kids (son Raymond, husband Brandon, dog Lennox).
Monday morning I woke up early to cook Raymond breakfast… I had to get Lennox to the vet before 9 so I ended up waking up Raymond early so we could eat fast so we could drop Lennox off to get neutered. Neutering we hope will solve his prostate problems. Dropping Lennox off took at least 20 minutes to fill out all the paperwork and to try to find a way to buy some time for us to find this 'extra' $700 to pay for neutering... to follow the $300 vet bill we had the month before.. and the $250 the month before that (for his prostate problems).
I then drove all the way back to Leland, a 30 minute drive back, and picked up Brandon so he could go to the eye doctor. While he was seeing the doctor, Raymond and I just walked around and did anything we could to keep him busy in the waiting room. Then I drove the boys back home and got everybody settled for a nap. I think we all ate lunch at some point, but I can't remember when or what it was. Then Brandon was supposed to have a dentist appointment at noon, but with his eye emergency all he wanted to do was go to bed, so we just switched appointments, I went to his and he will go to mine next month.
(With all these appointments we've had in the past 3 months, I am so thankful for our insurance. Even with the great insurance coverage we have,..... with all our copays on top of all Lennox's needs, I just don't know how we make ends meet. Somehow the money is always there though... and I give 100% credit to God for that. He always provides and protects us.)
The dentist told me I have 2 cavities! My first 2 EVER!!! So........since I've had Raymond, my body has changed a LOT! Pregnancy changed my mouth a lot - especially my gums, making them sooo sensitive. My eyes have gotten so bad (probably from working at the call center part time though) so now I need glasses for distance (first time ever!) and now this..my first 2 cavities. Am I just getting old or what!?!? I couldn't believe what one baby could do to me!! haha and then people ask why I'm not planning on having another any time soon! Ha! :) Look at what one has done to me in all areas of my life haha... and really, some days I feel like I already have 3 kids!
I don't know if God has more babies in store for us or not..... I'll let Him decide that, just like He decided it was time for us to have Raymond when we were least expecting him!
So anyway, I got back from the dentist, showered extremely fast and headed off to work leaving the babysitter to take care of the 2 babies (Raymond and Brandon). Then after work, baby # 3 had to be picked up from the vet from being neutered. And so since Monday I’ve just been trying to help everybody heal and get back to normal. I have to keep Raymond separate from Lennox which both of them hate... and Lennox won't stop messing with his wounds so now I had to get him one of those cone head things. The poor thing. As if he didn't hate me enough for removing his doghood.
WOW things have changed since I met Brandon in 2001! Who would have thought this is what my life would look like now...... but I wouldn't change a thing. :) God knows best
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