A Bit of a Pity Post

Saturday was a work day for sure.  Sadly it was interrupted by a visit to Urgent Care.  Emily has an ear infection from being in the pool which of course she can no longer do.  When it rains it pours as they say.  Which it was doing yesterday.  And by the way do you realize how much it sucks in general to be on crutches?  Try it in the rain, in the cold.  I wanted super human powers so I could carry Emily place to place or beam her there.  Unfortunately she had to just slog along on her own.  By suppertime we were defeated with the whole crutch transportation thing and I just went and picked up some pizza.  It was also the first time I had my first real coffee of the day which is also an indicator of how bad the weather was which sounds strange but I just couldn't deal with one more thing and getting coffee was one more thing. Okay I will move on from the pity part of the post.

We did get a lot done yesterday but there is still much to do.  We are currently waiting for a friend with a car to take us to Target.

Well, maybe a bit more of a pity party.

Yesterday mid morning Em went to Pilates and I went for a run.  When she first opened the door and swore exclaimed over the weather I suggested we not go.  It was so cold and pouring. I don't mind running in the rain  but I like to be home immediately after so I can jump in the shower.  But I sucked it up (Em is the one on crutches and I am the one whining?) and off we went. I left her off at Pilates and took off running. I ran to the Mall, along the Potomac to the Lincoln Memorial.  I had spent about half the time I had so I turned around and headed back. I didn't want any worries about being lost so it was an out and back run for sure.  After I picked Em up we headed to get lunch (I am soaking wet but I am a trooper).  Once out on crutches you do what you need to before heading home.  Then it became obvious that Urgent Care needed to be a stop and sooner rather than later.  The good thing about ear aches is you can get a prescription and it starts feeling better much sooner than a broken foot.  But to get that prescription it involves more trudging around in the bad weather.  I was worried Em was going to slip.  While at the drug store we may have gotten pretzel M+Ms, Halloween pumpkins and some chocolate/peanut butter candy.

Did I mention that for some of these errands I was soaked from my run?  And it wasn't exactly balmy?  Yeah.  I did run home and shower and change (only to get wet again......but not as wet) while Em was actually in Urgent Care.  I have heard it is cold out today but at least it isn't raining.

I did enjoy my run yesterday - a great deal in fact - but the whole after thing....not so much.