While I was running this morning, my children woke up. They dug through the cupboards and the fridge, probably looking for candy (since we did away with it four days ago). What they found was Halea's amoxicillin. When I went to give her the morning dose, I couldn't find it in the fridge. I looked all over the kitchen and then found the container empty on the table. It looked like someone had tried to wipe up a small pink spill, but there should have been much more pink from that bottle. Where did it go??? Well, the green diarrhea that Halea has been having since then would indicate that she drank 20 doses of antibiotic, but the way Apollo complained of a sore tummy, makes me think he drank it. Crazy Monkeys! I don't think I will ever know who actually drank it, but I'm pretty sure Apollo was the one who worked on the child-proof lid since Halea's two year old monkey fingers do not have the dexterity that Apollo's do (wow, that was a long sentence)!
These things happen. My children wander into the street, too. They beat on each other. They would drink poison if it was pink like bubble gum. So why would the pharmacy, Dr.'s office, and Poison control act like I'm not doing a good job of mothering my FOUR children? Maybe I should have acted more shocked and nervous when I called, to give them a better feeling, just like when a neighbor brings one of my wanderers back from the street ("oh no, I can't believe they were in the street (again)" I say ~ but really, I just didn't have it in me today. And at least I CALLED!!! So don't act like I should be sterilized and have my kids taken away because they got into the "pink goop" (google that ~ at least I don't feed my kids chicken nuggets ~ that's real poison)!
Since I'm on a roll, I've been wanting to talk about this for a while, so I'll just keep going. Not related to today in any way except that I'm not the world's greatest mother:
JUST BECAUSE YOU WATCHED A SHOW OR READ A BOOK OR KNEW SOMEONE WHO HAD/HAS AN AUTISTIC CHILD OR A CHILD WITH ADHD OR BOTH, DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE AN EXPERT ON THAT SUBJECT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE WITH ONE OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR CHILDREN THAT ARE AFFLICTED WITH THESE "SPECIAL GIFTS". DON'T ASK ME IF WE'VE TRIED DIETARY CHANGES ~ ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?! I'M THE QUEEN OF DIETARY CHANGES. DON'T INSULT ME WITH THIS CRAP OF HOW THE FOOD THAT I'M FEEDING MY CHILDREN IS WHAT IS CAUSING THEIR SYMPTOMS. DON'T YOU THINK IF IT WERE THAT SIMPLE I WOULD HAVE MADE THOSE CHANGES TWELVE (12, REALLY 12) YEARS AGO??? BELIEVE ME, I'VE TRIED! YOU ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE NAIVE PEOPLE WHO THINKS WEIGHT LOSS AND HAPPINESS IS JUST A PILL AWAY, AND FAIRYTALES REALLY DO COME TRUE.
I'M NOT A PESSIMIST IN ANY WAY, QUITE THE OPPOSITE. I'M EXTREMELY OPTIMISTIC THAT THE JOURNEY MY CHILDREN AND ME WERE SENT TO LIVE OUT ON THIS EARTH IS GOING TO LEAD US TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE. AND I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE EACH MEMBER OF MY CRAZY FAMILY TO GAIN EXPERIENCE WITH, DEVELOP PATIENCE FOR, AND GROW WITH. CRAZY IS FUN!
I'm glad that I got that out of my system. Ok, pity party is over! Now I'll go back to cleaning my dirty house and raising my sweet babies.
2 comments:
Sorry, Bonks! Some days are harder than others. I used to sneak little drinks of left over pink medicine from our refrigerator when I was little, too. Shhh.. don't tell.
Thitho, while I'm reading this (you even used caps--a LOT) I couldn't help but laughing. you are SO funny! I love the (again) that your kids ran in the street. I think it'll be a miracle that they make it to adulthood and aren't they all (and all of us) miracles? just keep going like you're going and they'll learn their lessons...love and logic, right? I sure love you, you funny girl, you!
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