a FULL day

The word for today is:  FULL

It was an afternoon of driving Jacob to the big city for another CLEP test.  While he tested, I planned to run a bunch of errands, including taking our pool water to be tested.

This task is a stretch for my brain.  They put a bunch of colored drops into my water and then expect me to understand a chemistry lesson.  “Well, your alkaline and Ph are too high and your water density is wah-wah-wah-blah-blah-blah…..”  I’m sorry, I need to buy what kind of acid?  I wasn’t listening.

Can’t they just tell me what to do?  Do I need to understand it?  Yeesh!  I’m just getting over my brain pain from the dreaded money talk last week and now the pool guys have it in for me.  What about me sends the message to other people that I am smart enough to understand these complicated equations?  People, look into my eyes and see the confusion.

I had Faith with me and thankfully, she inherited her father’s mental capabilities.  So she paid attention to the lesson while I stood behind her and wondered if they had a bathroom I could use.

We only had two and a half hours during the test, so we ran through the mall to exchange a top at Forever 21 and pick up 2 more knobs for my silver dresser.  I’m not exaggerating when I say we did all of that, including getting out and into the car in 10 minutes flat.  We were on a mission.

The main part of this mission was to get food.  We were starving and Faith really, really wanted Chinese food.

We decided to go to HuHot because my friend Lisa raves about it.  Here’s the problem with HuHot….all you can eat.  Even though I ate only vegetables, I did have two plates FULL.  I felt like one of those turkeys you hear about that eats until they explode.  We rolled out of there complaining about eating wayyyy too much and how we may never eat again and how we couldn’t believe how much we ate.  We pulled out of the parking space, drove 20 feet forward and said, “Oh look!  A frozen yogurt place!”  Faith turned to me and said, “I could eat some yogurt,” to which I replied, “Me too!!’

So we ate yogurt.

We moved on to Costco where, sadly, we waddled around and complained about our stomachs hurting. They were giving out samples at every turn and we’d look away.  The thought of a single bite of food was too much.  It’s a lesson for both of us.  Eat the yogurt first.

After picking up Jacob we ran into a big sporting goods store to try to find some swim masks.  Four of the kids gave me money to buy masks.  Not goggles.  Masks.  They have some kind of issue with water getting in their noses and apparently are unable to just blow it out when they come up.  They must have their eyes and noses completely covered.  Full masks are not as easy to find as one might think.  Last week I looked in four stores and not a single mask, unless you count the sets that include snorkel and flippers.  I don’t think our 27′ round requires such extreme equipment.

Thankfully the sporting goods store had masks so we bought them and headed home.  When I handed out the treasures of course the kids wanted to swim right way, which was fine except for Faith and I.  The old adage that says not to swim for an hour after eating means that we probably have to wait three days before getting in the water.  Ten hours later I am still so full I’m not sure even showering is a good idea.

I may not eat tomorrow.  Unless there’s a new yogurt place in town.

So there you go, my full day.  I need a Tylenol….and a Tums.