My doctor gave me some medicine to "take the edge off" of my non-smoking emotional instability. I must say that the medicine is doing a wonderful job. I now have control over my emotions once again. It's a relief. I'm pretty sure Grace is thrilled about this. I feel a little funny though. Oddly calm. I'm not used to this, but I think I like it.
Yesterday was Grace's last day of school. Her whole grade had a field trip to the park and a nature center. I volunteered to be a chaperon. It was a lot of fun. I picked a spot to hang out by the tire swing because I knew that where there is a tire swing, there will be drama. All the kids wanted on the tire swing at one time. If they wouldn't take turns, I threatened to kick them all off the swing and not let them back on. They actually listened which shocked the heck out of me. I'm glad they listened because I would have jumped on the swing myself and stuck my tongue out at them and Grace wouldn't have liked that.
After a bit on the playground, we all walked to the nature center. There was a boy who had an allergic reaction of some sort during this walk. One of his eyes started swelling pretty bad. Just the one eye. I ran to my car and got an ice pack out of my lunch bag. I felt like supermom for having something first aid-ish until I realized that the ice pack was half melted and the size of the kid's face. He was not thrilled, but it helped. By the end of the hike, both eyes were swollen, but just a little.
At the end of the nature hike, I noticed that Grace had a tick in her hair. I quickly yanked it out. The presence of one tick made a few kids nervous and they asked me to check their hair as well. So, I picked through sweaty hair in pursuit of 8 legged, flat, gross bugs. I didn't find any. I hope I didn't miss them.
After such a busy and exhausting week, I am ready for a 3 day weekend. Let's hope it is somewhat calm.
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