To make a short story long.....

It started really a few days ago when Stephen began feeling under the weather. Then I came down with the same affliction… full head, ears feel funny, overall blah.

I spent yesterday feeling miserable at work. I had gotten very little sleep the night before because the baby decided to cry at 2:30am. She quickly dozed off again, but I never did. I paid for it yesterday afternoon.

Then there was the accident at the Muldoon Rd exit on the Glenn Highway, just as I was attempting to get out of Anchorage on my way home. The problem with there only being one road in and out of Anchorage is that any accident has the potential to completely shutdown traffic. Such was the case yesterday afternoon. I sat for about 45 minutes in traffic, still feeling miserable.

By the time I got home, I pulled into the driveway, waited for 2 kids to pile in with basketball gear and drove back to the high school. Donald was 15 minutes late for his 4:30 practice, Tess’s practice wasn’t going to start until 5:30. I picked up the baby from daycare on the way home. What should have been a ½ hour commute had turned into 2 hours.

Tess called at 5:30 to say she only had one basketball sneaker with her. At that point, I had absolutely no desire to get back into the van. She was instructed to be resourceful and work something out. She did.

At 7:30 when Stephen picked her up, she hobbled herself and her sprained ankle out to the truck using crutches. They must keep a stash of crutches in the gym for just such occasions. She had worked out the loan of another girl’s sneakers which were a little small. Keep in mind that Tess’s own basketball sneakers are size 9.5 men’s. (I think they run small, but still…) Apparently, her jump stop wasn’t as smooth when wearing sneakers that don’t fit. So, she went from awesome game the night before to the injured list one day later. Sigh.

The good news is, Tess has always had a fetish for crutches but never the opportunity to officially use them. So here’s her big chance! And thankfully, it’s for something relatively minor. In addition, I think she’ll be able to turn this into an even more positive experience by using her new found frailty to gather the attentions of certain persons. Her attitude was good this morning and I’m thinking it’ll be a good day!