So today was horrible. Horrible. We had to leave at 5 am to drive to Winchester, VA for me to go to court for my accident back in December. Because the prosecutor couldn’t be troubled to return Derek’s calls, I had to spend over 7 hours in the car today to say “yes” and “no” to a judge and pay a stupid fine. The accident is replaying itself in my head again, whenever I close my eyes. Thanks, Winchester, VA, for giving me more reasons to ponder my failures as a mother in my sleep-deprived, semi-depressed state. I needed another thing to keep me awake at night, because obviously a newborn isn’t enough. Poor Susanna–with a blocked tear duct and gunky eye–hated being in the car and was generally miserable.
Fortunately, I’m related to a living, breathing hero. John took a day out from his leave in DC to drive over and meet us and take the kids to Chick-fil-a so that Tommy didn’t have the trauma of seeing his mommy in court with real criminals like the Mexican illegal immigrant in chains with the DUI who was up before me. The big kids thought it was all just a fun trip to see Uncle John and couldn’t understand why I would cry about that.
I won’t go into much detail about the rest of the day, because it really went downhill again from there…a chipped windshield on the way home, sitting in the doctor’s office with Susanna for almost an hour after our scheduled appointment time, sitting with the girls in the ER waiting to take the eye cultures to the lab there (that’s really where you want to hang out with your newborn, right?), all this making Tommy late for his first soccer practice, the bird that pooped on Elizabeth’s face (eye, nose, mouth) at the park at the end of soccer practice…yeah. Hoping for a full night’s sleep tonight and a better day tomorrow. Thank goodness Jonah Days don’t last forever!
Yikes! What a day!
Oh, how awful! Just when I was hoping that when I checked your blog, things would be going better! Living in PA has meant all kinds of stupid, insane hassles for us, too, like when E was taken to court for failing to pay a business tax (???as a student??) and the USPS lost the summons in the mail, so the first we knew of it was getting the results of the court case and the fine of $10000. Fortunately, we got it straightened out, but it’s just been one bureaucratic hassle after another here. So sorry to hear about your day. I’ve been thinking good mommy thoughts your way!!!!