So today I really felt Parentally Challenged. Truly. Schools were closed due to the icy weather so I piled the kids into the car to take Owen to the YMCA. After a pretty treacherous drive, we finally reach our destination only to find out it was closed. Argh! Lesson 1: Check YMCA delays/closings depsite the fact that every single correspondence from them boasts about availablility on snow days! I decide Owen will have to come to the office with me so we trek back to the house to fill up on supplies: Nintendo DS, video games, DVDs, books, crayons, notebooks. Next stop, Mudpies, to drop off Tate which opened 2 hours late. Back to my work where I make Owen promise to keep his trap shut and play his game so we could all get our work done. I don't know how many warnings later, but I finally decided to make him a tent to hide in so he could play his game. Quietly. I secured the blanket over the ledge with two heavy paperweights. One was a heavy cube celebrating my 5 year anniversary with the bank 5 years ago. This lasted...3 minutes? As he's exiting the tent, blanket pulls down along with paperweights. On his head. Blood. Blood everywhere. And a deep puncture in my baby's head. Lesson 2: Don't use paperweights to secure play tents to keep your child quiet at the workplace. Ever. Just don't do it. Trip to the ER, vomitting in the waiting room, two CAT scans, Owen is perfectly fine. Just a little dented now. Now here's the rub. The YMCA opened at 9. One half hour after we toured their icy parking lot. One half hour would've saved us blood, ER visit, CAT scan, mommy's heart breaking, hospital bills. And a dented head.
