I just got my flight itinerary for my upcoming trip to the mothership in Sioux Falls -- I'll be leaving at the crack of dawn on June 2, and won't get back in to ATL until about 10pm. Bunch of crap. I know they're trying to maximize my time in the office there, but jeez - lets take the 2 crappiest flights ever. Part of what makes it sucky as that I have to change planes in Minneapolis with an hour between flights each time. Eh, I've never been through MSP, so that should be a new experience.
At least I'm not going alone this time. And then right after that is vacation! So, I'll have a couple of days to mow the lawn and get packed, then driving off to MB on Monday morning.
Got my mower belt yesteday, not without trial. Went to Sears, looked at the 25 belts on the wall - all of them said "see reference chart for sizing" on the package. I couldn't find said chart - not noticing the little parts computer that was a few feet down on the wall... So, I went seeking help. At the employee station in the hardware section, there were 2 Sears employees standing there, talking to a customer. One was in sales floor attire, the other in warehouse attire. I figured he was just out of position, but still waited patiently near the other customer. Warehouse guy's cell phone rang, he looked at me, then answered the phone and walked back toward the warehouse. Sales guy kept talking to customer. Customer paid for his purchases, and then they proceded to start a new conversation about lawn equipment. I went away to seek someone else to help me. After not finding anyone remotely near hardware, I returned to stand next to Customer. Sales guy glanced at me a few times, but never acknowledged that I was there. After a while, I realized that they were just shooting the shit, and he wasn't actually trying to help or sell anything to this customer. I thought about getting a little rude and rambunctious, but then figured he would just not help me find what I needed, so I just waited. After about 10 minutes (total), another Sales floor guy came around, was polite and helpful, found me what I needed and showed me where to find the answers next time, gave me a lot of helpful pointers about my mower's parts, and checked me out. All the while, Sales guy #1 just kept chatting with Customer, and they conveniently broke up their conversation right as I was checking out. Then he just stood there with his thumb in his bum like nothing else in the world was going in around him. I held my tounge again as I walked past him to leave the store.
I really don't understand people sometimes.
My bites didn't seem to bother me yesterday at work, though they were fairly bad and swollen yesterday morning, then they got swolled and aggrivated again last night before bed. I had originally planned to make a doc's appointment for this morning, but today when I woke up, there's no signs of them except a coupe of small spots - I figure it won't do any good to show the doctor my problem if it's not actually happening... So, maybe it's just getting better... I'll have to keep an eye out, and if they swell up again, try to go in to see the doc so I can show him.
Lastly, aside from needing benadryl to sleep at all last night, Ryan decided that he just wasn't going to sleep more than an hour at a time. Katie had gone to her leadership group at church last night, so I put Ryan to bed. At 7:45p, he broke down into tears, sobbing and squalling. I attributed it to the lack of a nap, and decided to put him to bed. We did Bedtime Routine without much incident, but then he went back into hysterics right as I put him in the bed. I left, and 5 minutes later, he was out cold. It was a little after 8. Right at 9, he woke up sobbing inconsoleably again. I went and tried for 15 minutes, nothing worked, so I took a break, let him yell. Finally got him back to calm around 9:30 after an abriged "Teething medication treatment" (some Tylenol, and teething tablets) and some gas drops - right before Katie got home, and then he broke out sobbing again. This was basically the pattern all night long, sleep for a little, sob for a long time. I know Katie was pretty frazzled, I was too knocked out to really know a lot about what was happening, but he was loud enough to wake me up a little bit. I think she eventually dosed him with the rest of the arsenal of teething remedies, but I don't know if it was the issue or not, but he DID seem to sleep for at least a couple of consecutive hours after that - and then my alarm went off.
Damn I -teeth, I don't know if they're the issue, but I know all 4 of his are not completely in yet, so I'll blame them for now.
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