We have had a world wind weekend. My 91 year old grandmother passed away last Tuesday. It wasn't unexpected, but it was sudden. She had declined a lot this year so it was a blessing and praise Jesus my mom, Em, and I got to see her just a month ago. So, we headed to NJ the end of last week for the funeral. Unfortunately, a lot of my mom's family is estranged so I really wasn't sure what to expect in terms of who would be there.
We got to NJ on Friday at lunchtime (we left home early and hit no traffic) specifically so we could eat lunch at McCobb's. McCobb's is a hot dog/hamburger place famous for their Texas wieners. I eat there every time I'm in town. The whole drive down to NJ I had this feeling that this could be my last time there. Usually my mom and I go every May to see my grandmother, but if she's not here anymore...
Paul did not get a Texas wiener and was not impressed with my hot dog place, but this place has been in business forever! Seriously my parents used to go there when they were young and I can remember going with my grandmothers when I was young young. After lunch we drove to Otto's Delicatessen. I think they have the BEST German potato salad of any place and I love their bologna sandwiches. Last month I asked the owner for the recipe for the potato salad and he told me if I bought the deli he'd give me all the recipes. Boo! But again the couple that own it now are the same couple that have owned it for like 40 years! We let Em play on the playground across the street a little bit and then drove around so I could show Paul the town where I used to live.
Friday night was the viewing and Saturday was the service at the cemetery. I got to see an aunt and an uncle (and we had stopped by another aunt's office on Friday afternoon) as well as some cousins. I hadn't seen my cousin Jeanne in probably 15 years. We talked about the need to stay in contact as a family and hopefully we'll follow through on our plans for a family reunion next year.
Friday night Em was super restless and I felt like she was warm. Of course the one time I forgot a thermometer and Tylenol...we were only going away overnight though! She was super lethargic Saturday and even fell asleep on my shoulder at the cemetery. We went out to lunch with my aunt, uncle, and cousin afterwards and Em slept through the entire lunch. We knew she didn't feel good if she didn't want any bread.
Driving home she started crying and then projectile vomited all over. I remember my friend Christy telling me once that she caught her kid's vomit in her hand and I replied, "That is gross. I will NEVER do that." hahahaha famous last words...every time Em throws up my first instinct is to put my hand under her mouth. As she is in the midst of projectile vomiting sure enough I stuck my hand under her mouth and then thought well this is pointless. Luckily we were near a rest stop so Paul pulled over. Conveniently he gags when Em vomits so I got the task of getting her undressed as she is trying to crawl up my shirt and then clean up her car seat. Thank goodness I had thrown a roll of paper towels into the car cause it took almost the entire roll.
We finally got home...smelling like vomit the entire way. Our poor goose had a fever and then Sunday the rash came. Sigh. Saturday night I had the fun job of cleaning the car seat which of course is NOT machine washable. Why on earth would you make a car seat cover that is NOT machine washable? Thanks Recaro! I actually had to get out the directions to figure out how to take everything apart and then I washed it in the tub. I actually broke a sweat taking it apart. Sunday night I had the fun task of putting it back together. Even though I let it air dry in the sun I believe it shrunk and had to ask Paul to help me. So the only exercise I got all weekend was taking apart the car seat cover and putting it back on.
Now I've also been super congested for awhile and sudafed is not working so I've also been doing a sinus rinse. Last night during my sinus rinse I got excruciating pain in my right ear. It hurt so bad I almost went to the ER.
So off we both went to the doctors today. Em has hand, foot, and mouth and I have an ear infection. What adult gets an ear infection??? And Em had a meltdown while waiting at the base pharmacy/clinic for my meds. Screaming, crying, throwing herself about. It was a good time.
She fell asleep in the car on the way home and then when I tried to put her in her crib screamed. I decided to lay down with her and then thought I'd transfer her to her crib when she was asleep. hahahaha Every time I picked her up and walked into her room her eyes would pop open and she would scream. As soon as I laid her back in our bed she would be fast asleep so I laid in bed with her, listening to Beauty barking, and praying for an eagle to come.
So, I'm thinking it's going to be a LONG week. Wish us luck. :) I'm never going to get back into my work out routine!
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