The day before the holiday is a holiday too |
So
when the car came to pick me up I asked what was going on – isn’t
the holiday tomorrow? And Rada said
“well, we need a day off to get ready for the holiday.” And I thought, “Aha, I have
finally found a public policy debate I can get solidly behind. The Day off Before the Day off Campaign
has been born. Why don’t we
Americanski come up with these kind of ideas? This is an idea all Americans, red
state, blue state, could all get behind and support. It’s brilliant! So today is the day off to get ready for
the day off. I Love it.
On
to the visit. When I walked in the
room, I was surprised to see the pumpkin in a completely different outfit that
I left her in yesterday.
When I left
Yesterday:
When I arrived
today:
I
wondered where her little D is for Ducky outfit had gone. When I asked Rada to ask the caregivers,
she came back and said there was an “explosion” of some sort. Uh oh. That doesn’t bode well for
my taking possession in 2 days…..
Today,
just to screw with my head, the bottle came immediately when I walked in so I
had a happy Annabelle to play with for an hour or so before she went into food
coma. I introduced her to a teether
since I think that is why she’s gnawing on herself and others all the
time.
And
this is her at her happiest.
Day 20_files\Happy Puppy.MOV (click
for movie)
We
took advantage of it being the day off before the day off and once again
flouted the rules and I returned a courtesy visit to Annelise and her
parents. The girls were both a
little calmer than yesterday and there were no hindi-soap-opera histrionics.
Annabelle was already starting to move into food coma mode and therefore was a
bit dull in front of her friend.
After
we returned to our own room, the crankiness came. This is how she told me it was time for
her nap.
So
I put her to bed which she does quite easily (jinx). And what do I do when Annabelly is
sleeping?
This:
I’m
currently reading Emma (Jane Austen) on the palm pilot.
On
a “boy they do things differently” note, I was surprised when it
turned cold a couple weeks ago to walk in and see this contraption in
Annabelle’s room.
Yep!
It’s a hot plate. And it’s what the hospital uses to heat
Annabelle’s room when it’s chilly outside. It’s scary to me – these
things are firetraps in my opinion but I know they do what they have to do with
what they have. I just can’t
wait to get her away from that scary contraption!
Paka Paka
Everyone!
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