It's been a long day - and it all began about 9 o'clock this morning when I dropped Cheekers off to preschool. Like a normal day, I dropped her off, put her lunch in her cubby, put her snack in the snack basket, put her water in the water bottle basket, talked to her teacher about the weekend and kissed my girl goodbye. Today the routine stopped at putting the water bottle in the basket. Cheeks was bouncing around the room, ready for Monday to begin. She was balancing herself between two tables, using the tables like parallel bars - swinging back and forth. Then in a flash, she fell flat to the ground, right on her chin. And that's how my day began.
It was clear right away she'd need stitches. Her teacher and I got her all standing up, washed off and tears wiped. I drove straight to a med-check. It was a long wait, but our girl was SO tough. Daddio joined us to keep us both strong.
After a long wait, our girl ended up getting three stitches in her boo-boo. That was definitely harder than the fall itself. They never can seem to get the injured area numb enough. And needles are the worst! Nothing is more heartbreaking - EVER - than watching your babies look at you and just sob in pain and you can't do a thing about it.
But I mentioned our girl was tough. She's amazing. Three stitches later, and she asked if she could go back to school. It was nearly lunch time, and her lunch box was still at school, in the cubby. I took her back so she could hang out with her friends the last hour of school.
On the drive to school, she asked if I would take her to a movie sometime soon. Sydney had choir today, which made her day longer; and since big sis didn't like movies as much, I thought today would be a great day for that movie request. After school was over, I picked up my trooper and we went to see The Croods. It was just what the doctor ordered. It was funny and cute and loving - like my girl. It was a great way to take the mind off the morning.
After the moviewas over, Cheekers had one more request - a cherry slushie from Sonic. :) How could I resist?It was Sonic half price happy hour time too. A cherry slushie, a movie, lunch with friends. What turned out to be a bad morning ended up being a pretty nice afternoon.
We kept things low-key the rest of the day. The stitches will be a part of Miss Cheeks' face for the next week. They'll tell a good story in her pre-school graduation photos being taken later this week.
In light of things happening in the world today, I can handle three stitches. For that only, I am grateful.