Just Relax

The night is heavy with moisture from the fall rains, the leaves have almost finished turning colors for another year, it is damp and cold and a perfect night to sit by the fire and just relax. That is what I am doing tonight, relaxing by the fire as I type this post.

Today could have been another one of those days, one where there is just too much to do, too many things pulling me in too many directions. I went into work this morning expecting a new shipment of parts to keep us on schedule for a major roll out of a new product only to find out that they wouldn’t be arriving until sometime on Thursday. It was totally out of my hands and nothing I could do would change the fact that we were out of parts. One good thing the three people that would have just had a fit and came unglued with that news were out of the office.

I left the office at 9 am to take my mother to the dentist for a little work that she needed to have done. No big deal I have my smart phone with me, a book to read and no meetings until 1pm. I had planned on taking her and getting back to the office about noon and then working a little late to make up for it. Now in case you don’t know my mother cannot stand or walk on her own, when I say I had to take her to the dentist this entails loading her and her wheelchair into the van, getting her out of the van, into the office and then lifting her out of the wheelchair and into the dentist chair. After the hour was it all gets repeated in reverse order.

At 9:30 this morning my husband was scheduled to have an emergency root canal. The plan was that he would go and then take himself home afterwards. Too bad this day didn’t follow the plan. At 10 am as I was picking up my mom I got a call saying they were going to have to sedate him and he would need a ride home. I told them I would get there about 11:45pm after I dropped off my mom.

I leave Kenmore where my mom lives, drive over to Woodinville to Kyle’s dentist office. I walk in and they inform me that he will need someone to stay with him the rest of the afternoon. I quickly call the office and let them know I won’t be returning for the meetings at 1 and 2 that were scheduled, sometimes all that just doesn’t matter anymore.

Pretty soon they bring Kyle out in a wheelchair, somewhat awake, but not really. We load him into the van and at least he could stand enough that I didn’t need to lift him too. We head on home and get Kyle settled and I spend a restful afternoon away from the chaos, doing what I could from home via email and cell phone.

The night is heavy with moisture from the fall rains, the leaves have almost finished turning colors for another year, it is damp and cold and a perfect night to sit by the fire and just relax.