Reason #5 . . .

I had a doctors appointment today at 10:30. I arrived early at 10:15. At 11:00 they came and told me the Doc was delivering a baby and to come back in an hour. At 12:30 I saw the doctor come into the office. At 12:45 I asked the nurse if I should re-schedule (the grave look on her face and sharp shake of the head told me to stick it out). At 1:05 I was finally called back.


To a reader, a delay like this isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, a two and a half hour wait on a work day, without a baby, and with a great book . . . FREE READING TIME - well that's just a bonus.


Of course, when I noticed at 10:16 that all I had with me was this, the 3 hours became a bad thing:



Yeah. Reason #5 that a real paper book is better than a Kindle!!!

Member's Mark = Equate?

I have allergy eyes that flare up badly in the spring and all the way through fall (stupid allergies - I didn't have this problem as a kid). In previous years, I've found that Member's Mark Loratadine tablets (Claritin generic) kept me up at night so I stopped taking them. They make me toss and turn and I am generally miserable and I decided that not sleeping - ever - is not worth having allergy-free eyes.

However, after last year's HORRIBLE allergy season, I decided that I needed to try it again. This time I had some Equate brand Loratadine floating around the house so I started taking those every morning. Ah, relief! Whatever happened a few year's ago must have just been a fluke. Well, one day last week, I had a Members Mark but not an Equate with me. Same thing I thought but wow!!!!!!! Those MM brand pills really do still keep me up All. Night. Long.

So, the thing that interests me is that Sam's Club and Walmart are the same company. Both products have Loratadine 10mg as the active ingredient. Yet, I have dramatically different reactions with them. They really are different products and there must be an inactive ingredient in the MM brand that my body didn't like. I guess Member's Mark and Equate are not the same thing in different packages. Who knew?

melting

Early this morning as I walked Maddy from her room to the kitchen she rested her chin on my left shoulder, wrapped her left arm around my neck, and patted my back with her right. I had to stand there in the kitchen next to her high chair for 2 or 3 minutes before I could bear to put her down. I might just melt!

Happy Easter From Maddy

green glass

Scott had a meeting after church so while we waited, Maddy and I decided to walk around the building. I realized that she needed a diaper change to we went directly to the trunk where I had spare diapers. After we were done, Maddy was looking over the back of the seats and told me that it was "messy" and "dirty" but I didn't know what she was talking about. It wasn't until Scott went to get in his door that he noticed the passenger window was broken! Who does that? We were parked at the church for heaven's sake! And if they were going to do anything, why couldn't they have stolen the whole thing or at least done enough damage to total the car, causing my GAP insurance to kick in so I could get a new car? I know, I know, church parking lots are the best places for thieves because we Mormons are too trusting and naive about the church parking lot. The radio was intact and I figured somebody was just vandalizing. Ah the swear words that came to my mind.

After changing clothes (and of course taking a picture for the blog) I started to clean it all up. It was at that point that my heart dropped! I mean, bowel loosening dread. My work laptop bag (yes, and laptop) was in the car and isn't any more. That's what they were after. I keep feeling guilty because I shouldn't have left it in the car - at the church of all places, embarrassed and worried about the ramifications to come at work tomorrow, livid at the idiot who broke into my car . . . if there were swear words before you wouldn't have wanted to hear my thoughts at this revelation.

So far, I've emailed my boss, emailed the head of our IT department, called the city police, and tomorrow I'll have to call the insurance company and then a auto repair shop. I hate when things we didn't directly do, lead to so much hassle. Anyhow, the reasons I share this all: pray for me that I won't get into too much trouble at work tomorrow and that there isn't anything on the stolen computer that will cause someone to steal my identity; learn from my experience and don't leave anything valuable in the car in the church parking lot!!

(all that venting aside now, I have to admit I was fascinated to see those little, green blocks of auto glass. It's amazing to me that they are see-through and clear but when broken, so green!)