Happy belated Thanksgiving! Ours was quite eventful. My parents and grandmother flew out Wednesday night and by early Thursday morning my mom was held captive by a severe case of altitude sickness. First Christmas and now this! Unfortunately she was out of commission throughout the entire weekend, eventually ending up in the ER to get fluids. I didn't get to see much of her which was so sad!! Luckily we'll be together for Christmas. I call dibs on hanging with mom!
After our turkey dinner and an intense round of Spades (Rick and Matt were victorious, BOO) my dad ended up driving to Vail to hang out with us Saturday. We had a great time walking around Vail and hanging out with Laura and Adam. We all went to see Harry Potter at the Cinebistro, a theater that serves dinner. It was lots of fun and the movie was great! Can't wait for the last one! We met Laura's brother who was recovering from a ski accident. Laura and Adam actually ended up taking him to the ER in Vail the get a few stitches. Trip to the hospital round two! And of course all accidents occur in threes, my cousin Jenny ended up braking her arm snowboarding in Vail on Saturday. Sheesh. We were all lucky to survive the weekend!
I started a new job this week! Hurray for having a reason to shower (at least three days out of the week:-) Yesterday I worked in the pre-k room which was great. The kids were a blast. I was supposed to be doing a long term sub job for a woman going on maternity leave. Unfortunately she lost her baby at 39 weeks yesterday. Completely horrific and it just breaks your heart. I'm not sure when she'll be back or what her plans are, so until then I'll be subbing for her Tues/Thurs. On Wednesdays I'll be helping out as well. I thought I would be in the toddler room, and then this morning I was told I would be helping out with the infants. YIKES. I know I need the experience, but it's scary in there! I showed up at 8:30 this morning and there were 5 babies in the room. The director was in there and literally goes, "Ok I gotta run, I'll talk to you later." WAIT A SECOND. There are FIVE babies in here. WHAT DO I DO WITH THEM? DO THEY EAT? DO THEY SLEEP? I instantly began to sweat. Within five minutes three out of the five were in hysterics and I was ready for bed. Then the three month old showed up and she was hungry. Ok great, I'll just warm up a bottle. Except I have no clue how to work the bottle warmer and these babies aren't great at communicating. After attempting to read the spanish instructions on the warmer, 12 years of learning the language got me no where, I began to get frantic. My anxiety rose as the screams of the 3 month old increased in volume. Eventually I said screw it and held the bottle under warm running water for awhile. Luckily that worked and she calmed down as soon as the bottle hit her lips. An hour later the second teacher arrived and I remembered how to breathe again. Needless to say it was a LONG.DAY. I'm glad I'm only working three days a week because I'm EXHAUSTED.
Time for bed...
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