The Week From Hell

It all started Friday night, AJ and I decided to take the kids out to the mall so we could look for cases for our new phones. We were gone for about 2 hours, and came home to a flood in our kitchen, apparently the water line that goes to the dishwasher burst and flooded our kitchen and basement. (Luckily we have vents in the kitchen so it could drain in the basement or it would have been worse.) We are now looking at replacing our kitchen floors since water got under the vinyl flooring. Some cabinets probably should be replaced too.

Then on Sunday my glasses broke. Thankfully I was able to tape them back together in the interim until I have a chance to get to the Dr and order a new pair.

Sunday afternoon we lost our lawnmower. Luckily we were able to get another one. \

Then today happened... Sam decided to fall into a side table and smack his head on a hinge or something and split his head open... thus we had our first hospital trip since Sam was born.

 I knew it was only a matter of time, he is my son after all. So a trip to the ER later and he has two staples in his head and I'm sure what will be a nice scar back there. I handled it a lot better then I thought I would. He had some pretty spectacular bleeding at first, but luckily it wasn't too bad and he didn't end up with a concussion, the staples will stay in for ent days, then we get to make the trip to take them out... I am so proud of him, I can't believe how well he did at the hospital. He didn't cry when the numbed his head with a shot, or when the put the staples in. I couldn't believe how calm he was. That's the AJ in him.

It's been a pretty rough week so far, but I have a few things to be grateful for: first that the line to the dishwasher didn't burst while we were at work, it would've gone on for much much longer, and the fact that it could drain through the vents into the basement where there is an actual drain for water, instead of going down the stairs into our living room where we just put new floors. Secondly that my glasses broke in a place that they could be temporarily repaired as long as I need them. Third that we were able to get a new lawn mower. And most importantly that Sam wasn't hurt worse then he was. He didn't get a concussion or black out or anything like that. Just a good gash and a few staples. It could have been much worse and I am thankful that it wasn't.

Even with all that though, here's hoping that the week starts looking up again.