Super Sissy To The Rescue!
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Elle
Our long weekend was sort of looonnng. My husband and 20 year old went to Massachusetts for the weekend. Saturday afternoon J-Man had a birthday splash party to go to at our local rec center. Except for him almost drowning and nobody noticing, it was great. I was the only mother that stayed. All the other parents dropped off their 7 year olds and left. I brought J-Man into the pool area, left him with the party Mom and said I’d be right back. I went into the locker room with Sissy and we were back within 5 minutes. I spotted J-Man jumping up and down in the water and could see that he was jumping because the water was up over the bridge of his nose. He was jumping to be able to breathe and I could see the terror in his eyes. I said “Sissy, J-Man’s in trouble, go get him.” She didn’t even say “Huh?” or “Where is he?” or “Why do I have to?” She kicked off her flip-flops and raced into the water and pulled him to safety. As she ran in to save her brother a lifeguard said “No running.” Ya, next time she sees her brother drowning she’ll just stroll in. She’s our hero and we are all really proud of her. I can’t help wondering what would’ve happened if we had just dropped him off like all the other parents did. Of course, their kids were fine and I’m there and mine almost drowns.
Sunday I took the kids to the park near “the stinky farm”. If you have a farm, no offense, but this place is really stinky. As we drove by the farm, Sissy started laughing and said “I just saw the weirdest thing. There was this black cow and it jumped on the back of another cow. The other cow was trying to run away and the black cow wouldn’t get off it’s back. I didn’t know cows could do that.” Ummmmmmmmm, ya. We haven’t had that talk yet.
Monday Sissy woke up with a fever and a cough. She had a cold last week, but seemed to be over it. She had slept on the sleep sofa as a treat and she never got off of it the whole day. Her fever got to 102.6 and she was just so lethargic so I took her to the doctor. Twenty dollars later I found out she probably didn’t have strep and she didn’t have bacterial pneumonia. Maybe it’s the flu, probably something viral. Okay…now I wait and watch to see if she gets better or she develops newer, more terrible symptoms. Really fun weekend at our house.
Stacy
Wow, I don’t know if I can follow the cow jumping story, whew! Now that’s funny! I almost had it out with the “Team Mom” yesterday at football. It’s a long drawn out story, that involves the coach asking me to do something, me doing it, and then her pushing me out of the way (literally), and announcing she is THE TEAM MOM. To which I did one of those coughs, you know the ones where you normally cough and say something like, “bull—t”! I didn’t say it, but I wanted to. This is a woman who does NOTHING, who has a handicap decal on her car for her mother, but uses it when her mom is NOT with her, so she doesn’t have to park far away from the football field! Ugh, I sooo want to vote her off the island….
Speaking of voting people off of the island, wouldn’t it be nice if you could do just that? Someone annoys you at work, you have tribal council and vote their ass off! Parent at school who doesn’t know the proper etiquette for dropping their kids off, vote them out of the drop off circle! Kid at school is picking on your son/daughter, vote them out! See, it could work in so many different situations!
Today I brought the kids to see Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3D. I went with a friend of mine and her son, when we were waiting to go in, we saw another Mother and her kids that we know from football. So we all sat together. Here’s how the conversation went, Mom 1 - “I bought popcorn, but I have a water and juice box in my pocketbook I brought from home“, Mom 2 - “Yea I stopped at Wal-mart and bought a bunch of candy and drinks, they’re in my pocketbook“, Me Mom 3 - “I have a can of coke, 2 juice boxes and 2 Hawaiian Punches in my pocketbook I brought from home”. And just in case any of you people think it’s wrong to sneak food into the movies…..it cost me $32.00 for just the tickets, and $9.00 for a popcorn and skittles, I did have a coupon for the snacks, but still, $41.00 to see two movies that we’ve seen a million times, and have on DVD. I’m just saying….
Stumble it!
mrsbear
Elle: I would’ve stayed too. Last year I made the mistake of letting my 10 year old go to a pool party without me, she knew how to swim and she still had to be rescued twice. Luckily people were paying attention but it isn’t always the case. That lifeguard is proof of that.
Hope Sissy is feeling better soon. This whole swine flu thing makes me twitchy.
Stacy: Oh, I would be dangerous if I could vote people off. I’m pretty sure I’d eventually be shopping alone at the grocery store, since I would’ve banished everyone to a distant island somewhere starting with people who take too many items to the express check out and shoppers who block the entire aisle to comparison shop olives.
Yeah, I’m not paying to watch something I already own, nor will I mortgage my house just to pay for stale popcorn. What a rip off.
Maria @ Conversations with Moms
I know what you mean about stinky farms. The last time I went to the circus, I got a really good seat up front but I couldn’t get over the smell.
Anne
Elle, I can’t believe the lifeguard didn’t notice J-Man having trouble. Maybe he was too busy looking for people who were running. The stinky farm may have been the perfect opportunity to discuss the facts of life with Sissy. You could have told her more than she ever wants to know.
Stacy, I’m not sure why your team mom wouldn’t want others to pitch in and help. When I volunteer for something, I am happy to have others help out. I would love to vote people out of the Small Town. I have a list, although I am sure I am on others’ lists as well.
Gretchen
I have such an issue with “drop offs”, especially at a pool party! Unless, of course, it’s ME doing the dropping off, in which case it’s perfectly fine, and there must be a terribly good reason. On my son’s last birthday, I went crazy making tons of excellent “grown up” food and homemade sangria, and at least half the parents just dropped the kids off and left. Of course those of us who stayed were forced to drink all the sangria by ourselves…
Sprite's Keeper
Sneaking snacks into the movie theater? I do it all the time! I’ll even hoard a couple of bottles of water into a large purse to avoid paying five bucks for a half gallon of Diet Coke that I won’t be able to finish.
Helene
Elle, how scary!! And it’s such a relief that you were still there…the “what ifs” in this case are horrible to think about. My kids saw a couple dogs going at it on our neighbors’ yard a couple months ago and they thought they were fighting. I was happy to leave it at that! Hope Sissy feels better soon!
Stacy, I sneak stuff into the theatre all the time. I mean, they totally rape you with the prices of movies these days…what do they expect people to do??
Casey
Holy crap, that near drowning story is SCARY! I’m glad your daughter is so brave, what a great sister. My kids would look the other way and be all “what? I don’t see anything!”. On a serious note, I’ve noticed how many parents just drop their kids or ignore them in plain sight. I always end up being the one hovering and policing EVERYONE’S kids since their parents are nowhere to be found and the kids are unruly.
Wow, $41 is a lot for an old movie like that. But was it fun? Ok then! Ugh at the team mom. I know that’s our future but I dread having to deal with other parents on a daily basis.
Casey
Oh, and I forgot to say that I hope it’s not the flu and that Sissy is feeling better soon. We had a bout with the flu a few weeks back and it was bad. Really bad. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
Karen @ If I Could Escape
Oh dear — what a weekend Elle had! Bet you’re glad it’s over.
I sneak drinks in to the movies all the time and just buy the biggest bucket of popcorn that you get the free refills with!
Happy “belated” RTT!!