So Here We Go...

We are under a Winter Storm Advisory for the next 2-3 days. My sister in Springfield, IL, says they have three inches on the ground with more on the way. We have zero...so far. We shall see what transpires.

In the meantime, Meg got an unexpected day off today when Grandpa Phil was admitted to the hospital with a nose bleed yesterday. (They weren't available to babysit...obviously.) The doc had to do some kind of surgery to "tie off" the vessel that was bleeding, but went up to the location through an artery in the groin! Haven't heard what the prognosis is for tomorrow, so everything is up in the air. I've never heard of such serious surgery for a nose bleed but guess this one wouldn't stop. We are praying for a full recovery. Doesn't sound like fun!

Robin, being a Daisy Girl Scout, has been selling Girl Scout cookies. We had two order sheets going. As of yesterday, we could only locate one. Since the GS meeting was tonight, we started looking for the errant sheet yesterday. No go. I told Meg when I left this morning that her task for the day was to find the sheet. Couldn't have gone too far! When I got home this afternoon, it still was nowhere to be found. Meg looked. I looked. Then Meg had to leave to pick Robin up from school and I mumbled to Ryan that we had lost an important paper. "What important paper?" asked he. When I told him, he said, "I know where it is," and disappeared into his room. Yep, there it was in his toy box. (Gosh...I should have thought to look there!) Turns out, he absconded with the sheet because he wanted to order his own box of cookies. The lost was found, and we went on with the evening, as usual. Sheesh!

Meg discovered what I have known for years: when faced with an entire unexpected day off, one thinks one has unlimited time to get a lot done. Not so! The children had to get dressed and breakfasted, then delivered to school...first Robin, then Ryan. Meg decided, since she was home, to take McDonald's to Robin's school and eat lunch with her. (Made it just barely in time, due to a long line at McD's.) After that, she had to pick Ry up from pre-school, stopping at Wal-Mart on the way home. By this time, she needed a short nap so they snuggled for a bit. I got home not too long after that while she went to pick up Robin. Then it was homework supervision for Robin before supper, supper, then a bath for Ryan while I took Robin to Daisy's. The day was gone! 'Tis ever thus...

Awaiting whatever weather will befall us. "If winter come, can spring be far behind?"