Amazing and fantastic
So, what amazing and fantastic things have happened over the course of the last 24 hours? It's been an exciting time, let me tell you. Yesterday afternoon Henry and I were videotaped sporting some handknit sweaters and a hat at my local yarn shop. We're going to be in a commercial for Mad About Ewes that'll be shown before movies at the Campus Theatre. Yes, we're going to be famous, and yes, it really was only a matter of time.
After the filming, I went to pick up our car after having it's oil changed and tires rotated. On the way home I decided to run it through the local automatic car wash. I paid $8 to have "The Works", except once the undercarriage was "blasted" and the soap was sprayed on, the entire thing shut down. I waited for a bit in case someone was running maintenance and accidentally stopped it, but no one was around. I drove out (fortunately the doors to the wash had stayed open; during the winter when it's cold out they close so the water won't freeze) and looked around to see if there was anyone besides customers on the property, then had to drive home in a sudsy car. I felt fairly stupid. Fortunately it rained last night.
At 8:30PM last night, after putting Henry to bed, he kicked up a bit of a fuss and sustained it for a long enough time that Dave went up to check on him. When he went into his bedroom, Henry was standing in his crib, peering over the edge, hanging on for dear life. And so it begins.
This morning, Henry managed to get the "=" sign off of a calculator and swallow it. He choked on it a bit but managed to get it down. The keys on the calculator are rubber and not terribly big, about 3/8th's of an inch. Dave called the pediatrician who said it's fine as long as he's not having trouble breathing or swallowing. He just blasted through his breakfast so apparently all systems are working fine. The Dr. also said we didn't have to bother to look for it in his poop, but I probably will anyway for peace of mind. While we were waiting for the doctor to call us back, Dave looked at Henry and said to me "There's a calculator key in there somewhere." Argh.