Thursday, April 26, 2007

nothing really specific

my sweet little knox, only days before he would be struck down with all of this terrible sickness thanks to the two germ factories who are constantly "playing" with him, which really means they are terrorizing them with their nasty germs hands and coughs.
well, it has been hellish week and a half around here. we have all been very sick with throat stuff and snot and pinkeye (well, wade eluded this part). just taking turns having the nasties. poor knox, he is suffering through it now. the first three days of this week consisted of me dragging three semi-sick children around to the Cleveland County Health Department where we had essentially been subpoenaed to be tested for Tuberculosis, since my dad's new wife apparently has this horrible diesease. and it is highly contagious. but we do not have it, we actually haven't even seen her enough to require a test but, children under five are always considered high risk and therefore must be tested. i could write a whole blog about all of the emotional distress this has brought to me, but i am not going to. or at least not right now. because then i would have to openly admit how scary i was to the incompetent TB nurse. let's just say that at one point she was offering the health department's counseling services to me for my "anger issues".
tomorrow we will attend my great-grandmother's funeral. she was ninety-six and ready to be done. a tough old bird, that lady. her mental state was always pretty good, with occasional lacking of clarity. about a week ago she had a stroke and then could no longer talk really. she kept trying to say something, and my nana struggled to understand it. finally my nana said, "mother, just say one word. just say the first word, don't try to say the whole thing." so my geese (we have always called her geese, i am not sure why) looked at her daughter and said, "B...U...T...T". that pretty much sums up her fiery personality. it must be genetic, just ask rita the TB nurse.


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