Crazy Thursday – and a touch of funny

We had a crazy day yesterday. Miriam had an early morning court appearance, so I was in charge of getting both kids to school (usually, Miriam takes Jonathan and I take Mikaela). Unfortunately, my brain wasn’t fully functioning yet by the time we left, and I managed to forget to pack Mikaela’s dance bag and swimming stuff for her busy Thursday afternoon AKK schedule. Miriam’s afternoon was open (she was planning on spending it cleaning her office), so she decided to run by the house, pick up Mikaela’s stuff, and then drop it off at the JCC. This is where the real fun begins.

While getting out of the car, Miriam’s finger got caught in her keychain, which in turn got caught by the car door as the door slammed shut — on her pinky! Ever the dutiful Mommy, Miriam wrapped up her hand and delivered Mikaela’s stuff to the JCC before calling me and having me meet her at the ER to get her finger examined. With an assist from Zaydie Larry, I got to the ER in time to hear the diagnosis – the radiologist saw a very small break at the end of Miriam’s pinky. In addition, it was cut all the way through the nailbed, so the ER doc put three stitches in through Miriam’s nail and put her on antibiotics. With pain meds onboard, I took Miriam back to her office for her afternoon client appointment (I used to the time to do some overdue server updating).

After the client meeting, we went together, in Miriam’s car, and picked up the kids at the JCC. It was Miriam’s car, but between the new stitches in her pinky and the pain meds, I was driving. As we pulled out of the JCC parking lot with the kids, Jonathan pipes up from the backseat, pointing at me and saying, “Mommy’s car! Mommy’s car!”

It took a minute to register, but he was concerned because he knew we were in Mommy’s car, but Daddy was driving it. So I told Jonathan that yes, it was Mommy’s car. But that she was giving me a turn to drive it.

Jonathan thought about it for a moment, and then he pipes up, “I have turn?”

To which Mikaela replied with a horrified, “NO!! That would be dangerous!”