What explains people's swings in behavior? What is it that makes things go seemingly haywire? This past week was absolutely crazy, and yet oddly enough, smooth in the sense that everything that needed to be done was done. We started this week with one child home sick, by Thursday he had gone back and Friday, another was home sick. In between that time, there were the usual errands, but tossed in was a hair appointment, visit with friends, teacher meeting and parent/teacher meetings, trips to two doctors and a trip to the post office. By Thursday, we were also down one car: it seems our mechanics didn't communicate very well and one took a phone call while the other did a test drive to check our brakes. That part would be fine, except that mechanic #1 had drained all the oil out of the car. That didn't suit the car well at all, as you can imagine, and it died. In a big way. Like, it could never be used again, died.
Of course, this fell on the weekend that I work, so Friday I drove the spouse to work and today he drove me.
Now, I work at a hospital, and things were going crazy there, too. People were clumped in groups in the gift shop angrily discussing the cost of gas. Another person is shaking her cane because the cabby is late and berates the cab driver. I think I walked about 5 miles today, up and down 8 floors and 26 nursing units. Even the patients were, to say it gently, uneasy. News of hurricane Ike approaching our midwest towns has sent people 'round the bend!
Oh, and let us not forget the ants. The ants have started flocking into our house. This happens a couple times a year, and here we go: time to get out the ant bait.
Then my son points out that there is a full moon, or darn near close to it. Hmmm...I wonder. Lunacy or weather?
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