Well, today was a big day. Todd and I woke up around 3 a.m. this morning so I could take him to the base. He still had to pick up the pistol he'd been issued and meet the guy who was going to drive him to the airport for his 6 a.m. flight. Yes, you saw that right, they had him on the airplane by 6 a.m.! He flew through Chicago to Cheyenne, Wyoming. From there he had to get a rental car and drive for another 3 hours. He'll be in Wyoming until the 27th. Then he'll drive the rental back to Cheyenne and fly out from there to Afghanistan. (Obviously it won't be a direct flight, but I'm just not sure of all the stops in between.) He'll be in Afghanistan until somewhere around the end of Feb. or beginning of Mar. We won't know for a while when his actual scheduled day to come home will be.
Later, I took Lillian to Syracuse for her MRI. We were supposed to be there by 10 a.m. for an 11 a.m. appointment. That way they'd have time to sedate her, do paperwork, vitals, etc. Well, they were running late so they didn't even get around to sedating her for the MRI until after we'd already been there almost 2 hours. Normally it wouldn't be a big problem except for the fact that she wasn't supposed to eat after 7 a.m, so she was getting pretty hungry. (But really, she still was amazing. They're just lucky they didn't have a really cranky baby on their hands.) They put the mask on her face to sedate her, then had to give her an IV and then had to put a tube down her mouth. About an hour and a half later she woke up and they came and got me so I could feed her. Everything went well except for at the end. They said she 'Bhronco spasmed' (not sure of spelling). Basically her throat started closing up as she was trying to wake up. So they ended up giving her a shot (basically) that someone with allergies would take. So now anytime she needs sedation, I have to inform people that she's had this problem before. Although they said that it wasn't an allergic reaction to the medicine, otherwise it would have happened at the beginning instead of the end. It's just something that happens sometimes. (That's comforting.)
Then on my way home, I wasn't really paying attention to what I was doing (I know it was bad, but I was on the phone with a friend; but I had the speaker phone on at least), and I completely missed my exit and continued driving to Utica. Although, I didn't mind that part, it was a nice conversation, but it did put me getting home even later. :o)
But, the kids went swimming a little, some of the house got clean, we had a nice dinner, and I even got to talk to Todd a little. Now, if only my house would cool down . . .
