This is an update for the last couple days. This week has been very busy. A* had the day off on Sunday, but had to go into work from 6-8 a.m. We talked about doing something together in the morning (horse riding), but A* was too tired and we weren't sure where to go to do it. Then J didn't feel like going out. In the end, J and I ran out to pick up a pizza for lunch and we stayed home and watched Ninja Turtles. I can't remember what we did in the afternoon.
A* was supposed to work 7-4 Monday, be off Tuesday, work 1-10 Wednesday and today (Thursday), and be off Friday. I was supposed to work my usual 8-5 week and also have class from 4-7 on Tuesday.
How did this week actually turn out?
I dropped J off at daycare on Monday, and picked up his prescriptions from the pharmacy on my lunch, even though A* had ordered me not to buy them after we had a fight about money last week (see related post 8.18.2011). They came out to a little over $200 with insurance covering everything (except the nose spray, of all things), but usually it costs us around $125 JUST for the Xopenex. I ended up putting it on the credit card so A* wouldn't know I bought them, so we wouldn't have to have a fight about it, and also because A* has been withholding money from his paychecks and I'm not sure if we'll have enough money to pay the bills/mortgage over the next couple months. I have been keeping the medications in my car, because I'm afraid of how angry he'll get when he finds out I got them. I should not be made to feel like a criminal for buying my son his asthma/allergy medication (by the way, the reason A* didn't want me to buy the meds was not because we are OUT of money, but rather because he thinks we are WAY AHEAD with our money and knows we'll be more strapped for spending money if we waste it on things like J's medication or paying more than the minimum payments on our credit cards). Anyway.... J specifically requested that A* and I both pick him up from daycare, so we both picked him up at 5. I cooked dinner (Italian sausages on the grill and buttered noodles. I also grilled tomatoes, peppers, and onions from the garden and made a very chunky salsa out of them to go with the sausages). We have been low on groceries, so I'm making due on food from the pantry, freezer, and garden until I can make it to the store. At bedtime, I was going to tell J a story (instead of reading one), but he wanted A* to do it instead; he ended up telling a very funny story that J enjoyed.
On Tuesday (A*s day off), he ended up working 8-5. He was told at the end of the day on Monday that he had to attend a training in Gaylord all day. He arranged an additional day of daycare for J. I decided to drop my Tuesday class to spend some more time with J this semester, since it will be the last couple months (probably ever) that I have J every day. I dropped J off at school in the morning, returned my textbooks on my lunch hour, and then picked J up after work, so A* could go shoe shopping at Jay's after his training and then to his friend's house in the evening for a bow-shooting contest. I took J to Millpond Park for a picnic and we played there for a couple hours, got ice cream from the ice cream truck, walked in the woods and saw a family of deer. One was very curious and came very close to look at us for a couple minutes. J really enjoyed it. On the way home, around 7:30, J wanted to go to A*s friend's house, but we called him and he said he would not be there much longer. We went home and made mac & cheese for J's evening snack, and I gave him a bath. A* came home 8:30/9ish and I asked him to tell J a bedtime story like on Monday, which he did.
Wednesday, A worked until 10pm, and I was planning to take J grocery shopping after work/daycare. When I picked him up from daycare, though, he was having difficulty breathing (not wheezing, but obviously having a hard time getting his breath when he talked). I decided to take him straight home and give him his allergy medicine and a treatment. We ended up staying at home and taking it easy for the evening. I made a vegetable/bean/turkey/pasta soup with leftovers from the fridge. I gave J another treatment and we went to bed early. A* did some shopping after work and came home after we had gone to bed. He brought home just a couple foods--peanut butter, bread, donuts, milk, cottage cheese, and chips and dip--so J and I still need to go grocery shopping after work today (Thursday), if he's up to it.
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