What a Day!

Well, it has been quite the day today. The boys and I headed to school this morning, and I taught until 9:30. Then, I left to take Andrew to his pre-op appointment at Children's Healthcare at Egleston. This hospital is closer to us than Scottish Rite where he had his surgery last year. It's actually on the Emory campus and right across the street from Emory hospital where my Uncle Ron got his new heart almost two years ago. His appointment was at 10:30, and I arrived at the parking garage before 10:15. After driving through all four levels of the garage, I finally found a family that was getting ready to pull out of their spot. Thankfully, it was right beside the elevators, so it didn't take me too long to get Andrew out of the car, into his stroller, and up to the right floor. I signed in at 10:29. :) Then, the wait started.

First, we waited to get called to registration. Then, we waited to get called back. Then, we waited for the tech to get his vitals and take a history. Then, we waited for the pre-op clinic nurse to come and ask me the exact same questions that the tech asked. Then, we waited for someone from anesthesia to come and ask me the exact same questions. Finally, we waited for the doctor to come to look in his ears and ask me some of the exact same questions. (Are you sensing a pattern?) We didn't leave until after 12:30. I zipped through the drive-thru at Chik-fil-A and got us both some lunch, raced home (without speeding on 78!), and dropped Andrew off so I could get back to school at 1:30. I was actually only about 3 minutes late.

Then, tonight, I went to our church's training for KidzLife. This past spring, our church decided to drop our Awana program and begin their own. I will admit that I was a little disappointed at first. Matthew and Nathan really enjoyed Awana, and Matthew only had one more year left of Sparks. I liked that it really gave him a goal to finish his book twice each year so he could get his review patch and go to the skating party the church sponsored for book finishers. But after seeing what our church has put together, I'm really excited. We're going to spend the year studying the Sermon on the Mount. And the lessons will encourage the kids to really think about what they are studying and how they can apply it to their lives. Plus, the journals that the K-2nd grade kids will use are incredibly cute! I'm going to be working with a group of Kindergarten kids, and I can't wait until next week. We have over 1000 kids registered to start next week! It will be awesome!