While I am impatiently waiting for my sister to send baptism pictures from this weekend--where are they Rae Rae?!--I need to record an OMG! Seriously?! I'm Losing My Mind moment I had on Friday.
For over a month now, we have had Kennedy's Kindergarten Entrance Test scheduled for this past Friday, April 27th at 3:30 pm. I've looked at my calendar at least a dozen times since making this appointment, and every time I saw the date, I mentally made note of the appointment.
Friday was a busy day. Really, what day isn't though. You know? After dropping Kennedy off at school, Ashby & I headed to my annual eye doctor appointment. I like to say annual even though the last time I was there was 3 years ago. Oops. And I also wanted to talk to the doctor about lasik eye surgery. I've worn glasses since I was 3 & am so ready to ditch them for good!
The good news: Ashby did fabulous & the staff kept commenting how well behaved she was. *proud Mommy moment* And my eyesight has improved! Yay!
Now for the bad news. He says that I do not qualify for eye surgery. Even though you need to have a -150 (is that even the right terminology?) & my eyes are -200 & -250, because my eyes are improving every time I see him, I would not be a good candidate for the surgery. He says that as I continue to age, my near sightedness will continue to improve while my far sightedness will get worse. So if I get the surgery, in 5 or so years I will still probably need glasses to see up close. Not to mention, I do not have good tear production & with lasik eye surgery, one of the risks is dry eyes. So he said not only would I need glasses again in the future, but I'd probably be buying stock in eye drops. He said at $1750 an eye it just wasn't worth it.
While I am very appreciative that he told me the truth & just didn't take my $3500 & run, I am super bummed that I will have to wear glasses & contacts for the rest of my life. Oh well, it could be worse. Right?!
Like having to get your pupils dilated & having to wear these fugly things out of the office.
No way was I going to pick Kennedy up from school wearing those hideous looking things! So what did I do?!
Yep, I put these pretty glasses on instead! My sunglasses were at home (who needs sunglasses in the Spring when it rains 90% of the time?!) so these were the next best thing. Kennedy & the teacher got a good laugh out of them, but I needed to wear something. My eyes were going through pure torture if I didn't cover them with something.
So we got home from school & everything close up was a blur. I couldn't make the girls lunches, read the caller ID when incoming calls came in, read my text messages on my cell phone (gasp!) and even worse, couldn't do any work on the computer (double gasp!).
So, when the girls went down for rest time so did I. What else was I supposed to do? I was not having a productive afternoon so I declared it nap time. I got a good hour nap in, and when I woke up, my vision was luckily getting back to normal.
But in the midst of this busy & chaotic day, I totally forgot about Kennedy's entrance test! So when Mrs. Moses called at 3:55 pm to ask if we needed to reschedule, I about died! How in the heck did I forget about this very important appointment?! This very important appointment that decides if Kennedy is ready for Kindergarten or not! OMG! I am a horrible parent!!!
After profusely apologizing to the teach about a billion times & feeling like the worst mother in the world, she graciously told us if we wanted to come right now, she could still evaluate Kennedy on Friday. I quickly took her up on that offer & drove sped to school.
Kennedy, of course, knocked Mrs. Moses' socks off & charmed her way through the test. She was super impressed with how much Kennedy already knows & says she is more than ready to start Kindergarten in the Fall. *proud Mommy moment times a million*
Too bad the same can't be said for me. I was seriously mortified when I got the call on Friday afternoon. I used to pride my self on how organized & put together I was. But ever since having the girls, I am stupid. Seriously. I feel like I have lost every brain cell that I once had & cannot remember things for the life of me. It is so frustrating. And no matter how organized I try to be, I do stupid things like this all of the time. Sigh.
I still do not think what I did was remotely funny or humorous, but I am hoping that years down the road when I read this post, I can laugh about it all & see how insignificant it is in the grand scheme of things.
But until then. Let me just put a big L on my forehead. :/
Don't worry, it happens to the best of us. We can't be perfect ALL the time ;) And way to go Kennedy! I want to have lasik too and my eye doctor told me I was a perfect candidate. I just haven't done it yet. I just still complain about wearing glasses and contacts.
ReplyDeleteYay for doing so well on the test!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was working as a school psychologist I helped with those assessments a lot and let me tell you, we had parents doing much more annoying and unorganized things than that! :-)