Sticking to the Plan

This post is in no way about sticking to the plan. In fact, this post wasn't supposed to be this post at all, it was supposed to be about my new hobby of X-Wing miniatures and how totally awesome it is.

Then, I got an email from school about Raptor-Son having pinkeye, and yesterday's plans changed.

I got the email about 11:30, a simple notification that he had pinkeye, and needed to be picked up. I guess they can't risk him infecting other kids, but it still makes it complicated to pick him up in the middle of the day. Naturally, I had agreed to watch a class for my department chair in the afternoon, so I now had to find coverage for two of my classes and one of his.

Fortunately, I work at a great school with a very flexible and understanding principal. I got our Latin teacher to cover all three classes, and was on the phone with the pediatrician before I got out the door. They had an opening in about two hours, which I took, and then went down and got the little man from school.

His eye was pretty gross, so I guess their diagnosis was correct. He was just eating (cheese pizza) when I got there, and he finished and got cleaned up. He fell asleep on the way home, so I got him in as gently as I could and let him nap on me for the two hours before his appointment.  He's been staying awake all morning lately, so he's really tired in the early afternoon, and I actually had to wake him up to go to the doctor. His eyes were all gross again, so at least I felt justified in taking a half day.

The doctor confirmed the pinkeye, and we went home for another nap and some eye drops. It's just strange how quickly an entire day's plans can be upended, fortunately for something relatively low key this time.