MOPS, Shots and Wasps

We've been crazy busy. Yesterday I helped Rick clean and organize the shop/Quonset Hut. We just got one tiny area done and a lot more to go. Thankfully, we didn't find any live or dead snakes.

The back brakes on the minivan are leaking brake fluid and Rick has been so busy and hasn't had time to fix them. (My dear husband is a true Renaissance man and one of his many accomplishments is that he is a certified Master Mechanic.) Rick doesn't want me driving the van until they are fixed, so he drove Katie and I into Abilene today at the crack of dawn so we could attend MOPS and MOPPETS. He then had to drive back home to give a Web Telecast Class to the a state's Department of Corrections. After that he drove back to Abilene to pick up the Doodlebug and I. That's a lot of driving considering it's 70 miles round trip to go into Abilene.

All three of us then got our flu shots while in Abilene. I have never had one before and this is Katie's first. The minute she saw her doctor's nurse, she started to cry. Linda, the doctor's nurse, is a very nice lady but to Katie she is the one that hurts her. To top it off, Katie grabbed the needle while she was receiving her shot and got scratched on her leg. She also did not nap, so we had one cranky little girl on our hands. She finally fell asleep at 5 p.m. I have been checking on her as I am always concerned when she gets a new shot since I don't know how she will react. Katie has to get another flu shot in one month since this was her first time getting the shot. Apparently when you are a wee one, they give you a booster a month later. Who knew?

When we got home, the living room was inundated with paper wasps. I don't know how they got into the house, but Rick and I spent 15 minutes killing wasps. I think we killed a total of about 25-30.

Tonight we have a tornado watch until 7 p.m. At least Rick is home so if we have to seek shelter in the missile site I won't be as stressed.

I know a lot more occurred, but my foggy brain cannot recall. The minute I post this entry, the "a lot more" will emerge from the mist and I will be posting again. So til later........