timing is everything

mema was packed up and picked up by a cab yesterday morning at 5am :(
by 5pm avery was home from school with a fever, red goopy eyes and complaining about her ear.
i scheduled a 2pm appointment with the doctor for today.
at 8:30 this morning I had my second meeting of the semester with my advisor and supervising teacher.
zane has a dodgeball students vs teacher thing tonight at work.

so! i took avery with me to my meeting (she was a star, she got a donut afterwards), came home to rest, picked nola up from school and brought her with us to avery's doctor appoint.
avery has bronchitis, and the doctor was astounded at how bad both her ears were. more specifically, she was shocked that avery wasn't complaining about the ear that was really bad.
while we were there, i figured i'd ask her to check nola's ears because nola has a cold and it usually progresses to ear infections. either she wasn't prepared to be checked out, wasn't a fan of the doctor whom she had never met before or, more likely, her ears hurt so darn bad with her own double ear infection that she didn't want anyone near them.

she kicked the doctor.
she slapped me when it was all over.
she screamed at the top of her lungs so loud i couldn't hear what the doctor was asking about medicine. (luckily i had the forethought to bring the little sticky note that our regular doctor filled with a timeline of nola's ear infections/medicines since october).

on top of all this? i was observed on tuesday afternoon teaching a lesson to a 2nd grade class. this class is a sheltered english immersion class, and i had no idea what they needed from me as far as instruction goes. needless to say, it didn't go well. so to sum up this week, i feel discouraged and ready for everyone to be healthy and happy. zane hasn't felt well for a few days now and i'm crossing my fingers (for the millionth time this winter) that i don't catch everyon'e colds. it's worked so far, so i'm going to be positive that it'll work again.

on the plus side: cleo is loving bitzer (as much as an older cat can love a kitten that's not her own). she gives him baths, she growls at king when she thinks he is going after bitzy-boo, she plays and hits without her claws out. it's pretty heartwarming to see.

so to recap: we miss mema.