A few weeks ago I got a call from Emil M.'s art teacher, Ms. Rubino. She is amazing and I love her. "Emil's had a little accident," those words strike fear into my heart, especially when followed by "but he's awake and coherent now."
Apparently he was in the art room headed to the studio and there was a chair in the path of the doorway. Rather than just walk around it or move it he stepped on the chair and jumped off to go through the doorway, he forgot how tall he's become and banged his forehead on the frame of the door knocking himself out and fell back to the concrete floor giving himself a goose-egg on the back of the head while bleeding from the gash on his forehead. Thankfully she didn't tell me about the gash just that the EMT's were there and they thought he would be fine. I rushed to school to see him sitting on a chair surrounded by teachers, the EMT's, assistant principal and principal. Blood streaked through his hair holding an ice bag to his head.
We headed off to Patient First to get 6 stitches. He did great but we learned that he has a high resistance to pain numbing medicine. They gave him 2 shots and he still felt every stitch. Poor guy! He got the stitches out last Wednesday and it was much easier than staples he informed me. (The staples were from his concussion at scout camp one year) So he is well and I am grateful. Sadly, no pictures. When your kids get to be almost 18 they don't want you documenting every moment of their life with a camera.
My beloved washer died this week on Tuesday. It served me well for 9 years but Emil had to replace a bearing in it last year and it wasn't the same since. Finally on Tuesday it gave up the ghost. We went out looking for new ones that night and found one we liked. I picked it up yesterday. And did several loads yesterday and today. It's top loading and I can fit a lot more in it but I'm afraid it uses much more water. It's suppose to be High Efficiency but it has a glass lid and I can see exactly how much water goes in. (It seemed like a great feature in the demo) I'll have to get online and check the stats between this one and our last one. However I don't know what I'll do if it does use a lot more water. Emil say's he's not worried about it because he's not hefting another washer up the stairs. (Sigh) I guess I'm stuck.
Kirstin and I are working on sewing a dress for her. She is doing it as a personal progress goal. She picked out a hard dress and a difficult fabric. I'm not the best at sewing clothing. I think I'm going to have to call in some help from my friend Jovita who is a wonder at clothing. I hope it turns out well. She's worked really hard and I want her to be successful.
Noah gets braces this week. He is not happy about it but it should only be for a year so he can survive it I'm sure.
I've been redoing my cook books (and laundry). It's a very big project but I will appreciate it when I'm done.
Emil's been busy working on cars. After Christmas he picked up a commuter car from the for sale board at work for $1000. It's a cute little '91 Mazda Miata convertible. It was in good shape for it's age but he's been getting it in better shape tweaking this and that. It's getting twice the gas milage his Yukon was so I'm all for it and I'm sure it'll pay for itself in 6 months if he drives it to work everyday.
That's life here at the Mosters....
