Okay, so maybe you've been living under a rock. Or maybe you've been extremely busy like myself. But if you haven't heard, Josh broke his leg. Yep, we like to tell the story that he was pole dancing with his boss...yada, yada, yada! In reality, he and his boss were lowering a flag pole (yep, a freakin' flag pole) and when it was almost down, plop...right on Josh's right leg! And CRACK went the tibia and fibula...in multiple places! So, thanks to the pole, Josh was the first in our household to experience an ambulance ride with morphine! We also enjoyed a lovely stay in Sparrow Hospital's ER for approximately 7 hours, where that stay ended in a transfer to a private room on the orthopedic floor. But wait...it was just in time for a stop to the OR for a titanium rod to be crammed down his shin with 4 pins along with it! Ahhhh! After a relaxing 2 day stay in the hospital for Josh, life was turned up-side-down for this WOMAN!!!
Yes, I am woman...hear me roar! I can...AND HAVE...done more than I ever have thought I could do in a 24 hour time period...I have done things that I don't want to do again...I have done things that, quite honestly, are making me pretty frickin tired!
Here is Kristin's Top 10 Things That She Has Done That She Didn't Know She Could...Or...She Doesn't Want to Have to Repeat (So Josh, you'd better heal quickly and get back on your feet, because this woman is roaring...loud!)
- Take the trash out...in the dark...in the rain...in the cold...
- Help her husband pee in a modified milk jug...
- Make dinner...one for Josh, another for Leah and Logan, and then mine...WTF? I don't cook!
- Fix a toilet...I shoved my hand in a tank...OMG!
- Clean a fish tank...with fish poop in it!
- Wake up early...just to have grumpy girls greet me to this lovely day...
- Clean up dog pee...lots of dog pee...not to mention take the dogs out every 20 minutes...why do they pee so much??? Oh yeah, and scoop poop from the yard! Lots of poop!
- Grocery Shopping...I know, I'm spoiled. But HOLY SH!T, I hate that job!
- Dishes...can't we just use our hands and eat from the can, really now!
- Did I mention I had to help Josh PEE IN A JUG?!?!?!
But being the WOMAN of the house has some up sides to it too! I have had a blast with the girls. At first, I felt like I really had to re-establish my authority with them. Daddy has always been the one who can play with them then immediately be the "Heavy". Not Mommy, I'm the Lover!!! The kissy, kissy, lovey, lovey! Well, not when Daddy's out of commission. I had to take an authoritative role and that was interesting for a bit! But now, we've got it under control and times are fun with just us girls! We roll on the floor, we laugh and make silly faces...girl stuff!
Anyway, I've figured out that I've got this woman of the house thing licked...no problem! But I also figured out that I miss my best friend as he lays in his man-cave healing his pole-dancing wound!!!
Sorry folks to disappoint you on all of these fronts! The big news here is that SNOW has arrived! Like it, love it, or hate it...the white stuff is here and our girls think it's fantastic!
