What to do During Spring Break ... ?

Oh what to do during spring break? Well, the biggest factor in this equation is that MOM is out of commission. Last week on Wednesday night during AWANA games, I got hurt! Can you believe it? Well, if you know me very well then you can believe it because I tend to be a bit accident prone. I have several healed broken bones and a couple of surgeries to prove it.

This time doc says it's a ruptured quad muscle - ouch. He said to stay off of it for a week post injury. Fortunately that week has now passed, so I am off the sofa, but he insists that I use crutches to get around until I see him again on May 2nd. Ashley was with me at the dr visit on Monday afternoon and he told her to be sure that I didn't do any cooking, dishes, laundry, etc. by myself because he wants me off my leg as much as possible. Dad isn't buying it! :)

Ashley has been actually really good about helping me out ... bringing me stuff, asking if I need anything, getting ice packs for my leg while I was laid up, etc. If she was able to cook dinner, I'm sure she would do that (she can make a mean coffee cake for breakfast).

Dad's idea of helping out is taking 1/2 of the kids off my hands to go run errands with him. So, while not really my idea of "taking care of me," it is helpful to not have to boss around and prepare food for the missing members of the Macy crew! :) On Tuesday he actually had to be gone all day to do a job for a customer, so I was able to see how helpful not having 1/2 the kids around actually was on the other days.

On Monday and Tuesday I was able to get a teen helper from the church missions team for a few hours each day. The teens are raising money for the missions trips this summer. They do this by being hired by church members for $10/hr and the money goes right to their fees for the summer missions trip. We had a lovely 13 yr old who did well with helping me catch up on dishes and laundry that was piling up since I had been laid up part of last week and all weekend. 

Wednesday Dennis had to get his vaccinations updated - they do things a little different in Ukraine as far as childhood vaccinations. So, Dad took care of that and took both boys with him. Thursday I was able to get off the sofa, so Dad dropped me off at the office for a few hours while he took the kids and ran errands. Ashley stayed with me at the office to do things like get stuff off the printer and she helped me sort some things into a binder to take home.

So, today ... last day of Spring Break - thank goodness!!!!! As you can see from the photo at the top, Ashley and the dogs are enjoying some time on the sofa. It is cold and rainy today, so can't go out to play ... and if I may steal some lines from The Cat in the Hat ... so, we sat in the house on that cold cold wet day. I sat there with Sally, we sat there we two, and I said "Oh, how I wish we had something to do!" :)

Blessed Easter everyone!