A Day without Karen

Well today was a good and bad day.  It started once again like every other day.  Ibssa up at 6:30 and then in our bed for playtime.  Karen said she had a headache so it was just going to be Ibssa and I for breakfast.  I got breakfast ready once I put peanut butter on toast, I cut it in quarters.  That is obviously not what Ibssa wanted.  He put a pout on right away.  It only lasted about 3 minutes as when I was going to pour his cereal, he decided he wanted to pour and everything was good again in Ibssa’s world.  He said grace and prayer for mom to feel better.  We puttered around for an hour and a half to give mom time.  It was time for showers so we quiet went and got all cleaned up.  Mom still wasn’t feeling well and said she had a migraine.  Karen never has had a migraine before so that is something new.  She did get sick a couple of times so maybe it was the flu. 

Well it was time to go outdoors so mom could get more sleep.  Rob offered some migraine medicine but Karen wanted to try to get rid of her headache without it.  We came in about 11:45 and mom was still in bed no better after taking Tylenol.  Dave mentioned the group was going to the Edna mall if we wanted to go and let Karen sleep.  It’s a large mall that has a kids play area in with a jungle gym, arcade games, carousel, bumper cars etc.  Since it looked like rain Ibssa and I would go.  We got ready to go and mom wanted to know what we were doing.  After she heard, she still didn’t want to get up – must be bad a mall and NO Karen?????

 We got to mall close to 1:00 and went inside.  Although we could see the play area we had difficulty finding the entrance.  Heather, Candy, Rob and most of kids took elevator up while Dave, Bereket , Ibssa and myself took the stairs.  First down (oops parking garage), then up to 3^rd floor.  Someone then told us main floor where we came in.  Back down again – at least we got exercise.  All the kids were excited as it was noisy, lights were flashing and kids all over the place.  We got tickets for all kids to start in playground.  It was like the McDonalds playland but larger. 

 The other 3 kids went in but Ibssa wasn’t too keen on it and then decided no.  We watched the carousel for a while and then he finally decided he could handle it.  Up on a horse he went but it was not so pleasant. The ride started but it seemed like the horse needed bearings.  Once the horse reached the top, it would clump and drop a bit.  One rotation is all that Ibssa could handle – he wanted off.  We put him down into a teacup which he could spin in circles - that was much better. 

The only other rides for his size were the rides that rock back and forth.  He loved them and rode them all. 

 We stopped for lunch and during grace, prayed for mom again.  Back for a little while longer to the play area.  When it was time to leave, Ibssa showed me again, that he was picking up on our actions.  When he wants something and can’t wait, we will usually say “wait a minute” and hold up one finger.  He was just sitting on a ride when everyone was ready to leave so I said “let’s go Ibssa”.  He chattered off something and held up one finger as to say “wait a minute” – he so cute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We got back about 4:30 and Karen was still in bed but feeling better.  Ibssa and I just vegged out watching cartoons for the next hour when mom got up.  We have our official cartoon watching position. Ibssa didn’t get nap so it was a light supper, cuddle time with mom and then to bed at 7:30.  It was Karen’s turn to lay down with him, so she is as I write this.  It’s 8:15 and she hasn’t returned.  I thought Ibssa would go out fast so maybe Karen is out again.  Oh well, hopefully she’s back to 100% tomorrow.

We were tentative to get passports tomorrow but haven’t heard anything today.  We’ll have to call Martha first thing to see what the plan is.  After the passports (hopefully), we were booked to see Shelley Green’s boys so we could exchange music.

Well we’ll see what tomorrow brings and hopefully by the end, we’re one step closer to bringing Ibssa home.

God Bless

Chow

Paul