Turkey Shoot

This afternoon the two small humans that I adore received the coveted (or much maligned, depending on which email forwards you believe) H1N1 vaccine. Like most of my carefully made plans, today went completely awry in a remarkably serendipitous fashion.

Since Mr. Lipstick has three exams this week, I had to leave work earlier than I originally planned to pick up JBB from school. First I had to pick up Pretty Girl from preschool. Then I drove across town to JBB's school to (ineptly) navigate the car pool line.

Then I drove back across town to the pediatrician's office. On the way to the doctor's office, I dropped in the local bakery to pick up cupcakes for my co-workers tomorrow. They are tastier and easier to digest than olive branches. Naturally things got busy as I raced out the door. Thank goodness the goodies were boxed and ready to go. At least one thing was easy. I also bought four petit fors (also called therapy). Now I don't really think I am ruining the work surprise because my At Work Friend who visits Lipstick-land is a real adult (instead of a poseur adult like me) and she is already in bed so this is just between us.

Two red lights down the road and we arrived at the pediatrician's office which was very busy. I got a very, very bad feeling. A few days ago I constructed some carefully made plans to leave work early to get JBB's regular immunizations. Routine. Easy. Quick. Late yesterday I got The Email. The one that said, "We at The Pediatrician's Office have received the H1N1 vaccine. Everyone come." Well, everyone did.

We ended up waiting for over two hours. Thank you Crackberry, stickers, tickling, shoelaces, and baby dolls. You served me well the second hour.

The first hour, however...Pretty Girl had a fit. A big one. She arched her back, laid on the floor, kicked her feet, and screamed. Yep, screamed. Imagine a very large and very crowded room full of adults and children sitting on the floor waiting for hours. Got it? Ok, that's where we were. I had to laugh while trying (unsuccessfully) to truncate the madness. All I could think was, well, this is a nightmare. Then the screaming stopped and she started yelling, "NO!" What a relief because I am sure that didn't get on anyone's nerves. Without any explanation at all, she said, "Mommy, I better." We were so bored that we even got on Facebook and announced how bored we were because we were waiting for the H1N1 vaccine. My goodness.

JBB got 5 shots total. There was wailing and gnashing of teeth. Pretty Girl wailed in empathy. We ate a lot of McDonald's to cope. We arrived home much later and more exhausted than we anticipated and of course there was a project for school that had to be finished. It was so, er...unusual that I just had to share. The goal was to disguise a Thanksgiving turkey. Our turkey hid in a Christmas present.
There was much wrapping, cutting, and use of scissors and tape. The best part though was being with JBB. Just the two of us working on this funny little project...it was cool. Actually the best, best thing was that he kept saying, "Mommy, I really like spending time with you." It almost makes we wish that we had to wrap up a turkey tomorrow night.