July 30, 2009
Eat Fresh
Today was the longest, busiest day of my week.
After working my shifts I quickly gave Dawson a shower, then showered myself, and we got dressed to head out to do the errands. I had my 28-week doctor’s appointment this afternoon (more on that later), and we had some things to accomplish in addition to that.
Just as we were heading out the door at (it was around noon), Doug called to ask if we could drop off his knee brace. Somehow he forgot to put it on before he left for work. For those that don’t know, he manages the frozen department of our local Copps grocery store. He does a lot of manual labor, and he’s suffering knee trouble due to the last 20 years of managing stock rooms and store shelves.
After saving my husband some pain, we went to the bank to make a deposit and to get a cashier’s check to pay our property taxes at the county treasurer’s office. Fifteen hundred dollars needed to be paid before tomorrow’s installment deadline. I hate giving money to people I don’t really like.
Next we went to the doctor’s office. I had to repeat the glucose testing and have blood drawn, as well as pee in a cup to detect protein in the urine. Dawson was so well behaved. I was very impressed. After an hour of waiting for the disgusting glucose cocktail to do it’s thang, I had my blood drawn and we went on our merry way.
We went to the pharmacy to pick up two new prescriptions, one for baby aspirin (it’s supposed to help lower my blood pressure in addition to the methyldopa I already take) and one for an iron supplement because I’m deficient. Again.
Dawson was a very good boy in the store. I couldn’t believe it. Usually he begs for things. Today, he happily sat in the cart and asked questions about why there are so many drugs in the “farm-you-see”. To reward him for good behavior, I bought him a Transformers story book from K-mart (we use their pharmacy since it’s down the street from the clinic). He’s obsessed with that movie lately.
Post pharmacy we went to the post office, then to the library to return our books. Dawson played in the children’s department for a little while, picked out a movie and then we headed to the gas station. My “empty” light was on and I didn’t know if I’d make it home if I didn’t fill up.
After paying for my gas, we climbed back into the car and Dawson told me he was very hungry. It was then that I realized we didn’t eat lunch. I had forgotten to feed my kid. I felt like a bad mom. And he was so well-behaved!
“Do you want to hit McDonald’s?” I asked.
“Noooo, Mom,” he replied. “I’m sick of Donald’s. Can we go to eat at Subway? I want to eat good today.”
I started laughing. My child wanted to eat Subway instead of greasy french fries. He never ceases to amaze me.
Luckily, Subway was just down the road from the gas station so we went inside and ordered our sandwiches. Dawson ordered a ham sub (the kid’s version) with tomato, cucumber and black olives. I had the veggie since I can’t eat cold cuts or deli meats.
My little munchkin wanted potato chips instead of apples and I couldn’t say no. When we were finally at our table and ready to eat, I opened his chips and ate one.
“Mooooom,” he said. “Those are NOT good for you. They can make you fat!”
I was stunned. My little dietician was telling me what I should and shouldn’t eat.
“Well,” I started. “Why did you pick these instead of apples?”
“‘Cuz, mom. I’m just a little boy. I don’t have a big belly yet.”
“I’ll have you know, young man, that my belly is big because your brother is in there!”
“I know mom. But I don’t think he likes ‘tato chips.”
“How do you know?” I asked.
“‘Cuz babies only like good food. You gotta eat fresh, Mom!”
I think this child has watched one too many Subway commercials.
Posted by Dana @ 6:57 PM • Health, Wellness, Fitness, Exercise, Kids These Days, Pregnancy, The Doodlebug, The Mommy Files
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July 31st, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Mindy Says:
“You gotta eat fresh, Mom!” That is TOO cute!
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