After worry & taking care of Arlee the night before, I woke yesterday morning asking Danny what time it was. I thought I was going to be late to pick her up from her sleepover!! But then I remembered, Oh yeah...she's HOME...in bed! And the poor girl had been laying there for awhile waiting for someone to walk down the hall so they could help her get out of bed! It's still hard for her to raise herself up with her broken collar bone. Danny helped her, and she headed for the bathroom, got dizzy, called for help, and then went DOWN! Crying and worrying about what was going on with her, she just sat for awhile until it passed. Then she was fine...no more dizzy spells. We're guessing she probably just got up too quickly off her bed.
I had to run back over to her Girl Scout Leader's house to drop off some paperwork, and Liam ended up leaving his shoes their yesterday as well. So I asked if Arlee wanted to go along with me. She did, of course, especially since it was early enough that the majority of the troop was still there at the sleepover! We got there, and Arlee was bombarded with cards from the girls there! It was just so sweet! I was getting tears in my eyes by the show of kindness and caring from these friends of Arlee! She appreciated it so much as well!
We visited for a bit, then had to go drop off Arlee's scripts at Kroger. While we waited for those to be filled, we ran over to Speedway so I could get a cappuccino and she got a chocolate milk. They have butterscotch flavored cappuccino there...and I *LOVE* it LOTS!! Since we were both pretty hungry, we decided to treat ourselves to some other Speedway treats, as well! After finishing eating, we picked Frost up from a friend's house since they live nearby. We were only able to visit for a minute, before we had to go pick up Arlee's script and head home. Arlee was already feeling pretty tired.
Once we got home, Arlee decided she needed one of her Tylenol 3's since she was feeling pain in her shoulder. She called her boyfriend, then another friend, and by then was VERY tired and groggy...but she just couldn't get too comfortable and plus her room was just so bright she couldn't get to sleep. We tried to arrange her blankets better, to cover her eyes, and she finally was able to fall asleep.
I was ready for a nap myself, but worked on lunch for everyone. Frosty, thru a deal we had made, was outside weed eating our back yard. We have a piece of yard enclosed by a chain link fence. It's where the dogs stay. Danny has to cut it with a push mower, but ours quit working back in the Spring...and we haven't been able to get a replacement one yet...so it has NOT been cut all summer long! And it has gotten LOOOONG!! So, for Frost to have his friend over, AND be able to play Xbox while he's here, he needed to cut it all! And he did! This was also the FIRST time he had ever weed eated {should that be "weed ate"??} at all! We are so very proud of him for working so hard! Danny even thru in an extra $5 for his good job!
When lunch was finished, I woke Arlee up. You could easily tell that she really wasn't ready to wake yet, but one of her best friend's was having a get together that evening that she truly wanted to go to. It was another sleepover, but Arlee knew she wouldn't be able to spend the night, but still wanted to hang out for a bit with the other girls. She then found out how tough it is to get ready to go somewhere ONE HANDED! And this girl is NOT one to ask for help! She has always been so very independent...this is going to be tough for her! She never wants to trouble anyone. I've been telling her that this may be a life lesson that she really needed to learn...the ability to ask for help when you need it!
We headed over to our friend's house. I got to see a mom I haven't seen in such a long time...which was WONDERFUL! Then got to sit with a friend and talk for a couple hours...again...WONDERFUL! It didn't take long for Arlee to just get really, really tired. So we headed home...with Frosty's friend along with us!
When we got home, Frosty was sleeping on the couch...guess he wore himself out doing all that weed eating! Poor guy! So his friend played YuGiOh with Zach instead while he waited for Frosty to finish his nap!
Arlee went to relax for a bit while talking to her boyfriend on the phone. I went to check on her, and she said she was hungry. So we got her sitting up, and I made her some food. We got her TV set up so she could watch some shows while she ate. She said the pain was starting back a bit, plus I thought since she was going to bed, we went ahead and gave her another Tylenol to help her sleep that night. While she waited for it to kick in, she came out and sat in the recliner in the living room with the rest of us.
It was another busy day...but such a good day. Visiting with friends always adds something special! We've learned that Arlee REALLY needs to take it easy...she is learning that she REALLY needs to learn to ask for help...and that we could probably get Frosty to do about anything if we bribe him with getting some screen time back! :)
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