It's shaping up to be another one of those weeks...

Last week was pretty challenging.  I had the clogged sink, two bee stings, and then the poison ivy.  Well, the rash got pretty bad, especially over the weekend.  I couldn't sleep for more than two hours at a time.  It was quite painful.  Then on Monday, my arm started to swell up quite a bit.  I made a doctor's appointment for Tuesday afternoon.  In the meantime, L had his (well overdue) yearly checkup scheduled  for Tuesday morning.  So Monday night, knowing that it's hard to get everything together and everyone going in the morning, I packed a bag with school books and activities for the waiting room, snacks and drinks, diapers, an immunization record, and a temporary registration to hang in the rear window since that also was overdue.  I felt very prepared.  I even picked out clothes for everyone.  Tuesday morning comes along and everything is running smoothly.  We're even ready to get out the door ten minutes early to make sure we're on time.  And what should be missing?  Car keys.  I couldn't find them.  Anywhere.  I tore the house apart looking for my keys.  I still can't find them now. So, needless to say, L's appt. had to be rescheduled.  (He didn't mind waiting a few more weeks for his 5 shots!)  

What to do about the afternoon appointment?  Well, I'll probably have to cancel it.  Oh wait!  There's public transportation!  So we walked 1/2 mile to the metro, took the train 1 stop, walked another 1/2 mile to the doctor's.  Not too bad.  But hot.  And we didn't bring enough to drink.  Thank you Baja Fresh, next door to the doc's where we filled up on lemonade and cheese quesedilla.  Then hiked back home.  Oh, and the arm is infected.

So, rough day so far.  The cherry on top was upon arriving home and discovering a distinct odor permeating the house.  So we're pretty sure an animal got into our attic and died up there.  I'm too wimpy to actually look.  There are some perks to renting, one of which is the landlord gets to deal with it.  

So I don't want my blog to be a list of complaints.  But I just couldn't resist after last week's and yesterday's events.  It's actually kind of funny now.  I wasn't laughing, though, when I was frantically searching for my keys!  Maybe this is normal and I need to get used to it.  I wonder what other exciting things will happen this week.