Tuesday June 26, 2007
David Lee switched the trimmer head to one with a blade so that he could chop through brush getting our place ready for an invisible fence. Since he was working in the woods tonight and I was planning to stay inside, we deemed it unsafe for Adam until he finished chopping. I was pretty tired to begin with and after about an hour of being pummeled, crawled over, and jabbed with little elbows, I was wishing it would be time for him to run around outside with daddy. We decided to check on the progress. I opened the door. No trimmer noise to be heard. Suddenly, I was back in emergency mode. (You would think that after 3 years out of the CCU I would have honed normal life instincts better by now.) I could only imagine that some branch had snapped when he cut it and knocked the blade into his leg and he was hemorrhaging. Last night he lost his phone in the brush so to save him hassle I kindly unsnapped it before he went out the door. And all I could think was that I had taken away any resources he needed in an emergency. I grabbed my flip flops and Adam’s shoes and we went marching down the yard, to the edge of the woods and started tramping through the by now well-blazed trail. Adam was delighted to finally be going to find daddy and jabbered about all the prickers and the woods and whether there were bears under the ground. By the time we emerged at the mailbox I was beginning to feel sheepish. Sure enough, there stood David Lee all limbs intact, chatting with a neighbor.
On a more benign note, Mom, Beth and Lawrence met Adam and I at the park for a picnic lunch today after my dentist appointment. Adam finally got to feed the ducks and I could have laughed to see him hurl his bits of bread and run back in sheer terror that they would come bite him!
sounds a little too much like me…
i’ve had a few too many of those adrenalin rushes michelle! i know exactly how they feel and i know exactly how it feels when u find them all intact then! it’s always good to hear how other ppl also deal with the same things you do.
your mom was telling me about your picnic today! sounded like fun!
Still the same Michelle. =) L. looks pretty serious about that sandwich.
hi michelle… u asked for more details about rhonda’s boyfriend. his name is patrick and he lives around here. i don’t really wanna give too much info across xanga.. maybe she’ll put a pic up of them.. cute pics of lawrence and adam!
Looks so relaxing by the creek! I like Adam’s hat 🙂
Your son is so cute!!
Thanks for the thoughts. I edited my post, because you reminded me of something I wanted to add. Building a house IS a huge project–I didn’t get much scrapbooking done then either.
I don’t think we know each other but I just wanted to let you Know I read your posts and really enjoyed then, you seem like a very creative person.
check out tea_lady for a recipe I think you guys would like. You could make it sometime when I’m there to have with tea or Coke. =)
Had to laugh at your “emergency mode”… I felt like I was hitting that state a few times this week. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by! Since we’re building a house, I’ll be back here for some good ideas. Hmmm! I wonder how American ideas will work in Poland. 🙂 Hope to learn to know you!
Adam is such a little charmer!!
You’re right about the family time.. they’re all going home & I wonder where the time went?!
i forgot to say that patrick is a farmer.. someone rhonda said she would “NEVER” go out with.. =)
How well I know the feeling! Glad everything was ok. Your little boy is so cute!