This morning I got to take all the boys to the doctor's office. *Please pity the fool.* Now in all fairness, they were on their very best behavior for about the first 53 minutes in the waiting area. But that amount of time used up all of their cute/well-behaved bunch that was in them.
The natives got restless.
And I made a parenting decision to let them loose. I'm sure the four of us were quite the waiting room show for all the other parents and children waiting to see the doctor. And we'll be making an appearance again in two weeks for anyone out there wanting an encore.
Once we got moved to our cubicle (exam room), things just went downhill very quickly. I don't know how they fit an exam table in this room, because I defied all that makes sense geometrically when I tried to squeeze the double stroller in there. You may think I am exaggerating, but the place needed only to move vertically to qualify for an elevator. I read stories as long as they would listen. Sebi was a trouper until the doctor came in and he declared, "I'm not sick." This is when pandemonium set in. The doctor and I yelled back and forth at each other over screaming and crying and the intermittent, "No Gabriel. Get down Sebi. Put that back, Gabriel. Sebi, help Gabriel. Where's Pudge?"
I'm sure the doc left on wings of glory. He sent a nurse to administer flu shots. Oh and,
Thank you nurse for asking if I'd like you to send someone in to help me during the last 7 minutes of the 72 spent there. Really, I came home refreshed. (and I'm not so certain whether the "help" was for me or for her...)
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um, all i can say is... yikes. and you are a better woman than me.
I agree with Emily - doesn't it make you wonder why they schedule an appointment for one time and then don't see you for a LONG time while you wait?! Good job letting them loose- serves the office right for not warning you when you got there!
I'm so glad sometimes that our dr's office is soooo organized. I swear they get you in an exam room in 20 minutes. Then your kids can flip behind closed doors. You are definitely a better woman than me too.
You are a brave, brave woman.
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