The Imp spent last week at a retreat. She called Wednesday and told me she hurt her foot when landing on a leap during a liturgical dance. I asked all the mom questions: "Do I need to come up? How bad is it? Have you iced it? Are you wrapping it?" She answered with all the kid responses: "Yes, I'm icing it. Yes, I'm fine. DON"T COME UP!" There are adults on retreat so I figured if she were really hurt, they'd take her to the ER. I pick her up yesterday afternoon and her foot is 3 times the normal size, black and blue and basically looking 'not good.' Took her to an Urgent Care center today...yep metatarsal #5 (running from the pinkie) is cracked. She's in a temporary cast until we can get in to see an orthopedic doctor. Now, none of this is earth-shattering or terrible in itself and with it being only cracked, she apparently didn't do more damage by her walking on it, but the standard period of time in a cast is 4 weeks. 4 weeks from Wednesday is August 10th. 4 weeks from Monday is August 15th. She leaves for World Youth Day August 12th! So I'm storming heaven for her rapid healing.
We all went to see Harry Potter last night. As always, the film just can't do what a book does. The most disappointing part was how the film dealt with Fred Weasley's death. One of the best parts was Mrs. Weasley giving it good to Bellatrix LaStrange. It's great to see movies where the theater is full and everyone cheers and laughs and gasps at the right time. Being the conservative that I am, I was amazed at how many children under 10 were there. Not only do I think the content not appropriate for that age, but it was a 9:00 showing that didn't get out 'til close to 11:30 PM. Kids need to sleep.
I'm beginning to get a little stressed about World Youth Day and all that we need to get done for that. I'm really trying hard not to borrow trouble and worry but to turn the anxiety into productive planning. (Right. I'll keep telling myself that and maybe one day it'll work.) Summer is over then. Way too quickly. And I've not done half the projects I'd wanted to complete. And now I've added more doctor appointments into the mix.
In the mean time, we're trying to get the Imp's class schedule fixed. Currently her schedule shows no class for period 8 Semester 1. And she's in both AP Government and DE Political Science (she wants one or the other...not both). Her guidance counselor left the school and the new one has not started, so she's without a guidance counselor. We'd been dealing with the department secretary who is a very sweet woman who knows a lot...but not everything. Finally got an appointment with the head of the department for Tuesday. Ugh.
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