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It’s official, not just allergies, but a low grade fever. I’m still on antibiotics from the sinus and middle ear infection, so it must be something viral. Great. I had two pages done, half way to the four page goal when Mary brought Trinity home from her dentist appointment. Trinity had found a bump on her gum and wanted her dentist to see it. It didn’t look like much to me, but I told her to tell her dentist. She did, and good that she did. The tiny bump was an abscessed tooth. Eek! The tooth had to be pulled. Once I heard what had happened that was it for work for the rest of the day. I sat on the couch with the kiddo and watched Danger Mouse. She loves the show. Mary says she was very brave, and that the tooth fairy should give extra for this one. Grandma said this in front of the kiddo, but Trinity has informed us that she wants us to tell the tooth fairy that he doesn’t need to stop by, because she wants to keep the tooth. It’s a whopper, with a whopping good story to go with it. When Jon went to pick up her medicine for pain, he also got a get-well card and a little Valentine’s day toy puppy. She wants to take card, puppy, and tooth to school for some impromptu show and tell.
Unfortunately, among all the other unfortunate stuff is that there’s a math test tomorrow. Frankly, I’m such a wimp about the dentist that she could have charmed me into just saying no going to school tomorrow, but cooler heads have prevailed. I’m not even going to tell her, let’s wait and see how you feel. I know how she’ll feel if she thinks she has an option. She was stuck on part of her work sheet, and Jon asked her, “What have you been doing a lot of in math lately?” Trinity thought for a moment, then said, “Whining.”
I laughed out loud, completely lost it, and with the laughter all my parental authority went bye-bye. I had to leave Jon to manage the homework while I got my giggling under control. I got myself under control and sat back down with them, but truthfully on the math he’s much better at explaining it than I am.
I hear the kiddo. I’m going to go read with her. We’re doing Nancy Drew: The Thirteenth Pearl. I’ve taken something for the fever. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.