It's All Here

Juan's Nose: Yes, he was playing softball when his face got in a fight with the ball. The ball won. He was one of three people in the E.R. when we got there at 8:00 pm, so we thought it would be an easy in-and-out stop. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm............. not so. We waited for an hour and a half, all the while Juan was spitting out blood in a bucket, until the nurse told us to move to the "Fast Track Waiting Room". (Rather than making this a sardonic blog entry, I will just tell it how it was, and let the reader add the intonations.) We then waited for another 45 minutes or so before they called for the "nose bleed", then were led to a tri-patient room. Around 11:30, I walked up to the nurse's station and asked about Juan's treatment plan. They didn't have one, but a doctor overheard me and said that he would be in to see Juan shortly. He did come in and had a quick look; unfortunately, the swelling was too much to do anything about it, so he asked Juan to wait in the chair until the bleeding stopped and then sent us home. 12:00 wasn't so bad, considering that when our friend broke his arm, he was there until 6:00 am. Juan got some heavy meds and slept with an ice pack on his nose. Wednesday is the big day when he gets to visit the Ears, Nose, Throat doctor. Wish him luck!

E.R. Waiting Room: 9:00 pm.

After Patient/Doctor Consultation

Yep, it's broken all right.

He went through about 5 of those ice packs

Tornado Town: That same day, there was a micro tornado that landed all over Philadelphia and the suburbs. Both of the girls slept though it! There are fallen trees EVERYWHERE! Our neighbors up the street had a tree fall on their houses (about 4 in total) and cars (2.) In our friends' neighborhood, a huge tree had fallen right on a car and crushed it like aluminum foil. It is actually a scary sight.

There are at least two cars under those trees

Bored: We have to get a little creative sometimes when it comes to going on dates. It rarely happens without the girls, but we like them along for the ride most of the time. We were sitting on our sofa Thursday night... just sitting... when all the sudden we decided to go out and do something. The options first at hand were 1: (can't even remember now) and 2: Scavenger Hunt. I'll admit, I knew it sounded a little juvenile, but we decided to go for it. Both Juan and I made the rules: We each would write a list of 5 things to find and they had to be found within a 5-mile radius, but we could use pictures and the Internet if we got desperate; after that, we conglomerated the lists and were off to find:

Juan's list

• A block of cheese weighing more than 10 lbs.
• A black and white giraffe
• Something with the word "Ultimate"
• Green underwear
• A Christmas tree
  

My list

• Something geriatric
• Something that smells like oranges
• Something that is loud
• Something foreign
• Something covered in chocolate and/or caramel

We piled in the car and made our way down the list. It was pretty tough; we never did find a Christmas tree or a black and white giraffe. We justified the MOON as being a block of cheese weighing over 10 lbs. and the rest of the objects are documented via camera phones. (When Juan gets home with his phone, I'll post pics.)


Sleeping Habits: They all have their own way of falling asleep. (Pictures from Juan's phone to come.)