The day started off auspiciously enough. The alarm went off at 6:00am and I grumbled as I got up that it was too early. I trotted downstairs and managed most of my morning exercise routine before Calvin woke up. When I went to get Calvin, he seemed a little sleepy still so I brought him down stairs and he laid down and watched me as I finished my exercises. Calvin ate a good breakfast so I decided he must be recovered from whatever he had yesterday.

Calvin had a dental appointment today so I told daycare I would be picking him up in about an hour for it. I always feel silly working for only an hour but since I only work 4 hrs a day, that’s a fourth of my day. I got home and got on a call with my manager to talk about our big upgrade in November. Just as I was getting ready to sign off to go grab Calvin, my manager remembered we were suppose to go talk to all the district managers up in Greeley in the afternoon. I looked at my calendar and realized she was right but I had mistakenly added only a 15 min reminder to this meeting. Normally I pick Calvin up in the early afternoon. Since we pay for full-time daycare, I can technically leave Calvin at daycare whenever I want. However , I usually prefer to give them a couple days warning just to take make sure they have enough staff.

I rushed over to daycare to pick Calvin up and confirmed that I could leave him there late upon our return. We arrived at the dentist’s office and Calvin was fine until he saw the uniformed dental assistant and then he started wailing. I think she might have looked too much like the nurse at the pediatrician’s office. He wailed throughout most of the visit but I thought they made some really good attempts to interest him in the proceedings so he’d stop. Anyway, they couldn’t get a cleaning done, which they say is often the case for children his age, but the dentist was able to do an exam. He said Calvin’s teeth looked good and there weren’t any cavities though the spacing was closer together than optimal. He also gave me some tips on how to brush his teeth at night.

I took Calvin back to daycare and just as I was about to put him down he vomited on me. Multiple times within seconds of each deluge. Both Calvin and I were sopping wet. Not surprisingly, daycare thought I should take him home. We got home and we immediately jumped in the shower. I called Jaeger and fortunately he was able to come home and take care of Calvin so I could go up to Greeley.

It has been a very unexpected day.