Patience is Not My Forte

I got a phone call from the school this morning at about 9:30am telling me that Brandon had gotten sand thrown in his face during first recess and that even though they'd flushed his eyes, he was complaining that the left one felt gritty and it was blurry.  So of course I left work and took him to the doctor.  I didn't have an appointment, so we had to wait for those with appointments to go first until there was a lull and we could get in.  I lack patience.  Like, seriously have zero patience whatsoever.  I totally understand the policy - I didn't have an appointment, so I had to wait.  No big deal, I get that.  But there were only two people ahead of us when we got there and we still had to wait an hour in the waiting room.  Then once they called his name, we ended up waiting another half hour in the exam room.  FINALLY the doctor came in.  She took a look at his eye and dabbed some dye in it so she could use a black light to check and see if there were any scratches on his cornea.  Luckily, there weren't, but she could see two scratches on the white of his eye, which she thought was what caused his discomfort.  She knew that I'd had Ben in a few months ago for a swollen eye, so she told me to go ahead and use the leftover drops from his prescription to help Brandon's eye heal.  I was pretty grateful for that, because I remember Ben's eyedrops costing quite a bit (neither of us have insurance - we both work for small companies that don't offer benefits).

I'm not sure what irritated me more - the fact that we waited so long for her to spend 10 minutes with us, or the fact that I have to pay for a doctors visit that lasted 10 minutes when I could have tried the eyedrops without having consulted her first.  :/  No matter what, I would have taken him to the doctor, I guess, because I don't like dealing with the eyes.  Brandon had an infection behind his eye once when he was 2 and he ended up having to get an MRI because the doctor misdiagnosed him the first time he  saw him.  So I don't take things like that lightly.  But it's kind of annoying to pay for a doctor visit when the doctor only spends a short bit of time with you to tell you something you could have tried on your own.

Oh well.

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Today was a cross training day so I was going to work out but I, as usual, ran out of time.  I had errands to run after work and they took longer than I'd anticipated.  I feel bad leaving the boys with my mother in law too much longer than after work, so I decided not to work out today.  I'm regretting it now, though, after looking at my calories consumed today.  *sigh*  I was doing so well...

I've always been a fan of pasta, but lately I've been craving the same mixture: pasta, peas, onions, a little ranch dressing and either cheddar or parmesan cheese.  It's my "go to" meal when I'm not interested in what the rest of the family is eating or I feel that what they're eating isn't within my caloric limits.

so simple, yet so good

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I wanted to thank you guys for the kind words yesterday.  A lot of what was said was true.  I still have a hard time accepting compliments, and maybe that is part of my problem when people say I inspire them.  I've never taken compliments well.  LOL

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Food Log:

• breakfast - activia yogurt with granola (320)
• lunch -  santa fe egg roll with sour cream (400)
• dinner - pasta salad (385)
• snack - snickers ice cream bar (180), cottage cheese (180), doritos (280)
• water - 23.7 ounces

total calories: 1745

I had a hard time not eating everything in sight today.  I did well at work, but once I got home, it seemed to be a free for all because I was soooo hungry.  :(