Ok, so this morning was the memorial marathon for Ivy. First, it was stupid cold (like 47 degrees. i know, not winter cold, but still) and second, it was POURING! Like, super cold rain too. SOO, you get freezing cold rain and cool temps, and needless to say it was misserable. We got around a little early, but hit the store first for something to eat and drink while we waited, then got down and had to HUNT for parking (not that i'm surprised, but again, still...) and then hike it in. It took us a few minutes to find where she was supposed to start, and we got there in what we thought was LATE, but it turns out we were there almost 20 minutes early. GREAT! I was wanting to get there right on time, so we wouldn't have to be out in it all that long.
SOO, Desiree, Ruben, and I were all getting super cold and miserable, so we walked back to the car to warm up for a minute or two, and to leave Ruben and Desi there so i could just go get Ivy and be done.
If only that's how it had worked out. When we had things explained to us, there was supposed to be a seperate "Kids corral" for the kids that did the childrens marathon. That way they were all in one place, and we'd know where they were and be able to pick them up. BUT, today there was NO KIDS CORRAL! SOO, i'm out there all alone, freaking out, because i can't find my daughter. I tried to ask like 10 different people, and every single one of them lead me in a different direction. One sent me to the post office, the other sent me to the memorial itself, the other sent me back to the finish line. I FREAKED OUT! I searched and looked and worried for over an hour, getting wetter and colder and feeling more and more missearable. FINALLY, i went and found Ruben (barely, i ALMOST missed him) and he parked and came with me to find her. We searched the same places, he asked a few people himself, and NOBODY was helpful at all. Then he finally saw a sign i'd apparently missed. It said "Kids Fun Zone". SOO we went in to check there. And aparently they'd been freaking out and looking for us for that whole time too.
The teacher almost got knocked out. She was like "The marathon was over in 30 minutes". Ok, so it was MY PLAN to get out in the freezing cold rain, hunt all over, and freak out for OVER AN HOUR!? WTF. The arrogance of that pissed me off. They'd apparently called my name over the intercom, but with all the people around, i couldn't understand a damn word they were saying. And because it took so long to find her, they'd called the principal! I'd told Ivy that morning i'd see her at the FINISH LINE! That we'd meet where we were supposed to meet. So i'm sorry that YOU didn't explain things to me. UGH! I was pissed! I broke down, a lot, and cried horribly when i got home. It was so uber stressful. I just hope they don't say anything tomorrow, because i really don't feel like talking to anybody about it. If they do, i'm gonna have to be super careful to watch what i say. I don't want to stir shit up. It was just frustrating. And then, to make things worse, the whole time after we did get ivy, the teacher stood at the other side of the room and glared at me. UGH, it was hard. I'm a very emotional person anyway, and i don't need the attitude, especially after freaking out and having a freaking breakdown because my daughter (one of the most important things in my life) was missing.
Then we had to hit walmart and pick up the groceries we needed for the rest of the day. SO back out in the rain and cold, and walking around in the cold wet clothes for another half hour. Then stopped and got gas, then home. As soon as we walked through the door, Ruben cranked the heat up, and we took off all our wet clothes. I caught about a 45 minute nap on the couch before Ruben finally went to bed at 2. I'm about to wake Desiree up, get us all dressed, and get out and go do the laundry. HOPEFULLY it gets done fast, because i just want to get back home and chill out.
Gonna do Tomato soup with hot ham and cheese sandwichs for dinner. Then hopefully get a good long hot bath before a good long nights sleep. At least, that's the plan. What a freaking misserable day, ugh!
Next year, we are gonna run it too. SOO we won't have to deal with loseing her and having bitchy people to deal with. :) I know we can do it. that's a year to plan and train. That's quite a while huh?
SOO, gonna go wake Desi up, get us all dressed and ready to go, and get outta here and get laundry cranked out! LATERS
LYZ
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