First Day of School and Jellyfish

I hate sending my kids to school. I have to admit it. I just love them at home with me. I feel like I drop them off at school and just feed them to the wolves. But ...today was the first day back to school. T got the teacher we were really hoping she would and B's seems great also. They are pros now and were far less concerned about going to school than I was about sending them. When I picked them up from school I said "I missed you guys SO much I have just sat on the couch and cried all day" so B says to me "I think your getting better every year mom. Remember in kindergarten when you came to get me three hours early?" Its true. I really did. But it was more like 2 hours. Just for the record I only cried a little.









This is their after school picture. They don't seem too harmed do they?

Now on to the jellyfish. On friday we went to the beach for the last time before school started. Well just when A and I were getting out of the water I got stung by a portugese man of war across my knuckles so I look down at my hand and see the blue tentacles when A starts screaming. So I make sure there are no tentacles left on her wash her off and then put her on the shore. Then I run back in and peel the @#&* thing off me. Urine is commonly known to help jellyfish stings so B is brought in to the rescue mission. The only problem is A has been stung over her ENTIRE body. B just did not have enough shi shi to help us out. So she is FREAKING out screaming in pain my brain is going numb with pain and every person on the beach is yelling out there quick fix home remedies for jellyfish stings. We finally get all our beach toys cleaned up thanks to our friends there with us and rush home. A is in so much pain and just crying and yelling OWWWIEEE. I am feeling this intense pain from my knuckles up my arm and into my chest so I am thoroughly convinced that I will soon be going into cardiac arrest. We get home and A is shaking and swollen and a vivid color of red and blue. This is when we thank the heavens that we live across the street from a lifeguard who is married to an ER nurse. They took care of us and even ran down to the store and bought some childrens benadryl for A. After she was all better and the vinegar had taken the sting out I looked down at my own injury and realized the stupid thing had wrapped its tentacles all the way up my arm and across my chest. Thus the cardiac arrest. Whewww. I guess I will make it to see tomorrow.

Don't let the size fool you.