It started out well after she spent the night in Holland where Sarah and Mary did errands in downtown Holland that included coffee at lemonjello's and shopping at the Apothecary Gift Store, where Sarah bought Mary a present! It is very nice. A sort of wallet/ID holder from Vera Bradley all in Maize and Blue!
Hurdle #1: Jeff was still pretty sick. Meds weren't working and he went back to the doctor. His throat was swollen up enough that the doctor wanted a CT scan of his neck. Concerned about a possible growing abcess that could potentially narrow his airway. So lunch plans changed to late afternoon dinner plans and I went to the hospital with Jeff, while Sarah and Mary did a few errands for me and had a little bit to eat.
We got home just before 3 pm, and Jeff felt good enough to ride along for birthday dinner and taking Sarah to the airport for her long awaited trip to Japan. While in the car, the doctor called and said their was no abcess and that he should start on a new antibiotic. Ok. Things were going better.
Hurdle #2: We had to order and enjoy dinner at Red Lobster in 45 minutes, so that Sarah could get to the airport. We took some pictures, had fast service and good food and were in the RAV4 with a few minutes to spare!
Hurdle #3: The RAV would not start, and we could not get it to jump either. Sarah and the rest of us were sick, how would we get her to the airport? Called a few taxi, too long of a wait. Sarah called her friend at the airport and a grandpa offered to come and rescue her and get her to the airport. Meanwhile, Jeff called USAA to get help for our car. Within 5 minutes car rescue arrived. Miraculously, the guy was just across the street getting ice cream when our call came through. He had a super duper jumper box and had us running a seconds. We could follow grandpa and see her off at the airport. That is exactly what happened, only Jeff had to drive in circles to keep the car running while the rest of us ran in and gave a few more hugs and took a picture. I was glad to meet the professor that was going along with them.
So, mission accomplished. No more deadlines. The car is running and we are on our way home. Until hurdle #4: The electric goes haywire several miles from our exit home. Oh no!! Luckily we made it to the dealer where we bought the RAV and they were still open. Turns out our battery needed to be replaced. So we waited in the service area for 30 minutes while we got the car back in shape.
Finally, we celebrated Mary's birthday one more time with birthday brownies and ice cream. They were delicious. We sang and she blew out a candle I wrote 20 on! I wanted there to be more celebrating and less stress, but we made it over the hurdles and had a nice end of the day. Mary and I watched her birth video and had a few good laughs. It will always be a day to remember.
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