How Much?

It's back to school time. A1 started 1st grade this year. She did extremely well in kindergarten and I know that she will excel in 1st grade. However, we are a little rusty so getting back into the swing of things has taken a few days. It's getting everyone ready in the a.m. and to the right places is what's been a challenge for me.

Hubby has to be at work before the kids get up so it's all up to me to get everybody ready. A1 gets up and eats her breakfast, changes her clothes and brushes her teeth without a problem. Different story with A2. Everything is a fight with her. How you stir her oatmeal, what she's wearing, where she stands when she brushes her teeth, what blanket she's taking to school that day, who gets to open the front door, who gets to get in the car first, everything. Everyday this goes on and I'm going to go inSANE! Of course when we get to school we go through the lipstick drama and her attaching herself to me so I can't get out the door. I think I wrote about that in a previous blog.

Coming home is no picnic either. Hubby gets A1 most of the time and I have to get A2 because it's on my way home from work. Well, not really but I'm closer to her. So I pick her up and we usually have to go somewhere like to the store and I really hate that. I don't like going anywhere with her. She always makes a scene. She refuses to ride in the cart and she wants me to carry her. I can't carry her all through the store! She's too heavy. So I usually end up trying to walk with her hanging on my legs and crying. That slows me way down. Then she'll see something she wants and she'll say "Go back, go back mommy!" until I go back to look at whatever it is. Today it was a Dora lunch bag, hair clips, stickers, some Hello Kitty toy, coloring books, fruit snacks, cookies, etc. Oh and the FISH! I don't like the fish at Wal-Mart.

I went to Wal-Mart mainly to pick up a cough medicine that A2's Dr. called in that was supposed to be there yesterday but wasn't. It wasn't ready when I got there at 5:45 this evening either. Then, after I shop around and endure the evil stares from people who probably don't have children, I go to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine and the lady there says "It's $50." I said "What?!?!" No way I'm paying $5o for cough medicine. She said "Your insurance only paid 62 cent towards it." What good is insurance if it's only going to pay pennies on prescriptions? "I don't want it then. I'm not paying 50 bucks for cough syrup" I told her. That was fine with her. She probably agreed with me.

So, I've spent 45 minutes in Wal-Mart with 3 year old A2 only to walk out of there with 50 bucks worth of groceries and no cough medicine. Not to mention the extra day I waited for it to get there. I am sure there is a way that these people at the pharmacy can tell you how much a medicine is going to be before you go to check out. That way you can tell them forget it or they can call your Dr. to see if there is something in a GENERIC you can get. Now I have to wait until tomorrow to call the Dr. to get him to Rx something else. That's a whole extra day!

Well, I'll look on the bright side . . . I was able to get flashlights, bottled water, and some non perishable food while I was there. Just in case one of the 3 tropical storms/hurricanes that are heading this way hit us. I won't have to go to the store tomorrow. Smile. I also filled my gas tank up while I was there and saved 3 cent/gallon because I bought a WM gift card.