Eyes, Ears, Mouth And Nose

Well....ears anyway. :)
Today was Son's ear specialist checkup...he has been going about every 3 months since he had tubes put in at 8 months of age (which totally changed his life, by the way. Ask me if you haven't heard this one). The story this month is the same as 3 months ago...the right tube is still working its way out, the left tube fell out about 4 months ago. Everything looks good, just keep water out of his ears still and come back in 3 months. This is good....sort of. Ever tried to keep a 2 1/2 year old from getting water in his ears? It's harder than it sounds, especially if said child loves baths and going to the pool. He can't take swimming lessons until he can dunk his head. He has to be held and watched closely to make sure his ears stay out of the water. We have to be careful while washing his hair. Hopefully in June, the tubes will both be out, and he will have the okay to be a normal kid.
Took the kids to McD's for breakfast because Husband had a breakfast meeting elsewhere that conflicted with the specialist appointment....so we dropped him off and went to breakfast. Kids like pancakes, hashbrowns, and apple juice. Those of you who are just starting to have kids, WRITE THIS DOWN! :) You'd think we were having a party. :)
On the way, after dropping Husband off, we decided to drive by our old house in the hood. Just as I was turning the corner after passing said house, a young lady suddenly appeared in my passenger side front window. A lady of the evening, you might say. She wanted to talk to me, possibly ask for money, a ride, something else...in any case, she startled me. I hope I didn't run over her toes...two kids in the back, some stranger at my (unlocked) car door, in a bad neighbourhood, early in the morning (about 6:45AM)...my startled response was to turn the wheel HARD away from her, and tromp on the gas, squealing my tires around the corner and away. Betcha she was as scared as I was when I did that, maybe a bit mad...but lemme tell ya, I was about a block and a half away before I was conscious of what I had done and my heart started beating again...and at least I turned the car AWAY from her and not INTO her. I can't tell you how much adrenaline shoots through your veins to see a face in your car window out of nowhere. (I saw her on the corner, I did not see her run into the street towards the car until she was basically THERE)
Busy morning today...did papers, went to the gym (heart rate 160 today), got home in time to pick up the family, then what you saw above happened (drive, scare, eat, appointment)...picked up Husband, took car to a heavy duty car wash where they shampoo the insides and everything...home to clean for about an hour and a half, make lunch, eat, send Daughter to school, Son to nap. Laundry, dishwasher, bread machine...e-mail and blog.
Now I go fold laundry, etc, make supper, eat, and go to chorus. Home and to bed to start the day over again tomorrow.