By NATALIA HAWK
Well hey, beautiful people.
Welcome back to Best and Worst – the post in which we catch up over what seems to have been a whirlwind week (how is it August already? Is anyone else stuck on that?) and talk about how our lives are going.
This is my favourite post of the week on Mamamia by far. I get to catch up on what our readers are up to and feel like I’m part of all of your worlds.
I’ll kick us all off because I have a rather awesome best…
Best: I’m going to New Zealand! In fact, if you’re reading this anytime past 9am EST on Friday the 2nd August, I’m most likely on a plane already. I’m heading to Queenstown with 10 of my friends for 14 days and it’s going to be incredible. I’m going over to ski, but I may or may not also plan to take advantage of the fact that Queenstown has 42 bars within 1 square kilometre. When in Rome, and all that.
Worst: No personal worst, beside the complete lack of disorganisation due to me underestimating the amount of time left until I actually got on said plane. I packed last night in a panicked haze while the six extra people staying at my house (!!!) brought a whole new meaning to the term “boisterous”. Let’s see what I end up with in my suitcase when I get over there. Let’s hope it’s somewhat useful.
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What was your best and worst of the week?
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Worst: my 20 month old fell off a toy at the playground today and got a closed fracture near his wrist. Dr says it is a straightforward fracture and will heal easily with a splint in 4 weeks - I feel like the most terrible mother on earth. My husband and i were BOTH standing right beside him when he fell. Luckily it does not seem to bring him too much pain, but he doesn't like wearing the splint.
Has anyone else had a child who fractured their arm at this age?
I am worried about controlling his pain (will it get worse or quickly get better?) and keeping him happy wearing the splint. We are discussing it in more detail with Drs soon, but it is the weekend so it's on hold for a bit....
Paid off a store card (interest free balance on 2 appliances for about 2.5 years) this week. I've reduced its limit to the bare minimum, but I've no intention of using it. I am going to shut the account and snip that bad boy in half. Yahhhhhoooooo! It is such a great feeling, reducing debt :D That's a regular deduction from my salary I now have back.
Yay! Congrats!