One of those days

Today was just one of those days. Everything started out just fine, but slowly started to unravel. Josh got to school on time, no less. I had a little conference with his teacher, we set up another conference for next week - which he'll be out of school for all of it, since it is conference week. Then I needed to run to the store really quick to get a few things to make dinner. Umph! That took forever. I figured I didn't need to put Maddie in the cart since I needed 2 items. Well I thought wrong. The checkout took forever, Maddie was squirming, I kept dropping the stuff I did have, and my arm felt like it was going to fall off.

We got home. I put Maddie down for her nap - which the nap thing hasn't been too successful lately, since I'm not swaddling her anymore - but that's another post by itself. So she took a short nap, was really crabby, and then it's time to go pick up Josh. Check, done.

We get home, long story short - I need to find a new pediatrician for the kids. We don't have a family doctor here, dentist, eye doctor, etc. So Brad's cousin gave me the name of the doctor that her family uses. I looked them up online, to make sure that our insurance was accepted there, and it was. So I was like - yes, we know this doctor is good, and we'll get in. Wrong. The 1st doc I try - isn't accepting new patients, but the #2 choice is. But...they no longer take our insurance. So I call another office that I found in the phonebook, and find out they are only pediatric specialists, so that's a no go - but she does give me the number for another "good" office. They aren't accepting any new patients. So I call the doctor that we found in Tri-Cities, and I need to make an appointment for both kids (Maddie for her 15 month, and Josh for his 4 year - that way I only need to make the drive once). Of course, I can't get them in until after Josh turns 4, so Spring Break week is out. And I'm not sure if Josh will still be going to school 4 days a week, so on the safe side, I asked if they were open on Fridays - yes, but he doesn't do well-child checkups on Fridays. Crap. Back to square one. Frustrating to say the least.