We tried a new restaurant for breakfast this morning - well, new to us. We have never eaten at a Sonic Drive In, but when we pulled off the highway in search of an elusive McDonald’s in Somewhere Little, SC, we came upon a fairly deserted Sonic. We pulled in and we were going to pull right out, not knowing if they were open or served breakfast, but we came around back where the drive up window is. They had a breakfast menu, so we decided to stay and order.
Who: The Skamarakas Family - Jim (Dad); Anna (Mom); Brighid (DD14); Eilis (DD5); Granuaile (DD who turned 1 today!!); Dot (Grandmom); Russ (PopPop)
It is 9 AM, April 16th, 2006. Exactly one year ago at this time, I was sitting in a room with my husband and my stepmother. I had already been stuck 6 times while they tried to get an IV started. Apparently, I am an awful stick. The first attempt went clear through the vein, and my right hand - the better of the two - is swollen with the fluid from the IV drip. The doctor comes in to let me know she is there, but we are running a few minutes late. In just a few minutes, I will be wheeled into surgery, where before they actually lay me down on the table, my nose begins to bleed, I begin to cry, and a rather unsympathetic nurse tells me to calm down.
So Eilis has nightmares. She’s been telling me for a couple of weeks that she has them, and since Eilis is a night owl and hates to go to bed, I’ve been dismissing them as her way to avoid bedtime, but I have been letting her sleep in Brighid’s room.Last night, during a psychic reading, he told me that Eilis does indeed have nightmares (I did not volunteer any information, he just told me she does). He said what I needed to do was put salt under her bed to help cleanse the area and keep the bad away from her.
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