ANTIBIONICS

Brenton gave me the name of this post simply because he calls, antibiotics-"ANTIBIONICS". and with that i begin my short story of a crazed woman driving around for antibionics at 11 o'clock at night.
as you all know we have been sticken in the Ruf household with the dreaded SWINE FLU! it hasn't left us now for over a week, it must enjoy my hospitality. anyways, Brenton came down with it Sunday and spent the entire week laying in his bed watching movies. while he was laying in his bed watching movies, he was also laying on just one side. by Saturday we thought he was doing better and was well enough to go with Kylee and I to the movies. we saw A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN 3D, and we loved it! Walt wasn't able to go because Tessa was showing signs of coming down with oinking, so he stayed home with her and let me venture out of the house into the real world. when we got home from the movie, we took baths, got ready for bed, then...Brenton comes out and informs us that the ear he has been laying on all week "felt like there was a headache in his ear". it was 9:30 so i threw him and Tessa in the car a flew down to nightime pediatrics (i wanted to sneak Tessa in to get her ears checked just in case...you never know). we were then told that YES HE DOES HAVE AN EAR INFECTION and Tessa didn't, then given a RX and sent out the door with all of our SWINE FLU GERMS! by then i knew that the kids had to get to bed and needed some meds because their fevers had gone back up. so, i pulled into our garage, threw them out of the car to their father, and backed up yelling "i have to go find a pharmacy to fill the ANTIBIONICS".


now i was alone in the car and listening to Christmas music. i always start listening to Christmas music once November comes, it's the only thing that makes me feel okay about the cold weather rolling in. all i could think while i was driving like a mad woman trying to find a 24 hour pharmacy was, i feel like i am in a crazy holiday movie and my hair should be a big fat mess and my eyes all crazed like and gripping the steering wheel as tight as i can while i am speeding through snow covered streets and fishtailing it everywhere...all the while, happy christmas music is playing in the background.


i finally found a 24 hour Walgreens in Draper and sat there at 11 at night for twenty minutes waiting for the ANTIBIONICS to be filled. what i found to be entertaining was all the people who were coming in to pick up their RX's. seriously, people just coming in as if they were just running another errand about their day AT 11 PM! who does that? oh, i think i am going to pick up my RX now at the pharmacy...yep, 11PM that should be about the perfect time to go and get that med. and oh, how my curiousity was peaking (because i had nothing else to do but sit there) about what it was they were taking and why and AND why did it cost so much??


by the time i got home Brenton had fallen asleep and wasn't able to take the ANTIBIONICS until he woke up the next morning. i then promptly went into my bedroom and screamed into my pillow.