Trick or Treat?

by Sarah
On Halloween, my mom (Luke's sweet grandma) and I decided that rather than sleep in late on a Saturday morning, we'd prefer to get up at the crack of darkness, venture over to our local University Medical Center and wait in a line of cars for 2+ hours and get a flu shot! Some called us crazy, others shook their heads, some honked their horns, but that's what we did! KU Med Center was having their annual free flu shot drive through clinic- and we were lucky enough to get one! Most places in town have been out of vaccines and well, I didn't want little Luke (or Joe!) to have to put up with me being sick-y, so we went and we waited.

 

The lines were long, there were some close calls with road rage and line cutters, but once the clinic opened at 8am, the line got moving and things smoothed out considerably.  Mom and I had a great time chatting away and reading one of the latest issues of People and discussing life.  I was hoping that Luke would wake up and do some of his kicks for his grandma, but he didn't. I do admit that I felt like a bad mother for getting a shot on a day that is supposed to be all about fun and candy....but well...let's just say, I ate plenty of sweet treats later in the day/evening to compensate and reward Luke for his great behavior that morning.

 

After returning home from getting the flu shot, Joe and I spent literally the entire day practically rearranging our entire house! We had started to do some of that in order to prepare for Luke's nursery and had purchased some bookshelves that required assembly, had designated some furniture to be sold, had moved some things to the garage...and well, when we learned about Luke's diagnosis, we just stopped.  So, we designated Saturday as our 'work on the house' day and we worked for almost eleven straight hours! It was all trick and no treat!  But, when we woke up the next morning all sore and exhausted, we awoke to a house that had been restored to a restful state, things had been assembled, moved, arranged and cleaned and things inspired comfort instead of cringe.  It will be a great spot to rest and be restored come January and I'm so glad we pushed through all those hours because what felt like a 'trick' that day is now a complete treat. Our little house is cozy and comfortable and ready for this next chapter of our lives.  (And a special thank you to Brian for coming over and helping Joe move some big stuff around!)  Hope you all had more treats than tricks on Halloween!