I am now a card holding member of the "I've had my name called over the store PA system" club!  Last  night after I clipped the coupons and got the kids to bed (even the wife since she was heading to work in a few hours) I headed out the grocery store.

Backing up, earlier in the evening at dinnertime my son who is my oldest was complaining of a stomachache and  soon went to vomit, puke, hurl… whichever name you choose to call it by  he was sick.  He opted to stay up and watch TV while I was out at the grocery store. 

Long story short and back  to the checkout line… I was just starting to put the items on the belt  when I heard my name called from the lady standing 15 feet in front of me.  First thought was OH NO…  got on the line and it was some other lady looking for someone else… wrong  line.  I walked away and called the  wife back who was hysterically saying that I needed to take my son to the doctor and to get home right now.   Needless to say I quickly checked out of the line and packed the food in the car.  I came home and brought in the  perishables and grabbed my son and whisked him to the doctors.  I left the house at 8:40 with  NO GAS in my truck and had to be there by 9:00 before they closed.  AND it’s about a  20-minute drive.  The entire way I watched that  gas needle teasing me as it was below E and then going up a hill above E…. yeesh.

Finally we made it and the doctor ran tests for influenza  and strep and determined it was just a tummy bug.  Poor kid, he puked some more at their office.  Funny how a kid who looks  reasonably well when you get to the doctors office and you feel crazy for bringing  him, when the puke comes on, you feel so much better~