It may be a new year, but some things stay the same, like my propensity to get ear infections. That’s right, “Happy Ear Infection!” might as well have been my battle cry today as I got diagnosed with two ear infections.
By Saturday I was already feeling a bit better, and a good thing, too, since I had a road trip ahead of me, but not before picking up Aunt Claire’s friend, Jo, up from the airport. After long good-byes with grandma and grandpa the three of us headed to Chicago! We stopped at Cracker Barrel for dinner and after we ate A/C and Jo made it their personal missions to keep me awake until we got home. I kept saying “Maggie go to sleep!” Finally we got home and saw Mom & Dad. I was excited to see them, but not nearly as excited as they were to see me!
Sunday felt kind of like an entire weekend of work squeezed into one day. We went on the usual trips to Dominick’s and Whole Foods and spent most of the day getting settled back in to life at home, including a bunch of laundry.
On Monday I had fun spending the day with Aunt Claire and Jo. We did a lot of playing and a lot of hanging out — a perfect way to ease back into daily grind (such that it is) of my life.
Mom woke me up on Tuesday morning. And man, it was rough. I hadn’t been woken up that early — or at all, for that matter, in weeks! I said “Maggie go back to sleep!” but Mom wouldn’t let me. Instead, when we got in the car she suggested that I sleep in the car seat, to which I responded “Maggie to back to sleep in crib!” It was fun to see my friends back at school.
Wednesday was another good day at school and I was excited to get back to my role as teacher’s pet — I helped Miss Mimi with her important tasks, especially clsoing the doors and the cabinets. I also had a lot of fun on the climber today. On the down side, though, I had my second school injury, this one even warranting a call to Mom. I was whacked in the head with a rocking chair! The treatment? TLC and an ice pack. Man, ice packs are cold!
Thursday was another day of fun with Aunt Claire and Jo. It was snowing like crazy so we did a lot of snow watching. When people were crazy enough to try to go out in the snow, we would wave and say “Hi People!” Jo said goodbye and then put me down for my nap. She was so nice; I’ll miss her!
Dad got home just in time for dinner and when he saw I wasn’t eating too well, he immediately invented a game to fix the problem. He would grab a piece of rotini, eat half of it, and then make it fly all the way into my mouth — as long as I ate a bite of my real food, first. I finished my entire plate!
Last year was crazy.
margaretyagan 
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