This weekend, my friend Jaimi and I had plans to drive to Fairborn, Ohio to visit our friend Jenny who lives there and works at Cedarville University. Late Thursday night Jaimi called and said that her daughter had the flu and was throwing up every 10 minutes. How scary! Sadly, Jaimi was not able to drive to Fairborn on Friday with me so Sara and I drove down by ourselves. We missed having Jaimi with us, but we were grateful that she was able to give her daugther the TLC that she needed while she was sick.
Sara and I had a great time with Jenny. Sara enjoyed Jenny's dog a great deal. She didn't nurse very much while we were in her apartment because the dog took priority. Sara would crawl after the dog and giggle at him. The highlight of the weekend, which explains the title of this blog, was our sleeping experience on Friday night. Jenny inflated the air mattress for Sara and me to sleep on, which was quite a luxury. The air mattress was VERY tall. Once we were all settled with sheets and blankets and the television remote, we all said good night for the evening and Jenny went to her bedroom. About 10 minutes later, with a sleeping Sara by my side, I noticed that I was having difficulty seeing the television. For some reason the bottom of the television wasn't as visible anymore. Then I realized that I was sinking. Aparently the air mattress had a leak. Before I knew it, Sara and I were totally sunken in with our bodies laying on the floor. Now I mentioned that the air mattress was very tall because while we lay on it deflated, I quickly realized that we were stuck in the middle. The sides of the mattress still had air in it and we were caved in. So there I lay with a sleeping baby that I was trying not to wake up, but I couldn't get us out of the bed. Quietly I called for Jenny to come rescue us. It went kind of like this:
Me: Jen.....
Jen: Yes Julie
Me: Um....I'm on the floor
Jen: Ok
Me: (laying there wondering how I am going to get up)
Jen: (comes out of her bedroom and looks at us laying there.......starts hysterically laughing)
Me: I need some help
Jen: (continues to laugh hysterically)
Me: I think the mattress has a leak
Jen: (continues to laugh hysterically)
So after we both were done laughing, Jen finds the leak in the mattress. She decides that we need to fix it somehow, but she doesn't have any duct tape in her apartment. I suggest that maybe she should try a band-aid. Aparently I didn't think that one through. After the band-aid was strategically put in place, Jen blows the mattress back up again and Sara and I settle in for a good night's sleep. Well, about three in the morning I wake up and find that we are laying on the floor again. I guess the band-aid didn't work, but if you are on a budget and you don't have duct tape, what else is there to use???? Needless to say it was a very fun weekend.
Holding On and Letting Go
8 months ago
3 comments:
I love it! You captured the moment beautifully. My only regret is not having left you there a minute or so longer so I could get out my picture! :)
Jen told me the story over the phone. It was just as funny if not funnier to read about it! I, too, wish Jen had gotten a picture or a made a video!!! Just think how much money you could have won from America's Most Funniest Videos!!!
Ok, that is one of the funnier things I have read this weekend. Thanks for the boost. I can just imagine you thinking through the situation and the way Jen usually answers comments like "I am on the floor" probably meant at first she was trying to figure out why you were stating the obvious. Very funny!
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