Friday was a special day for Ella because she was awarded "Student of the Month" for responsibility at a school assembly. We are very proud of her-she is definitely our sweet-heart and she was SO SURE she was getting this award last month when she didn't get it. She perservered and was so happy!
On Saturday Ella attended two birthday parties back-to-back. It was a rainy day, so there wasn't much for Keeton to do while Ella got to have all the fun. Not that he was interested in the princess-themed party, but he was green with envy over the pool party. We spent some time making Lincoln Log forts and then I suggested that we could go to McDonald's for lunch and some play time in the indoor gym. So, I rushed upstairs to put my contacts in. Just so you know how this next piece transpired: I ran out of lens solution two nights ago and I am totally cheap and like to wear my contacts for about a month. So, that night I soaked the pair I took out in water just to keep them from drying out and put a brand new pair in the next day. That night Jeff ran to the store and I asked him to pick up some solution. He came home with Clean Care, which I never used before. I quickly looked at the directions which said not to put into eyes and not to rinse lenses with the solution. It also said to use the "special" case enclosed and to let contacts sit for at least 6 hours before wearing. So, I did exactly that and wore my contacts the next day, no problem. The next night I took out my contacts and put them in the special case in the special solution. I also replaced the water in my old contact case with the Clean Care since I wanted to use these lenses again. Back to preparing for Micky Ds...I put in my contacts and one felt weird so I took it out and tried putting it back in. It felt like it needed rinsed off, but I knew I couldn't use the Clean Care and I didn't have any saline solution, so I replaced it in the special holder and moved on to my old pair in the old case, which had soaked for way more than 6 hours in the Clean Care solution. The second I popped that contact in my eye I felt like clawing my own eye out of my socket. I have NEVER felt that kind of pain! Truly, child birth was much better. After scaring the bejeezus out of Jeff and Keeton by screaming and saying a few choice words, I managed to yank the offending eye-searer out and shove my head under the cold water faucet. So, what is the active ingredient in that solution? Hydrogen peroxide! Yep, I just put hydrogen peroxide in my eye! I read the directions, I know it said to use the fancy case, but it didn't say the fancy case neutralizes the hydrogen peroxide or that if I didn't use it I would rather put a hot poker through my eyeball!
Well, I look like a swamp monster with one red, blood-shot eye, but overall I am better. Day two now wearing glasses, and hope to be able to wear my contacts tomorrow to work. AND...we made it to McDonald's, so all was well there!
The night wrapped up with a little light-saber action, compliments of the 2nd birthday party (these got tossed for obvious reasons, about 2 hours after this picture was taken):
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