Rocket Man

Today I had to work. I had to go take some kids to visit their sister at All Saint's Health Care facility in North Hollywood. I woke up at 6:30 and had a headache. I knew it as soon as I opened my eyes. I took a shower and got dressed and then got in the car to go vacuum my car out. I had a headache but I was too lazy to go back home and get aspirins. I paid for that dearly. For the rest of the day I continued to get worse. My head was throbbing and I didn't have a chance to eat because I had 5 kids with me.

By the time I dropped the kids off, I was shaking. My hands were weak, I felt like I was going to throw up, and then, finally, I had to pull over to the side of the road and throw up. My stomach was so empty, so it was that nasty yellow acidic stuff.

I went to McDonald's and grabbed a 7-up and french fries. I just needed something quick. While there, I went into the gas station and bought some aspirins. I felt so horrible.

On the way home, I had to stop on Lancaster Blvd. at King's Photo Supply to get a "rocket" for Heather's camera. There was a black dust ball inside the camera and a black dot was showing up on all her pictures. The rocket is more or less a nose syringe. It looks like a Nerf football with a straw in it. You squeeze it and it shoots air into the lens. Well, I attempted to do this when the camera was not fully charged, even though everything I googled, and the manual said "only attempt this on a fully charged battery". I didn't get the option to manually clean the sensor. I moved it myself. Big mistake. The mirror would not come back down. I lost auto focus and every picture came out blurred. The black dot was gone, but now, the camera was essentially useless.

I took the battery out, fully charged it, and then tried again to manually clean the sensor. This time, I got the option. I clicked "manually clean" and the screen read, "mirror will move. Manually clean. Power camera off when complete". I did this, and YEAHHHHHHHHHHH!! it worked. The camera is back in perfect working condition. All thanks to the rocket.

In the meantime, Heather went to see Madison at the hospital today. Poor little thing. They say she is feeling better. I have been sick too so I only went once, for a minute, to drop off an outfit. I've been coughing too bad. They are out eating at Shakey's now, with Anthony, Ashleigh, Hannah, Katie, Heather and Lauryn. I babysat Katie. She was really good. We went outside to walk for a while and I pushed her in her car. Afterwards we read books and she did a puzzle that Heather bought her. The whole time, I was sick to my stomach. I'm going to bed early tonight. I'm physically exhausted.

By the way, King's Photo Supply were very helpful and the rocket was only $11. I've never been there before, but I was very happy with their service.

Tomorrow we are off to San Diego to see Grease. I can't wait!