2 Months

A lot has happened in the last two months. Too much to explain at length, so I will use bullet points.

• January 31: It was snowing in the morning so I decided to take the truck to work because well the tires on the car aren't good!! (This seems insignificant now, but keep reading) I get 3/4 of the way to work and the "Low Oil Pressure" light comes on with a constant "ding ding ding ding ding..." I turned around and brought the truck back to Brandon's work and left the keys in it so he would have them (He wasn't there at the time). I hoped in the car and left.
  That night he went out to plow at around 9pm.
• February 1: Brandon wakes me up with a phone call around 2:30AM asking if I was playing some kind of joke on him. The truck was gone. GONE. Stolen.
• February 5: Truck is found in an Extended Stay hotel 40 miles from home. Brandon goes to pick it up. Smells horribly like a drug house. Back passenger side window busted out, but the criminals decided to be nice and duct tape some cardboard in it. Dents, scratches, center council door ripped off, the headliner council was ripped off the ceiling, Haley's car seat was cut out (anchor straps were still attached, seat was no where to be found), everything we owned (including the owners manual) was gone. They left some of their CDs behind, a roll of duct tape, plastic garbage bags, and a trailer hitch.
  
• $7500.00+ In damages.
• February 7: Walked in to pick up Haley from daycare to hear Haley start crying saying that Brody hit her (the daycare lady's son). There was a red mark on her head in the temple area next to her eye that faded as the night went on.
• February 8: Asked daycare lady at AM drop off time if the hitting was a problem and if there was a problem between our kids because she had been telling me that Brody hit her but I figured it was just something she was saying (2 yr olds say a lot of things that aren't necisarily true... like 99% of the time if you ask her what she had for lunch she will say "chicken"), and didn't think much of it until last night after I got home. She's had a few unexplained bruises on her legs that again I didn't think much of because well she's a 2 yr old kid. Kids get bruises.
  
  PM Pick up at daycare, Haley came up the steps telling me that Brody hit her again, she didn't have any marks that I could see this time. Daycare lady had Haley's stuff packed up and said that she didn't feel comfortable caring for Haley anymore and she was completely offended by my "accusations." I assured her I wasn't accusing her of anything, explained I was just inquiring if there was a problem between our kids and asked if she would reconsider and call me later that night and let me know.
  
  She called me back and said she wanted to continue care for Haley.
• February 9: Brought Haley to daycare as usual. When I picked her up she told me that he hit her again. I didn't check it out this time. Got home and noticed she had a huge, greenish-purple goose-egg on her forehead. I was FURIOUS! Found someone to watch Haley for the rest of the week.
  
• February 10: Walked into daycare lady's house and told her that she was right, it wasn't going to work, and asked that she pack up Haley's things. Told her we were not coming back. She said nothing besides "okay." - I did report her to the Chisago County, but nothing ever came of it, that I am aware of. (Remember the post about the hot glue gun burns also)
• February 14: Haley starts at a new daycare. - So far so good!! She seems to love it there!
• February 28: Happy Birthday Mom!! Got the truck back from the repair shop... looks beautiful! Brandon even paid extra to have my remote start put in (I received it for Christmas the first year we had the truck in 2005)... FINALLY!
• March 10: Brandon wakes up after 1 hr of sleep at 10:30 and is having trouble breathing so he decides to go to the ER. He had bronchitis and a sinus infection. He doesn't have insurance, so can't wait to get this bill!!
  
• March 15: I stay home with Haley sick. Well we were both sick. I had a terrible tension headache, she had a fever, and cold/flu symptoms w/ a bad cough. Ended up bringing her to Urgent Care at 7:30PM. Checked for strep and looked at ears, nose, throat. Came up with nothing. Said to bring her to regular doc in 48-72 hrs if no improvement.
• March 16: Still with fever. Stayed home again with Haley.
• March 17: Brought Haley to daycare, but after I picked her up her fever was back.
  
• March 18: Still with fever in the AM, but Cindy (daycare) was nice enough to let me bring her since all the other kids there were already sick and on antibiotics. Picked her up at Noon and went to the doctor... examined her and took x-rays. Pneumonia (HA that's the first time I didn't have to use spell check to spell that!). Dr wants to see her on Monday to check for improvement.
  
• March 19: Haley begins to fill diapers as a side effect (is it affect or effect...?) from her antibiotic. Only a few though, not bad yet.
  
• March 21: Side effects worsen. Brandon stays home from work with Haley so I can go to work. At her recheck appointment, Haley received a prescription for a new antibiotic.
  
• March 22: I stayed home with a still pooping Haley, and a now puking husband. He obviously couldn't take care of Haley while having the stomach flu or food poisoning, or whatever he had.
  
• March 23: Brandon stayed home for the 3rd day in a row (If you know my husband, this is the rarest of rarities... NEVER happens) because he is so exhausted from yesterday's sickness. Haley returns to daycare today! SNOW STORM! Got about 10-12 inches of snow at home!
• March 30: Today! So I wasn't so good about bullet points. It was supposed to shorten things up! I feel like I missed something, but I haven't a clue what. Anyway, I hope to stay back on track and post more often :)