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What a day!
Dec. 10th, 2014 08:20 pmI had to get ready for the orthodontist appointment (Ana got her braces! Snazzy purple and teal bands), so when Ana suggested they do free-writing I said fine, that'd give me the time to run around the house and gather up cash I urgently needed to refill the Metrocard.
I left them for twenty minutes, and when I came back Ana had thrown her bedding and mattress off the top bunk, Eva was screaming, and the writing paper was utterly crumpled.
So after fixing that, and giving a very strong lecture on the subject of SCHOOL STUFF DURING SCHOOL HOURS, we got some math and spelling done. Then it was time for the orthodontist, and had I known we'd be waiting an hour before even seeing him, I would've brought more work with us.
Tommy remembered he was our cat and started following us to the bus. I had to double back, drop him over the nearest fence, and run for it as he yowled away behind me. Can't outrun a cat, so as soon as we turned a corner we ducked into a store.
"If we just hide out here for a few minutes, girls, he'll go away."
This is when I realized that everybody in the store was staring at us.
"Oh, not like that. It's a cat. He's following us. Yes, it sounds funny, but really, we're la - oh, wait - guys, away from the window!"
Everybody was laughing by this point except the girls and me. We knew better, and anyway, we were too busy making no noise and pretending we weren't there. The guy behind the counter was repeating the entire story on his phone, in Spanish. Really, it's no laughing matter. The cat stared very suspiciously at the door for a little over a minute before deciding we must have turned the other way and dashing off down the block. I kept looking over my shoulder as we high-tailed it out of there, convinced he had caught our scent and was even now running towards as at double speed.
We made it to the orthodontist and proceeded to wait... and wait... and wait. Theoretically the office was closed except for a few special appointments. For a closed office, they certainly had a lot of patients! The place was literally - and I do mean that literally - standing room only by the time we left at 4:45. We'd gotten there at 1. Should've brought more stuff to do with us. I hadn't realized how long the actual putting-in takes with braces.
I left them for twenty minutes, and when I came back Ana had thrown her bedding and mattress off the top bunk, Eva was screaming, and the writing paper was utterly crumpled.
So after fixing that, and giving a very strong lecture on the subject of SCHOOL STUFF DURING SCHOOL HOURS, we got some math and spelling done. Then it was time for the orthodontist, and had I known we'd be waiting an hour before even seeing him, I would've brought more work with us.
Tommy remembered he was our cat and started following us to the bus. I had to double back, drop him over the nearest fence, and run for it as he yowled away behind me. Can't outrun a cat, so as soon as we turned a corner we ducked into a store.
"If we just hide out here for a few minutes, girls, he'll go away."
This is when I realized that everybody in the store was staring at us.
"Oh, not like that. It's a cat. He's following us. Yes, it sounds funny, but really, we're la - oh, wait - guys, away from the window!"
Everybody was laughing by this point except the girls and me. We knew better, and anyway, we were too busy making no noise and pretending we weren't there. The guy behind the counter was repeating the entire story on his phone, in Spanish. Really, it's no laughing matter. The cat stared very suspiciously at the door for a little over a minute before deciding we must have turned the other way and dashing off down the block. I kept looking over my shoulder as we high-tailed it out of there, convinced he had caught our scent and was even now running towards as at double speed.
We made it to the orthodontist and proceeded to wait... and wait... and wait. Theoretically the office was closed except for a few special appointments. For a closed office, they certainly had a lot of patients! The place was literally - and I do mean that literally - standing room only by the time we left at 4:45. We'd gotten there at 1. Should've brought more stuff to do with us. I hadn't realized how long the actual putting-in takes with braces.
