Have you ever had a concussion? I never have that is until Sunday! It was never diagnosed BUT I had all the symptoms. A nurse in our church was very concerned.
This is how my Sunday morning went.
I got up an hour later than I wanted to. It was a VERY late night for us the night before So I was feeling quite sluggish!
I put pasta in a pot to cook for the fellowship dinner that was after church. After that I got myself dressed. Hair and make up done. Now on to the kiddos. Tornado, lady Bug and Weasel. Check . Oh no where is weasels dress shoes? Oh well he was almost grown out of them anyway. Onto l Little Bean. I pulled a dress shirt and dress Pants out of the closet. Checked time still doing great. I took a long look at Little beans dress pants. Yep they will look like capris on the boy. Well i have to go to the storage in the basement anyway I’ll just pull the bin of 12 month clothes while I’m getting weasel the next size shoes. I stop by the kitchen and turn off the stove Pasta cooked. Will be back in a minute to drain it.
Grab key for the storage room under the stairs. Go down the stairs , popped the lock, discovered no light. HMMMM? Oh well!
I immediately found the 12 month clothing bin plus the extra bag. But what about the shoe bag? Where did hubby put it? So at this point I am at the lowest part of the stairs. . AHH found it But it’s stuck.! Oh Drat. So I pull and tug. Finally It comes o0ut.
I start to back out of my very confined space and I stand up…CRACK. blackness followed by stars. I whomped my head on the second stair Up. I grabbed all the stuff I collected and went up stairs. When I got to the top of the stairs this not so good feeling swept over me. It’s kinds hard to explain at this point. drowsiness, queezy, confusion, a warm fuzzy feeling. Like i was a fog What was happening?
I sat on the couch and began looking for shoes for Weasel. Done….Now what was I doing? Ummm Oh yeah clothes for little Bean. CHECK….What’s next.? At this point Hubby walks in the room.
Are you Okay?
Yeah. I think so.
What did you do.
I hit my head.
How’d you do that.
I stood up straight.
Oh I did that not too long ago it doesn’t feel very good.
I don’t even have a bump., my head doesn’t even hurt!
Can you tell me what I have to do next?
Did you finish the Pasta Salad.?
OH YEAH the pasta Salad!.
DRAINED. now what? OLIVES , PEPPERONI, CHEESE.
So I stood there…now it was all finished. No wait I am forgetting something? what was it? ..Oh well I will put the lid on it…OH WAIT. Italian dressing…..lid on. Now to our plates silverware and cups. UGH how many do I need?
At this point I am getting slower and slower. Like a slug. I was really struggling finally Hubby saw I have having a hard time processing it all so he helped count after all it was only to 5!!
By this point I have to be out the door. AT least all the kids look very nice and I have all my stuff gathered together. OH wait Little Bean will need to eat! Back to the kitchen for food suitable for an 8 1/2 month old!
Coat i need my coat. I checked the bedroom, the furniture in the living room, the bedroom again? Where’s my coat? HMMM?
COAT CLOSET. Go figure that’s where it is!
DIAPER BAG? UMMM notin the boys bedroom,
Not in our bedroom. Not in the COAT CLOSET. Think Mary Think? Where were we this last week?
Oh hubby is the diaper bag in the car
NO
Oh
HMMMM
I know the truck in the garage.
FOUND
Now in the car on the way to church. 2 Miles.
Needless to say the morning held some other moments that were confusing and so on. . I had to teach the ladies Sunday school class. I had notes in front of me for which I was VERY thankful that I had written them out so detailed. mi don’t normally do that. I did fine teaching as long as I moved along fast. but on one occaision someone had a question which is normally fine and I completely lost my train of thought! So then I finished….and got the kids from their Sunday school class rooms and went to the auditorium for church. I had a hard time paying attention to my dear hubby But there were a couple of things that he said that really made sense and I couldn’t wait to share with him what I learned. BUT you guessed it I FORGOT them ALL by the end of our day.
Then at the dinner I had all the kids with me at our table and one of the ladies came up and asked me…Can I help?
I was confused Help with what? was my thought. All four kids were accounted for and sitting patiently. I looked around and realized we were the only ones sitting on this side of the fellowship hall. Everyone else was up getting their food.
OH I guess I’ll wait for Hubby.
He’s busy talking with someone right now. i don’t know how long he will be.
OH OKay Could you wait here with the kids and i’ll go get their food.
Sure
I got in line. As long as I talked with people I was fine BUT when I had to stop and think I became confused. The fact that I was getting tired quite fast at this point was not helping that either.
I got back to the table and ate with the kids. AHHHH the fog started to clear. What did I eat for breakfast. I am not so sure I do know hubby handed me something and I gobbled it down.
So I made it through the afternoon service. Home Nap…I slept a long time. When I got up I still had that very fuzzy feeling but at least I could think a little better. My sleep was not the greatest. I kept startling awake But at least I got some sleep. When I got up it was time to tackle some of the chaos that had happened that morning. By the time I was finished starightening the living room I felt as though I were ready for another nap. I fed little bean….ate something for dinner though I am not sure exactly what it was at this point. Then I took weasel down to my craft room so I could make thank you cards for Christmas gifts. All of that went really well. By the end I was feeling much more tired. I went upstairs did the dishes and went to read for a little bit. By this time it is 11 30 pm. I curled up in my nice warm sheets and went to bed. I know a few times I woke up saying things that totally made no sense to hubby. I was dreaming things and then woke up talking about them. . At one point I woke up yelling I smell something burning, I smell something burning. I. I opened my eyes and there was hubby standing in the middle of the room wide eyed.
Nothings burning Mary.
But But I smelled it.
Everything is okay go back to sleep.
ANDI did to. I fell right back to sleep. By Monday morning I felt just fine. No lasting effects!
Now That was the first and hopefully the last time I ever experience such a “fun” little thing as that and MOST OF ALL Thank you Lord for watching over and protecting me! You are an amazing God and the Great Physician!
