Forced to Eat Paper

It was one of those days when you feel like you have too many things to do and are always having to return to the house for something you forgot...making you even later than you were to begin with.

Well those days never work out well for me because you know you can't rush a 2 yr old. It only makes it worse. I at least had realized this ahead of time and instead of rushing, remained calm and encouraged Alex along. I was feeling pretty good, I was on track for the doctors appointment after the milk pick-up and the farmer's market. Then I realized I never took my glucose drink! So I dropped Alex off at grandma's, ran back to the house to grab the instructions & the drink. Instructions: No food for at least an hour before you take the drink and none till after your appointment. Drink 40minutes before your appointment. Complete within 5min. I had 10min. I downed the drink in 1 minute and drove off.

Now it's hard enough for most pregnant women to drink this syrupy high-sugar stuff. Hard enough that my nurse had strongly recommended that I refrigerate it and use a straw. I thought for some reason I down it luke warm in 1 minute (after non having eaten for 3 hours) and keep it down! Then I ran to the house & back to check if it was locked. As I drove to the doctors my stomach began to register what I had just forced upon it and was threatening to rebel. I realized I wasn't supposed to eat anything after I drank this stuff and that I didn't have so much as have a cracker with me to keep it down.

Then I remembered, my brother-in-law used to eat paper! What harm could it be. It's not technically food and one little piece would probably do the trick. As I drove chewing on a corner of my instructions sheet I realized I had reached a new low. All so I could avoid driving to the doctors another day to get my blood drawn.