Frustration

Rose has been complaining of headaches and not feeling well so i finally got round to taking her to the doctor. I asked Lea to ring and make sure the doctors were there. Just as well. The one I was planning on going to is away till Friday. Unfortunately she was the one on duty after school so that meant I had to take Rose out of school this morning and go. I asked Lea to double check the doctor was there and the office assured us she was. So I go and get Rose - who is very unimpressed at missing class and wants me to get her back for Maths after merienda! I tell her it's highly unlikely given how long we'll probably have to wait to see the doctor. We arrive at 9:30. The clinic is supposed to start at 9 and we are 6th in line so I'm thinking this is pretty good. One hour later I realise the doctor is not even there yet. I ask the nurse when the doctor will arrive. Classic response: "She will be here ma'am. Maybe she has ICU patient. But she will be here."

Yeah, right! Her clinic is only supposed to be till 11 and it' s already 10:30. I'm fairly sure she'll be ringing any moment to cancel as she probably has another clinic in the afternoon at another place.

So I leave. I take Rose back to school - we manage to get there before Maths has finished so I scored a few brownie points there.

But I fumed all the way to the supermarket. Sometimes I can let these things slide but today I let it stress me out.

Shopping went well, no surprises - other than the whole of the vegetable and fruit section being cleaned out so all of it in trollies. I was pleasantly surprised by how speedy it was, given how much later I had arrived there than normal.

On the way home our car kept cutting out. Thankfully, I could re-start it each time so I did make it home but my frustration grew. We just had the fuel pump changed last week because it wouldn't start and I had to get the mechanic out again this afternoon for him to find the problem.

I'm still waiting to find out what and how much. Not the greatest day.