The TRUE stress test

Yesterday I had to go take a stress test.
They took me to a quiet room.
Let me lie back on a fluffy pillow.
Gently put the skin probes on.
Had me walk at whopping speeds of 1.2-4.3mph on the treadmill.
Took my blood pressure about 53 times (the only unpleasant part)
All the while watching the rain out of a picture window.
Afterward they gave me cheery good byes and sent me on my way.

Now let me ask you this: Shouldn't they have followed me around my house earlier in the day to test my blood pressure? I am sure they would have caught a spike...

7:02 a.m.
(right before I have to get up during my sacred snooze time)
Madelyn, "Mommy my covers fell off my bed can you fix them?"

7:o5 a.m.
Nestled back in and warm.
Ellie, "EET(get) UP MOMMY, EET UP"

7:09
Madelyn, "My forehead hurts Mommy"

7:12
Madelyn has a fever of 100.6

7:30
Phone calls made, Movie on, Cuppies fixed, Back to rest for a moment
"Eet Up Mommy!" Ellie is now hovering over me prying my eyes open.

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10:35
"Ellie you need to go tee tee"
"NO"
"Ellie go tee tee now"
"NO"

10:42
Still coercing Ellie to go tee tee

10:47
"Mommy I go tee tee"

10:51
Madelyn, "Mommy my bathroom smells like poop"

10:52
I notice a very backed up toilet. Must not have ever gone down from earlier. What the heck did Ellie flush down there to make it THAT bad?

10:53
Plunge, plunge plunge ... flush
"Oh no, it's now coming out of toilet... ick with some poop :("
I stop and see if it settles

10:57
Still not any better

11:13
Plunge, Plunge, Plunge
No Avail.
Texts to Ben about the stinky situation.

11:31
The water is all down, so I give it one more flush to fix it.
Flush causes it to back up again.

Plunge 46 more times... Voila!

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12:27
Ellie throws a fit about not wanting to take a nap for about 45 minutes.

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2:05
Ben shows up 5 minutes late to let me go to my to my stress test. (At UMC)
He make me take his big-o-hard-to- drive-truck in the rain

2:08
Someone blazes past leaving me without driving visibility

2:13
I get in the wrong lane and have to turn a way I don't need to go

2:23
I am now going the wrong direction on the Marsha Sharp freeway

2:26
I am on 4th street. Getting closer.

2:31
I search for a spot that is big enough for the truck.
Pull in, reverse, pull in, reverse.
Give up.
Keep looking.
Bingo, two spots...I park in them!

2:33
On my way up!

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Compared to all that, the stress test was a piece of cake!