5 Hours X's 3 Kids is NO FUN!

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I mentioned in an earlier post that last week was very busy. This week has been no exception. It is the week before school starts. Lots of things have to get done and I have accomplished several. I had to get Lil Keith a physical form filled out for football. I turned in the paperwork last week when we went to the twins' Asthma Clinic and was suppose to pick them up this week. Lil Keith needed an NC state ID card. Open House at school for all 3 boys. M-Thursday football practice nightly. New Speech Therapy sessions for twins with new speech therapist. So, in order to save driving time and gas I decided to pick up the physical from from the doctors office and get Lil K's ID on the same day. In our state we have a shortage of people working at the DMV and drivers license offices across the entire state. More popluated areas such as the state capital and the larger cities have waiting lines that go out the door and into the parking lots. People have to sit outside in the heat for hours waiting on line to get their ID's or drivers licenses made. Well the people in the more populated areas seek out smaller substations in other counties to cut down on the wait time. Thus started our day off in the wrong direction. I got the kids up at 6:30 so that we could eat and get to the local DMV before they open at 8am. We got there at 7:30 and the line was all the way to the parking lot and several peoople had been there since 6am to get to be the first in line. They even brought camp chairs to sit in. The office opens at 8am but the lady did not open the door until 8:10. Upon opening the door she asked anyone that had a set appointment to come in and log in on the computer and pull their ticket. After that she announced that everyone else could come in and pull a ticket and said that there was no way everyone was going to fit into the waiting area and said that when the chairs filled up anyone else had to wait outside. By this time we had already been in line for an hour. The sun was moving and the shade was disappearing. Now, it was hot already at 87 degrees with 99 % humidity. She seemed to have an attitude even though she had just opened the doors. I cannot stand in that hot heat for hours on end with the crazy reaction/rash I have on my face to heat and sun. So, me and the kids left and headed to the doctors office to pick up the physical. We get there and they tell me that they cannot fill out the form because it is too close to his annual physical date. I kind of wished they had told me that before I drove down there. Needless to say, I made an appointment for his yearly exam and the twins yearly as well. After that, I took them to McDonalds to get a small snack and let them play. They had been so good while waiting in that hot line at the dmv. After they played for an hour I decided to check out the other dmv agency office that was near by. We got lucky. There was no line out the door and the parking spots were not all gone. We went in and the lobby was almost full but I checked in and found one empty seat. The boys sat on the floor. We ended up sitting there for 5 hours. I must say that they did pretty good but there were times when we had problems. Elijah had a meltdown and had to sit in my lap and he cried. For some reason Elijah and Lil Keith kept arguing with each other. Adam was the only one that I did not have to argue with or get on very much. They all three brought toys to play with. We finally were seen and got Lil Keith's ID card and we were able to get home and cool off. I made sandwiches for supper and we had to go to the Open House at the school for all 3 boys. Thankfully, hubby was home and went with us. We visited all of the classrooms and teachers, I got the mound of paperwork that I have to fill out this weekend for all 3 of them. After leaving school we had to take Lil Keith to football practice which lasted until 8:15. It was a long and tiring day. I almost gave up on getting Lil Keith's ID but I am glad we checked at the second DMV office. I will say that 5 hours waiting with 3 kids is not fun. I count my blessings that it was all inside with the AC and I had a chair to sit in! It is Friday, how has your week been?