Day Off?

Today was a much needed day off, thanks to George Washington, and the other presidents.  I had imagined that my day off would include a trip to a few of my favorite second-hand stores, a few hours of crocheting, a few hours of reading, and maybe a few hours napping/watching a movie.  But instead, I woke up with pain in my right ear for the second day in a row and decided on a trip to the suburbs to see the doc.  When I got there, the place was in chaos. All of the computers had gone down and we had to fill out loads of forms by hand.  The doctor saw me quickly and confirmed that I had an ear infection and prescribed an anti-biotic.  Then, I stopped by to see my mother-in-law and had a lovely visit.  She served lunch for me- ham and bean soup and a sausage and pepper sandwich followed with a cup of coffee and chocolate cupcake.  Yum.  After that delightful respite, I proceeded to Wal-Mart to pick up my prescription.  There were a lot of people there.  After driving around the parking lot for about 10 minutes, I resigned to park in never-never land and walk.  I ordered my meds, and they told me it would be an hour.  I live about 45 minutes from the Wal-mart, so I walked to a bookstore nearby, and then to Michaels, picked out some yarn and headed back to Wal-mart. There were about 3 people ahead of me in line to pick up the prescription, and it took about 40 minutes until I was walking away from the counter with my prescription.  Ugh. Then, I drove home, fighting traffic all the way and just got in the door at 5pm.  I was away from home more than I am on a regular work day.  :(  Aside from the nice chat with my mother-in-law, I don't feel like this was much of a day off.   Ah well. At least I didn't have to use a sick day for the doctor visit.