Bad Elbow, Good Aunt

Apologies to all my childrens' aunts, but Aunt Lucy wins best aunt of the year award today.

Our story begins at three this afternoon as we arrive at the roller rink for my nephew's birthday party.  It is Baby Boy's first time on skates and he is alternately thrilled and terrified.  Mama has skates on, too...and we make our way around the carpet a bit before braving the actual rink.

Our turn on the rink is too much excitement, and Baby Boy wants off at the first exit so we get off and stand next to a nearby bench talking to my brother.  I am holding a clingy, uncertain Baby Boy when I hear a woman yell behind me.  Before I can even turn my head she has plowed into me, taking my legs out from under me in a matter of seconds.

Because I have Baby Boy on the left, I turn my body to the right and land on my arm.  Baby Boy landed in my lap, his uncle having jumped out and helped guide him down.  He is totally fine, although he thinks skating is now the work of the devil.  Me?  Not so fine.  Fractured my elbow.  My right elbow.  My dominant elbow.  Ugh.

All of this went down at my nephew's birthday, so Jack and our kids stayed and Aunt Lucy volunteered to take me to the ER.  She was awesome.  She talked me through the med express and then the ER.  She made me laugh after two sets of excruciating xrays made me cry.  She let me have her cupcake.  She made sure I put something in my stomach when I started taking pain pills.  All of this....makes her a fabulous sister.

But THEN...

Before the party, I had gone to Joanns and gotten tulle and ribbon.  My 13 and 9 year olds are running their first 5k today with me (well, that was the plan)  and really wanted tutus.  I had started them and planned on making a little one for Baby Girl for the parade, too.  When we left for the birthday party I had almost two hours of work left on this project, all of it needing two working hands.

After five hours in the ER with me, Aunt Lucy stayed at my house after we all went to bed and finished all the tutus, including a cute little one for Baby Girl.  And she cleaned up all the mess.  And she is coming over pre-race to help them all get ready.  Best.Aunt.Ever.