The big fellar (BF) went to the doctor yesterday. We took off from work and school to do this. He had an episode that could've been dehydration or cardiac related (on both his father's and mother's sides of the family: sudden cardiac death, atrial fibrillation, tetralogy of fallot, high cholesterol, and congestive heart failure. I think that's it), so we were making sure it wasn't cardiac related. We got up early enough to prepare him for marching band with all its accoutrements and for me to drop off two freshly cleaned suits for battered women to be able to have job interviews. We made it to Nashville early enough to have a cup of coffee and talk with Rita for a few minutes, parked at my garage, then walked to Children's. We checked in and that clinic was a madhouse. Unfortunately. So many little ones with small stature and obviously ill faces. They needed to be there. We probably didn't, just being cautious. My heart went out to them. They did an ECG, listened to his heart long enough to say he's outgrown his murmur, told him to bulk up on Gatorade for two weeks and get a cholesterol screening. So heart isn't ruled out, but we'll keep an eye on it :/ He's two inches taller than I am. I'm still on a diet, but we're in a deadheat for weight. He'll get bigger and I smaller, so not for long.

We'd wanted to go to lunch and the movie, but the doctor's office ran over so much it was barely time to make it into the showing. Dang! We ended up having a harder decision to make. Dunkirk wasn't in IMAX at noon, it was at 1. So he had to choose marching band or movie. He chose the movie. He never misses band, so one time won't kill him/them. Had lunch at Macaroni Grill and saw the movie.

We got home in time for me to deadhead and prune and him ride his bike for a few minutes. He had homework to do since he has so many AP classes that he missed. He'd taken his backpack with him so he could drink a bit and rest on the riverbank. When he got a drink out, he lost his phone on the gravel path. He didn't realize it until he'd gotten home. I flew back to the spot in the car with my phone on to see where his GPS was pinging. The night before we'd had an actual parent/kid fight. We never have those. I told him since he was driving he must have GPS on his phone so I wouldn't bother him while he was driving and I needed to know how long he'd be gone or was he near, etc. That it wasn't a option, but a requirement. We could discuss the length of time he'd have it, but not if. I never put my foot down. He said two months, and I said twelve was my original thought. We settled on six, and I later changed it to the end of marching band season, Halloween. He set up his account as "Back off" for his screen name. I told him it was mean and that it hurt. I didn't see until today he changed it to "his name, Fine I'll Tolerate it". I had to laugh when I saw that! I thought he'd be thrilled to have it since we wouldn't have been able to find the phone without it, but nope. He swears he could've found it. I know that's not true, because he went to the spot where he'd sat, the nearby restaurant, and walked the path to no avail. I noticed it was moving, and it showed me the building it ended up in. Kids are funny.

Relaxed the rest of the night doing nothing special. Patted the cats if that counts.

The boy's anthem right now-Oh Very Young, Cats Stevens (Yusef Islam)

Oh very young, what will you leave us this time
You're only dancin' on this earth for a short while
And though your dreams may toss and turn you now
They will vanish away like your dads best jeans
Denim blue, faded up to the sky
And though you want them to last forever
You know they never will
(You know they never will)
And the patches make the goodbye harder still.

Oh very young what will you leave us this time
There'll never be a better chance to change your mind
And if you want this world to see a better day
Will you carry the words of love with you
Will you ride the great white bird into heaven
And though you want to last forever
You know you never will
(You know you never will)
And the goodbye makes the journey harder still.

Will you carry the words of love with you
Will you ride, oh, oooh
Oh very young, what will you leave us this time
You're only dancin' on this earth for a short while
Oh very young, what will you leave us this time