It is definitely a Monday.
Jul. 20th, 2020 10:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutI realized belatedly that the grocery order did not deliver the english muffins (that is fine — I tell them do not substitute and sometimes they are out. They are for my son and he will not eat the substitutes, so I do not get them). I found this out when T. asked where they were. I was like, d’oh. Also, no salt & vinegar chips (probably the same reason, altho I may have forgot to even order them).
Anyway, I said, you can go get them. You can take your bike and a basket or your backpack and you have a credit card. You can even buy other things if you like, as long as you can get it all home.
Probably that was the wrong wording.
So he had his milk and yogurt, and got his backpack and his helmet and went out on his bike. Later, he came home, very bloody. Bloody knees, bloody arms, scratched and bloody nose and upper lip. But he had the groceries. Upon debriefing, I learned that it was a single accident _on the way to the store_ — he says no animals, people, bikes or cars other than his own involved. This is an improvement over the last accident (probably over a year ago). He did not call for a rescue, because he was able to _walk the bike_ to the store. He went in — they let him in, with blood dripping from his knees — cleaned up in the bathroom (bloody hands), then followed the one way aisle instructions, wearing his mask the whole time, paid for the card and walked the bike and groceries home. He had his phone. He chose not to call for a rescue. I got this all out of him as I was cleaning him up.
He is super bummed that he is not allowed to go swimming today (open sores — we had that discussion) or to Boundless Adventures (head hit ground, so no, you do not get to go climbing). We _think_ he did not hurt his head — we think he just grazed his face, but we were not there so we do not really know. Damage to the bike was just the chain came off.
We talked about going into the store bloody, and how blood can spread disease. He now understands a bit more about head injuries, disease transmission, and the importance of not stressing out essential works at grocery stores by making them make difficult decisions about whether to let the bloody person in or not.
R. fixed the bike. I cleaned up the blood and got some bactine on it. R. tried to get bandages to stick (this is hard — T. is now very hairy so bandages do not want to stay put unless you shave the spot which honestly, sounds miserable and I am unconvinced it is a good idea anyway). We have discussed how open sores can let germs in and that is undesirable.
He is hanging out and resting right now. I told him I would take him out to McDonald’s or patio dining since he cannot go with the sitter today.
I do not feel like there are any lessons to be learned about this. Well, okay, yeah, call for a rescue a bit earlier in the process! Given his parents attitude towards calling for a rescue, however, he probably still won’t. Accidents happen on bikes, and he knows what he was doing when he had the accident so hopefully he will try to avoid whatever it was that led to the face plant.
R. is going to take him to get a new bike helmet. Oh, so he also learned that bike helmets have to be replaced after they have hit something hard like the ground.
ETA: Also, yesterday’s Sun Basket delivery was never delivered; the shipper popped an exception saying that the package was damaged and would not be delivered. Joy.
ETAYA: I had a delightful 45 minute conversation with a design build person.
Anyway, I said, you can go get them. You can take your bike and a basket or your backpack and you have a credit card. You can even buy other things if you like, as long as you can get it all home.
Probably that was the wrong wording.
So he had his milk and yogurt, and got his backpack and his helmet and went out on his bike. Later, he came home, very bloody. Bloody knees, bloody arms, scratched and bloody nose and upper lip. But he had the groceries. Upon debriefing, I learned that it was a single accident _on the way to the store_ — he says no animals, people, bikes or cars other than his own involved. This is an improvement over the last accident (probably over a year ago). He did not call for a rescue, because he was able to _walk the bike_ to the store. He went in — they let him in, with blood dripping from his knees — cleaned up in the bathroom (bloody hands), then followed the one way aisle instructions, wearing his mask the whole time, paid for the card and walked the bike and groceries home. He had his phone. He chose not to call for a rescue. I got this all out of him as I was cleaning him up.
He is super bummed that he is not allowed to go swimming today (open sores — we had that discussion) or to Boundless Adventures (head hit ground, so no, you do not get to go climbing). We _think_ he did not hurt his head — we think he just grazed his face, but we were not there so we do not really know. Damage to the bike was just the chain came off.
We talked about going into the store bloody, and how blood can spread disease. He now understands a bit more about head injuries, disease transmission, and the importance of not stressing out essential works at grocery stores by making them make difficult decisions about whether to let the bloody person in or not.
R. fixed the bike. I cleaned up the blood and got some bactine on it. R. tried to get bandages to stick (this is hard — T. is now very hairy so bandages do not want to stay put unless you shave the spot which honestly, sounds miserable and I am unconvinced it is a good idea anyway). We have discussed how open sores can let germs in and that is undesirable.
He is hanging out and resting right now. I told him I would take him out to McDonald’s or patio dining since he cannot go with the sitter today.
I do not feel like there are any lessons to be learned about this. Well, okay, yeah, call for a rescue a bit earlier in the process! Given his parents attitude towards calling for a rescue, however, he probably still won’t. Accidents happen on bikes, and he knows what he was doing when he had the accident so hopefully he will try to avoid whatever it was that led to the face plant.
R. is going to take him to get a new bike helmet. Oh, so he also learned that bike helmets have to be replaced after they have hit something hard like the ground.
ETA: Also, yesterday’s Sun Basket delivery was never delivered; the shipper popped an exception saying that the package was damaged and would not be delivered. Joy.
ETAYA: I had a delightful 45 minute conversation with a design build person.
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Date: 2020-07-22 03:09 am (UTC)