Last week marked the end of the apple sale and all that remained was “pack-out” where a bunch of Cottage parents take over part of Whole Foods and pack all the apples we sold into bags so purchasers can pick them up. I had a great plan for that day — Finn was going to be at Cottage, Bruce took the day off to help with pack-out and then take over my carpool and kid duties in the afternoon while I finished at Whole Foods. As they say, the best laid plans …
Bruce ended up with a stomach problem overnight and because there was vomiting (worrisome with his heart condition) his doctor wanted to see him right away Thursday morning. Luckily, Cottage moms are the best and my friends flew into action. Cari took Finn from Aveson over to Cottage and then she, Jerri, Emily and a host of other wonderful moms handled the first two hours of pack-out without me while I took Bruce to the doctor. After an EKG and exam, the doc decided it was unrelated to his heart and they gave him shots of Compazine and Benadryl to alleviate the nausea and basically knock him out. It worked. It took a few days, but he seems to be back to normal now.
As for pack-out, by the time I got there (about 11:00) the Mom Brigade had packed 300 of the 500 bags of apples we sold. Here is a fraction of them.
What I enjoyed the most was just how unprepared the produce guys were for the speed with which moms can get stuff done. They never in a million years thought we’d get it all done and they were scrambling to keep us in apples. Go, moms!