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chirstmas eve craziness

rita was very sick. so sick that she couldn't get out of bed. i got up early and took the kids to her mom's house. they were sick too so they needed attention that rita couldn't give them. i went to work after dropping them off.

i was at work for a few hours when she called me asked me to come home early. she said her mom had to drop off the baby to be fed, and that she needed my help after she was done because we were having my parents over that night for dinner. i went home and she was still really sick.

i had to go to the store to get some things for dinner that night. i was dreading going thinking the line was going to be long. i was pleasantly surprised to get a parking space right in front of the store. there was a guy playing guitar accepting donations and the typical kid selling candy bars. i went in and got my 3 items and got into the express line. i was happy how fast it was.

on my way out, i saw a fire truck parked in the lot right behind my car. the guy who was playing guitar was on the ground behind the car parked next to mine. evidently he passed out and hit the asphalt with his head a few minutes before. i felt bad for the guy... but my wife needed me at home! i felt bad even asking if there was any way i could get my car out, i mean, i was just happy it wasn't me laying there on the ground with a bunch of firefighters asking me questions. they had all kinds of monitors hooked up to him and there was blood spattered on the ground around him. i'm not sure where it all came from - i only saw a scrape on his forehead.

i decided to walk over to Carl's Jr. to get lunch, walk back and eat it in my car to wait for the opportunity to leave. by the time i got back, they had the guy on a stretcher and the ambulance had arrived. i got into my car and ate. a few minutes later, the ambulance left and i was able to get out and get back to my sick wife and work my butt off around the house to get ready for the evening. the house had been a mess due to everyone being sick. junk was spread evenly throughout the entire house.

i thought the trip to the store was going to take forever because of the line, but it ended up just being something else. it took about an hour and a half to get home. whatever. at least i have my health and my christmas eve went great after that. in the future, i'm thinking about giving the up-front parking space to someone else in lieu of that ever happening again. accidents never happen in the furthest parking spots away from the store... do they?

posted by Evan @ 4:37 PM