A little more than a week ago the ice storm started. What fun (if you’re a tow truck driver)! Went slip-slidin’ away back and forth on the insanity run.
The jackass brigade was out in full force…morons with bald tires, small brains and big egos. Ain’t no ice storm gonna slow them down! That telephone pole they wrapped themselves around does, though.
Monday was Martin Luther King Day, and the irony of ironies occurred. I actually saw a commercial for a MLK white sale. Seriously.
Tuesday everything went to hell. My father-in-law fell on the ice. Broke his hip. Laid in the yard for fifteen minutes before anyone found him. Once they got him to the hospital, they discovered a heart murmur that my mother-in-law explained to them he has had ALL HIS LIFE. He’s 89. Healthy as a horse (prior to the busted hip anyway - lol)
But they wouldn’t do anything for the hip until they could have a specialist look at the heart, because God fuggin forbid they run the liability risk of doing anything logical.
So he suffered for a full day (“No, I don’t like taking pills,” he grimaced at the offer of pain medication, unlike me, who, whenever I am broken, gladly accepts and pleads for more - LOL)
We got them to slip it into his IV. Me and mom-in-law are sneaky bitches - LOL
Got an offer to go eat at, “A great new Mexican place”.
Not. Not. Not.
Taco Bueno is awful. Beyond awful. I would have sooner eaten gauze bandages at the hospital. Used ones.
So now he’s recovering. Didn’t have to have total hip replacement, as once the doctors figured out their malpractice insurers would allow them to FIX him, they were able to put a pin in his leg to put the bone back together. Has a touch of pneumonia in one lung, but is improving.
Meanwhile, I am still gagging at the mere thought of the world’s worst enchilada.
S’posed to get six inches tonight. (Snow you gutter-minds - lol)
Hope this finds all of you well!
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This be great, Marti. So great I am stealing from it (and from whence I will give you “credit”).
January 20th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Wow1 Sounds like you could use a little rest and relaxation. I hope next week is better.
January 20th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Glad to hear your father-in-law is recovering. That MLK White Sale thing (besides being ironic) reminds me of something I saw on either The Daily Show or the Colbert Report, where this guy was saying he wanted MLK Day to be just as boring as “white” holidays. “Admit it. Last President’s Day you bought a mattress.” It was pretty funny.
January 21st, 2007 at 1:24 am
Still no measurable snow here — a few flurries to tease us and icy cold to displease us.
Glad to know your’re getting at least six inches.
(snow –
January 21st, 2007 at 1:54 am
Hey, I’m not gonna touch that 6 inch thing.
January 21st, 2007 at 8:21 am
Hi there,
Found you through Michael @ Smoke and Mirrors,
Great blog! Love it.,will put you on my side-bar.
Glad to hear your FIL is recovering nicely, they don’t make them like they used to.Love the humour.
January 21st, 2007 at 4:17 pm
OOF! What a week! I hope your Father-in-law recovers quickly, though I imagine there will be a bit of physical therapy involved.
We didn’t get too much snow here over Saturday…maybe 2 inches.
How did it turn out for you?
January 21st, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Six inches…is that all?
January 21st, 2007 at 11:00 pm
It’s a sad thing that here in my place we don’t get snow at all. However, I consider the rains we get in December and January as “melted snow”. Hope everything’s well with you Dad-in-law.
January 22nd, 2007 at 4:22 am
Crappy medical care AND a bad enchilada…
You deserve the GOOD kind of six inches.
Bwahahahaha!
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Thanks for the chuckles. As far as the bald tires, “I can relate” to that.
January 25th, 2007 at 8:26 am