Friday, May 27, 2005
i dont suppose i've mentioned that i havent been able to work for the past couple of weeks
unfortunately, i havent enough accrued sick time to cover all this so i'm gonna have an anemic paycheck at the end of june
tuesday morning the phone rings at 6 am
if i were going to work i'd be awake then or shortly thereafter, but since i'm on extended medical leave, my ass was asleep
i look at caller ID and see that it is a coworker, so i pick up and the bitch hangs up
i contemplate calling her back but think she prolly needed me to cover her duty that morning and then remembered i was out
so i drift back to sleep
about an hour later the phone rings again and i am too lazy to look at caller ID
the answer machine picks up and it's my older brother
he says call me as soon as you get this message
well
damon and i love each other but we rarely talk
so i know something has happened
i call him back
mother has brought daddy to the emergency room
i hurriedly get up and head over there
daddy has been having some chest pains and shortness of breath the last week or so and taking his nitro like candy, but not wanting to go in
well tuesday he got scared and asked her to bring him
good thing
he had two blockages and they put in three stents
he already had one from 4 years ago when he had a heart attack, so now he has 4 and the doc says that's all you can have
he also said that if daddy hadnt gone in when he did he would have had another heart attack and he would not have survived this one
when i get home there is a message that a friend's dad has had a massive stroke
he died yesterday(thursday) morning
rest in peace, mr. abadie
you were one of the kindest, sweetest men on god's green earth and you will be greatly missed
if you havent talked to your dad lately, pick up the phone
better yet, go visit him
unfortunately, i havent enough accrued sick time to cover all this so i'm gonna have an anemic paycheck at the end of june
tuesday morning the phone rings at 6 am
if i were going to work i'd be awake then or shortly thereafter, but since i'm on extended medical leave, my ass was asleep
i look at caller ID and see that it is a coworker, so i pick up and the bitch hangs up
i contemplate calling her back but think she prolly needed me to cover her duty that morning and then remembered i was out
so i drift back to sleep
about an hour later the phone rings again and i am too lazy to look at caller ID
the answer machine picks up and it's my older brother
he says call me as soon as you get this message
well
damon and i love each other but we rarely talk
so i know something has happened
i call him back
mother has brought daddy to the emergency room
i hurriedly get up and head over there
daddy has been having some chest pains and shortness of breath the last week or so and taking his nitro like candy, but not wanting to go in
well tuesday he got scared and asked her to bring him
good thing
he had two blockages and they put in three stents
he already had one from 4 years ago when he had a heart attack, so now he has 4 and the doc says that's all you can have
he also said that if daddy hadnt gone in when he did he would have had another heart attack and he would not have survived this one
when i get home there is a message that a friend's dad has had a massive stroke
he died yesterday(thursday) morning
rest in peace, mr. abadie
you were one of the kindest, sweetest men on god's green earth and you will be greatly missed
if you havent talked to your dad lately, pick up the phone
better yet, go visit him
