Yesterday started like any other day. Celi started crying at 5:45 in the morning which cascaded to everyone else getting up. Ladybug got ready for school, I started working, etc., etc.
About two and a half hours into working my connection is severed. Futile attempts of trying to get back online, resulted in my wife having to ferry me to the office on account she had plans which included the van that day. We noticed Wal Mart had gas for $2.36 a gallon which my wife made a mental note.
I was dropped off and started the rest of my day at work. About twenty minutes later the phone rings.
Something happened already? What could possibly happen in the past twenty minutes.
"Hello?"
"Hey Honey." she says, nervous and a bit on edge.
"What's the matter? Is everything all right?"
"I.. uh.. kind of messed up the van... I messed the van up really bad..."
See as I got five kids, I didn't think it was an interior mess because she would have said it was their mess.
My mind start racing a million miles an hour. We had talked about needing new brakes when I was getting out of the van. I thought maybe she dropped the transmission. Crap how the heck am I going to fix that. They're stuck on the highway with a dropped transmission and I'm here at work. How the hell am I going to get to them. My baby is probably hungry. Ladybug needs to be picked up. What the heck does really bad mean??!?!
"What happened sweetie?"
"It was really crowded at Wal-Mart and I was waiting in line for gas. There was this old man getting his gas and when he was done, I turned and there was this red pole thing, you know what I'm talking about? But there was this red pole pillar thing and I must have misjudged where it was at and when I turned I hit it, well I didn't really hit it, it scraped along the side of the van and it's all dented and red."
"Can the doors open?"
"Yes the door can open, but it's really bad and it's really red and I'm really sorry."
"Are you and the kids okay?"
"Yes, but it's really bad."
"As long as you and the kids are okay and you can pick up Ladybug then everything is fine."
It went on for another minute or two. I assured her it was okay and we'll be fine. I wasn't angry and anger never entered my mind. It was an accident. But her description though made my over imaginative brain think of exactly how it looked. She said it scraped along the side of it. So I pictured a wrangled mess of metal and red paint where the pole pillar thing violated my car.
I pretty much saw this....
Great, we need to buy a new baby gate.
You see, this is totally something that I should have done and not her. I'm the one that doesn't pay attention to what I am doing, not her. She was really upset by this and felt pretty stupid for what happened.
Then she sent me a picture.
That's it?
That's it?!?!
I know it doesn't change things from her point of view. But honestly it would have been fine before I saw this picture.
I don't have to buy a new baby gate.
Sure the picture doesn't get the depth of the damage, but it's not "scraped along the side of the van" like I imagined. It's nothing that a shop on the west side of town can fix or someone on craigslist can't fix for fifty bucks and a six pack of Miller Lite.
Heck, it's even something I could do myself. I'd even corporate the fresh coat of red paint.
Yes, I know it's technically not a "dragon", but "Griffin Wagon" doesn't have the same swagger..
But you see. Everything is fine. Can my three readers assure my significant other that everything is fine?
Have a great day my friends.
About two and a half hours into working my connection is severed. Futile attempts of trying to get back online, resulted in my wife having to ferry me to the office on account she had plans which included the van that day. We noticed Wal Mart had gas for $2.36 a gallon which my wife made a mental note.
I was dropped off and started the rest of my day at work. About twenty minutes later the phone rings.
Something happened already? What could possibly happen in the past twenty minutes.
"Hello?"
"Hey Honey." she says, nervous and a bit on edge.
"What's the matter? Is everything all right?"
"I.. uh.. kind of messed up the van... I messed the van up really bad..."
See as I got five kids, I didn't think it was an interior mess because she would have said it was their mess.
My mind start racing a million miles an hour. We had talked about needing new brakes when I was getting out of the van. I thought maybe she dropped the transmission. Crap how the heck am I going to fix that. They're stuck on the highway with a dropped transmission and I'm here at work. How the hell am I going to get to them. My baby is probably hungry. Ladybug needs to be picked up. What the heck does really bad mean??!?!
"What happened sweetie?"
"It was really crowded at Wal-Mart and I was waiting in line for gas. There was this old man getting his gas and when he was done, I turned and there was this red pole thing, you know what I'm talking about? But there was this red pole pillar thing and I must have misjudged where it was at and when I turned I hit it, well I didn't really hit it, it scraped along the side of the van and it's all dented and red."
"Can the doors open?"
"Yes the door can open, but it's really bad and it's really red and I'm really sorry."
"Are you and the kids okay?"
"Yes, but it's really bad."
"As long as you and the kids are okay and you can pick up Ladybug then everything is fine."
It went on for another minute or two. I assured her it was okay and we'll be fine. I wasn't angry and anger never entered my mind. It was an accident. But her description though made my over imaginative brain think of exactly how it looked. She said it scraped along the side of it. So I pictured a wrangled mess of metal and red paint where the pole pillar thing violated my car.
I pretty much saw this....
Great, we need to buy a new baby gate.
You see, this is totally something that I should have done and not her. I'm the one that doesn't pay attention to what I am doing, not her. She was really upset by this and felt pretty stupid for what happened.
Then she sent me a picture.
That's it?!?!
I know it doesn't change things from her point of view. But honestly it would have been fine before I saw this picture.
I don't have to buy a new baby gate.
Sure the picture doesn't get the depth of the damage, but it's not "scraped along the side of the van" like I imagined. It's nothing that a shop on the west side of town can fix or someone on craigslist can't fix for fifty bucks and a six pack of Miller Lite.
Heck, it's even something I could do myself. I'd even corporate the fresh coat of red paint.
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| The Dragon Wagon |
Yes, I know it's technically not a "dragon", but "Griffin Wagon" doesn't have the same swagger..
But you see. Everything is fine. Can my three readers assure my significant other that everything is fine?
Have a great day my friends.
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