Christ, Last Night Sucked
 

Yesterday about 3 pm I get a call from work, the guy that was supposed to work last night called off. As the manager it's up to me to figure out who gets to fill in. After making numerous calls with no luck I decide to go in and talk to the day shift guy and see if he can cover till 9 so I can take the kids Trick-or-Treating and then I'd take over from there.

He says 'sure' so I start on my way back home.

It's raining and the roads are soaked and some dumbass stops dead in the middle of the road. I try to miss hitting him and end up smashing into someone else, slamming my face on the steering wheel......yay.

Next thing I know, I'm in a neckbrace strapped to a backboard and I'm speeding away in an ambulance.

The whole time I'm asking everyone I can to call Rayne and let her know what happened. They keep me in the hospital for something like two hours. After x-rays and cat scans, it's determined I only have a mild concusion. They relese me at five with a hefty prescription of muscle relaxers, and I'm thinking 'hell yeah I can still make it out with the kids'.

I step out into the waiting room, and rayne isn't there. The place is too packed to try to get a phone to call her, so I decide to walk to work and call her from there.

About 5:30 I walk into work, still dazed as fuck, and call Rayne. She thought I was working the whole time.......no one even called her. So I grab a cup of coffee and wait for her to come pick my damaged ass up.

She picks me up, we go trick-or-treeting, and I'm back at work at nine.

This morning I wake up, sore as hell, and everyone in anyway connect to this situation is mad at me.

But at least I kept my promise to the kids.........thats important.

Ouch honey! That is awful!

did you at least got lot of candy?

your a good dad!

now. . .tell dr. zero where it hurts
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Damn Dude.....sorry to hear that.

Well we are all glad your ok, and I am glad you got to keep your word to your childern !

glad you're Ok, hope the back and neck are feeling better

nice that you were able to keep your promise to the kids :cool:

ditto all the previous comments. sorry you got hurt, hope you are okay. glad you kept your promise to the kids. halloween is important! you did good.

wow, that's awful. Im glad you're alright. It's suprising you still kept you're promise to the kids, onl y cuz you shoulda been in alot of pain. I hope you're all better now.

Damn that sucks Dude, glad you're ok though, and glad you got to go trick or treating with the kids...

Damn, that sucks big time! I'm glad you're alright, for the most part. Muscle relaxers don't do shit, ask 'em for some Vicodin or Percodan or something. Man that's gotta hurt. Of course don't go driving if they give you pain pills, probably shouldn't on muscle relaxers either depending on how they affect you.

Here's to a speedy recovery for you!!! Take care man!
-monalisa

Thanks for all the well-wishes guys :)...He's doing okay, just a bit sore...Hell, I've put him through worse than a truck wreck :D

He's asleep right now (has to be back at work at 4am), so I'll update ya

His head and neck still hurt pretty good, they told him at the hospital that he would be in some pain for a couple of weeks...

As for 'fault'...Kentucky is a 'no fault' state, so both insurance companies have to split the costs...However, he admits it was his fault, but unavoidable...Think of it this way:

The roads are wet, heavy traffic travelling 35 miles per hour...A vehicle stops suddenly in front of you...You know that if you hit the brakes you will skid into him, your first instinct screams "Don't hit that guy!", so you turn the wheel, a minivan hits you because you went over the line into his lane...If there had been TIME for a 'second instinct/thought/decision', you may have chosen to go ahead and hit the guy in front of you, that's what bumpers/fenders are for and he DID just slam the brakes in front of you (we still don't know why...That guy took off, so he couldn't exactly be asked), and that most likely would have turned out better...But, without time to act, we tend to simply REACT, and take a chance that maybe we WON'T get hit, rather than the certainty that we will definitely get hit...ie: If the minivan wouldn't have been coming in the other lane, there would have been no wreck, but if he did NOT turn the wheel, there would have definitely been a wreck...Does any of that make sense?...I know what I'm trying to say, just not sure if I'm explaining it well enough...Anyway, that's what happened...

He didn't even fill the prescription, I think it was for Lortab or something...So, no worries about the 'driving under the influence thing' :)...He won't take anything stronger than Advil (EVER), I think it may be something about the fear of not being in control, or maybe he just likes to tough it out...Either way, he decided to give up his front desk/night auditor position at the hotel a few weeks ago, because he discovered he preferred driving the shuttle over being trapped in the lobby all night (3rd shift behind the desk is boring apparently)...So, he's back to driving (with more pay and a manager title)...It wouldn't be a good idea to take pain medication because of his job anyway...

I agree...He really is :)

Thanx for all the kind words, I'm getting all mushy now (not really).

In response to everything.........just read what Rayne said, she sums it up pretty well. The pain this morning is pretty bad but as a clumsy kid I got used to neck and head injuries. By noon it should be just a dull annoyance (until I lay down again).

If I ice it and eat a bunch of advil I should be able to escape any follow ups or therapy, It's just that sex will be a little less rough for about a week or so......I'll survive, but I worry about Rayne.

Well I should get back to work, someone's gonna need a ride soon I'm sure.

That comment made me think of this picture...So, I had to post it :D
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