Alright, where do I begin. The day started off normal enough, Lori and I up while the boys slept peacefully. Soon she was off to work and I was on my Monday morning conference call. Next up was a couple pallets of wine I was trying to get from British Air Cargo to my house. Remarkably my driver, from the trucking company, was all over it and had it handled. He’s the same guy that has been here for years that I give a few bottles of wine to each time. Looks like it helped.
The wine arrived by 12;30 and the boys and I carried it inside. Many were in six packs which allowed the kids to help. After that I took them to lunch as a reward and then we picked up Ty’s friend Jack to come and play.
About this time I went downstairs to do some work but put on some more coffee first. A few minutes later I came up and checked email on my laptop while the coffee was brewing. I heard Jack coughing and asked if he’s had that cough for a while and he said yes. Then I heard Ty coughing and thought something must be going around. A few minutes later I was feeling a burning sensation in my throat and though I might be coming down with something too! Oh well, I went to get my coffee and when I walked into the kitchen found what I thought was coffee all over the cabinets and floor. I took my finger and rubbed it on the “coffee” to taste it as I couldn’t believe the coffee maker would blow up. Big mistake that was! Turns out that Ty had picked up my pepper spray that I got out to go hiking as it’s used to ward off bears, and I just put it in my mouth! My mouth and eyes were burning and it looked like a pepper spray bomb went off in the kitchen. I quickly turned on the attic fan and began washing and wiping down the counters, cabinets, coffee maker, stove and floor. About 45 minutes later with a burning throat and skin (I must have touched some somehow) I was done. I had repeatedly asked Ty if he did it and he repeatedly said no. Finally I knew one of them shot it as they were both itching and rubbing their chins. Ty finally gave in and told me he did it and Jack and he tried to clean it up! I’m sure he learned a lesson as it was bothering him for a few good hours. I was amazed at the loyalty of the two and how they stuck to their story and stuck together. Oh well, hopefully this was a cheap life lesson.
Next up I called Lori who had just jumped in the truck to drive home. While we’re talking, all of a sudden I hear her say, “oh my God”! Turns out a motorcycle pulled into the intersection in front of her and stopped short in what seemed like on purpose. Next up I hear her say “I hit him!” Now before you get all upset, she just lightly bumped the guys tire and didn’t knock him over or anything. But next the guy, who looked like a skin head, throws down his motorcycle, then throws his helmet and calls Lori a fucking bitch and the C word! By now Lori’s shaking and gets off the phone with me and calls 911. The operator tells her to stay in her truck and stays on the phone with her while they send the police. Soon the police arrive and then the long wait begins. Long story short, the guy on the bike leaves and Lori gets a ticket for failure to yield in an intersection. The fine is $135 and if she pleads guilty it’s only 1 point. We don’t know if the guy will claim insurance or what but we of course did report it. Finally she gets home, and is much calmer but now her headache is pounding. We have a rubber scrape on our front left headlight but really no damage. The insurance company said we’ll just wait and see what happens and they’ll handle everything. They were very nice. Geico is a good company.
So that was our day, can you top that? I hope not. Lori had also forgot to renew her drivers license that expired on her birthday so I did it on line while she was waiting for the cops to come. At least she didn’t get a ticket for that. We don’t know for sure but it sure looked like this guy did this on purpose. To throw his bike down after it wasn’t knocked down, knowing we probably had insurance, is a pretty good indicator.
We skipped dinner as we were both too tired to cook or eat. Today hopefully will be better but Lori is playing surgery scheduler all day as the girl who does this normally, is on vacation. This is a bigger deal than it sounds as she has to come up with all the quotes for surgeries. Meanwhile I’m running to the distributor at 6:30 this morning. Then lots of work to do in my office.
So hopefully it’ll be a calmer day today. Oh yea, Happy July 1st! Take care, GB!