I didn’t expect it to be this crazy rollercoaster ride of freaky misfortunes and mishaps.
This past Friday, my mom was about to leave for the night shift. She’s an RN at Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Science Centre (since when did the name get so long? I remember back in the day when it was just Sunnybrook Hospital). Anyway, on the way out of the driveway, she just happened to get stuck in the muddy part just off to the side of the driveway.
D’oh.
Well, since it was Friday night, and no construction people were around we decided to wait it out. At that point we didn’t really want to pay for towing. Luckily, we have the minivan to get around.
Well, the weekend came and went. Soon enough it was Monday and the area was bustling with construction people. I was supposed to get a ride to work from my mom as soon as she came back from the hospital. My dad was supposed to wait at home for some bulldozer or something to help get the car out. Well, wouldn’t you know it, but the van broke down on the way home.
D’oh!
OK, so here I am stuck at home with no ride in to work. Not a problem. I decided to just stick around and wait for construction to pull the car out. Well, try as they might, they couldn’t get it out. After a nice mild weekend, the temperature suddenly dropped to below freezing that morning, meaning that the ground was frozen.
!!!
Over the span of a few hours I saw many workers try to dig, prod, lift, and tug at the car trying to get it unstuck. Eventually it turned out that the van got fixed before the car got out. Mom was able to get back home and take me to work…all without much sleep. Poor her.
Well, how’s that for a month? Right now I’m feeling relatively alright despite all this craziness. My leg is feeling a bit better. I’m starting to try and bend the thing to start getting mobility back. I’m trying to exercise my quads the way they suggested doing it online. I need to gain my strength back. I was actually able to use the shower in my own bathroom (instead of the standing one in my parent’s room).
Well, the only drawback right now is that I won’t be getting the results of my MRI anytime soon. The Ontario government has issued a provincial emergency regarding the SARS outbreak. That means that basically all hospitals are cutting any outpatient services in order to help contain the epidemic. That means that I won’t be able to go to the hospital for a very long time. It’s probably for the best however. I’m rather frightened by the aspect of getting this thing. Luckily, the gov’t is smart enough to use measures to prevent its spread. It’s not foolproof, but at least it’s something. There’s a big asian community out here in East Toronto, so it’s affecting a lot of people.
Well…I’m sure it’ll all turn out somewhat alright in the next little while. I like to spin Shania Twain’s new CD “Up!” in my player. The title track is certainly upbeat and uplifting.
It can only go up from here.
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