Laugh or cry......

So, I promised a few folks some fun stories.  They're fun, but then again they're not.  Most of you who read this blog know that 15 months ago, Jason, my son-in-law, suffered a traumatic brain injury.  At first, he was not expected to live.  Now, we continue to await full healing of the damage that was done to his brain.  But, in the meantime, it leads to some strange experiences. 

While we took Willie to Utah on Sunday, Jennifer sent Jason to the grocery store.  Jason is a vegetarian and since marrying him, Jennifer has been cooking vegetarian meals.  She listed "faux chicken pieces" on the grocery list.  When Jason got home with the groceries, she went through everything looking for the "faux chicken pieces" which she intended to use in what she was cooking for dinner.  No "faux chicken pieces".  There was, however, a generous supply of peas.  She asked Jason about the peas.  "Well," he said, "you wanted chickpeas".........  Of course, let's just not even talk about the fact that peas are not chickpeas.....

Jason drives an old truck.  It's in good shape, considering its age, but he babies it.  He complained that it had an "awful noise" and decided that he HAD to take it in to be repaired.  So, that meant that Jennifer added dropping him off and picking him up at work to her schedule.  Monday morning she took him downtown.  On the way, they stopped at a Starbucks so he could have a cup of coffee to start the day.  She pulled up in front of his office and he got out of the car.  He started to put his cup of coffee on the top of the car so he could reach in and get his briefcase and other belongings.  Jennifer cautioned him that he shouldn't do that.  "It may look like it's level and flat, but it's not.  Your coffee will spill.  I know because I've tried it."  "No", he responded.  "It'll be just fine."  Sat his cup of coffee on the roof of the car, and, of course, it spilled.  He looked so forlorn and Jennifer felt sorry for him.  "Get back in the car and I'll take you to get another cup."  "No,"  Jason said.  "That's too much to pay for coffee."  "No", Jennifer said.  "Just get back in the car and let's go get you another cup of coffee."  They went back to Starbucks and got another cup of coffee.  Once again, Jennifer pulled up in front of Jason's office.  This time he opened the car door and was going to sit the coffee on the ground.  "No," Jennifer said.  "Just hand it to me; I'll hold it until you get out of the car and then hand it to you."  "No," replied Jason.  "It'll be fine here."  Jason sat the coffee on the ground, it was NOT level and the second cup of Starbucks spilled.  Meanwhile, as Jason dove to grab the coffee cup, his papers went flying all over the street.  They spent the next ten minutes or so picking up his paperwork.  Needless to say, Jennifer arrived at work late.......

Jennifer was supposed to pick him up at work that evening and take him home.  She explained that she'd leave the office around 5, walk over to the Day Care, nurse Atticus, pick up Will, and then pick him up sometime before 6PM.  "No," he said.  "Just call me when you get here."  So, at the end of the day, Jennifer did indeed walk to the day care, nurse Atticus, pick up Will, and drive back downtown.  She arrived at 5:45 PM.  She called Jason, but he didn't answer his phone.  So, she left a message:  "I'm downstairs, waiting for you."  She waited a while longer and then called again; still no answer.  Now, you have to understand it was well over 100 degrees outside and hot and uncomfortable in the car.  AND, Atticus just HATES his car seat and is ALWAYS cranky when he's in it.  So.....Atticus is way past ready to be out of his seat and out of the car; he is cranking and about ready to cry.  And, Will is asking over and over again when they're going to go home, and what's for dinner, and he's hungry!  So, Jennifer was all set to call Jason one more time just to let him know she'd waited for him for half an hour and was going home.  But, she thought maybe she ought to see if she could get into the building and find him.  Though the door was supposed to be locked, she got into the building.  She knocked on an office door and some lady came out, looking at her, she says, as though she and her children were the new terrorists on the block.  Somehow with this lady's oh-so-suspicious help, she managed to get to the third floor.  There she knocked on another door and the person there helped her get to Jason's office.  (It's all supposed to be a secure building.)  She walked into Jason's office, dragging Will behind her and carrying Atticus.  She was, needless to say, hot, tired, cranky, and more than a little pissed off.  Jason looked up, smiled, and said "Hi, guys!  What are you doing here?"

Yesterday they got the truck back from the repair shop.  The "awful noise" it was making was fixed.  The cause of all this consternation?  A loose hubcap!!!!!!!

No pages this time.  I'm worn out from typing!  This was hilarious as Jennifer told it.  I doubt I did it justice in the retelling, but you get the idea!

Comments

[merrilee]

Oh, boy, Jennifer really does have to keep her sense of humor, doesn't she?She has her hands full taking care of her 3 guys, each one with unique needs. It's good she has you to laugh with because shared laughter is so good for the soul.