I have had a bad day! Really ? It's all relative!
All of us who are parents have read Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, and we all somehow think it was written about us. I mean it's March Madness and "terrible, horrible no good very bad" things are already happening. Last Saturday I am actually rooting for the Birds with Teeth from Louisville and they give the game to West Virginia, that's bad. Until I watch the referees in the St. John's/Rutgers game miss two obvious fouls and run off the court with time still on the clock and then I think, no that's bad! Then I remember watching in horror with the country as a Wes Leonard of Fennville Michigan makes the winning shot for his team and then die in front of them moments later. That's not bad that's devastating!
Today was a bad day for me. I found out that the insurance company is not going to come through on my appeal for extra physical therapy although they acknowledge I need it. So I have to come up with another $1500 on top of the $4K deductible. (Thanks to a special friend who already gave me $300 to help.) That was the beginning of my bad day. Then I couldn't make good connections with my wonderful wife who is in Munich Germany because my FB and IM on my iPhone were both being screwy. The bad day continues. Then I wheeled around in my office chair and bent my flash drive. My ace tech guy says, "This is not good." In fact, he can't fix it and someone I know forgot to back up most of what was on a 16G flash drive. Am I feeling any sympathy for my day yet.
I found out last week that my dad, who is 80 years old has a clogged artery in his neck. He is my hero and is a two time cancer survivor and has lived with a 100% blocked artery in his heart for 15 years. He had to have an MRI yesterday and is facing surgery in a couple weeks. My days not too bad I guess.
I just got a call at the office a couple hours ago that a wonderful young lady with a great family in our church has cancer again. We found out about it on Tuesday and then she got more bad news today. It is so aggressive this time that treatments start tomorrow. We love you Joy! I think my day is pretty good!
I don't know what to say. I am blessed to be a husband, father, and grandfather. In the last week I have had the privilege of spending three incredible days of fun with each of my children. I have a home and a fleet of cars (btw I've got a truck I'll sell you). I have food and clothes and my wife will be home tomorrow after eleven days serving people in Romania. And when she comes home I am going to squeeze her and hold her and I don't care who is watching ... because I am BLESSED with this day!
