So today was not the best of days. Let's run it down from the beginning.
Last night at 12:00 a.m. my brother says he needs to tell me something. After being sworn to secrecy from our parents he let me know that his girlfriend is pregnant. He's 17. She's 16. There was crying. After much discussion he headed off to call her/go to bed. I told him I would be awake as long as he needed me to. Turns out I was awake all night because the shock of my high school aged brother reproducing wouldn't let me sleep.
My alarm goes off at 4:18 a.m. Ally calls to say that she's not feeling well and may miss her second day of work in a row. After some money chitchat she finally decides that we can't afford 2 sick days. At work she's miserable. The poor thing has strep throat or something. I convinced her that money isn't worth it and she should go home. I gave her the keys to my car and she went on her way.
10 minutes later I was paged by a manager to the automotive counter. Colour me surprised to find Ally standing there. She tells me to get my coat because there's a hole in the door of my car. Not a dent. Not a scratch. A hole about the size of a basketball in my plastic door (I think I'll take a picture tomorrow). No witnesses.
I'm not mad. Or even particularly cranky. I just wanted to document the craziness. Life goes on. My brother will be okay. I'll be there with him when he tells our parents. Ally will get over the strep throat with antibiotics. My car still turns on. All I can do at this point is giggle.
Nicole