Yes and yes.
When Gary’s screams woke me up at 4 am, I just sighed, got up, and double-checked that we had packed everything. The screaming and gasping continued till six. I just stayed awake, because we were flying out at 10:30, had to be at the airport at 8:30, had to drop off the dog at 8:00.
I knew the plan by heart because I’d spent time the day before finalizing the plan. I’d even spent a bit more money to upgrade our flight to Chicago to First Class. I’ve flown first class to Chicago once before, but Gary hasn’t. A treat for him.
I ignored Gary because, seriously, how many times has he threatened to cancel a trip because his back went out? Every vacation. I was ready for him to start “feeling better” at 7:00, then heroically just stagger to the airport. Yawn. Cliche.
This time he called his mom at 6:30 (“Oh, she’ll be awake.”) and let her know he wouldn’t be going to our nephew’s wedding. He called both sisters and his nephew. When he talked to his nephew it struck me: He was serious! He wasn’t getting on the plane!
Was I angry? Yes. Was I angry at Gary’s back? Yes. I had to leave the room so I was not in the same room as Gary’s back.
Now that the plane’s gone, I got some sleep, and Gary has discovered he can walk again, I feel calmer. Sigh.
6 responses to “But, you say, Aren’t you Supposed to be in Detroit? Isn’t the Wedding on Friday?”
I hate Gary’s back the way I used to hate Xman’s colds.
Then again, I threw it right back at him with my cramps but sorry, I could not conveniently time the arrival of my period.
Gary owes you big time.
Oh dear. This is really sad. What can be done?
Ya know…Gary really should take Wilma’s heart into consideration. The only thing I think at 6:30 am when the phone rings is, who’s dead?
No pity. I’d have gone alone.
What Silk said. “Bye, Gary, the ice pack is in the freezer!”
Becs – Well, he owes me $700 bucks for the non-refundable tickets. And Wilma does have a bad heart. In Gary’s mind she still wakes up at 6:30 to get him to school every day.Hattie – Well, MRIs and the like, I guess, or Gary could take more of the muscle relaxants. Or he could just generally relax. ~~Silk – No, I know some day I’ll need some help when I can’t bend over or move. If he’d been a bit less incapacitated I would have gone on my own.