When In Danger, When In Doubt, Run In Circles, Scream And Shout!

Now that were less than two weeks away, I should consider panicking. What good this will do is beyond me, but it seems like the next logical progression. It’s not as easy as it sounds—at least for me it isn’t. I’m good at confusion, muddled thought, inaction and sloth, but it takes a lot to arouse a good panic.

That doesn’t mean I wont.

I came into Ike’s room the other night to give him his meds and discovered that he was having a bloody nose. Things like Ike and bloody noses don’t usually go hand in hand and I wasn’t able to come up with an appropriate response, so slippers flapping and bathrobe streaming behind me I went screaming like a little girl to get a second opinion.

Fortunately for me, Sweetie isn’t used to hearing me running and yelping around the mobile home and so I was able to get her panicking alongside me pretty quickly…at least until we went back into Ike’s room and I showed her his nose. That calmed her right down.

“it’s just a little bloody nose. Do you think he’s got a sinus infection?”

Of course that seemed more plausible than my brain hemorrhage theory and once we realized that all it really was, was just a little bloody snot that he had sneezed out, Sweetie managed to calm me down a bit—of course not before laughing at the site of me in full bathrobe/slipper little girl flail.

Yeah, we all got a few laughs about that…

Anyway, what I’m trying to say here is that the Big Christmas 18 Wheeler is barreling down I5 and I’m standing in the center lane, with my eyes wide as saucers unable to get out of the way. Seems to me that now is the time to panic…but instead I still seem to be in the “I wonder what will happen if I don’t get out of the way” head space.

There are things to do!

There are places and people to see!

What’s it gonna take to wake me up?

Comments

Anonymous said…
This is a good expressions.I like this.

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Sandhaya

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7:20 AM
Anonymous said…
Nice article. Wide Circles indeed. I liked the danger factor and running in circles. Keep it Up!
11:18 PM
Anonymous said…
Hm, intresting article, but one always wonders do you really wanna run in wide circles when your life is in danger ? hehe, cheers.
6:29 PM
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