so... let's see, around 1:30pm my friend C at work sat in his chair the wrong way and threw out his back.
he made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon and me and my buddy F were elected as the escorts.
this is gonna be a quick post. too tired to deal.
anyway. the appt. was at 2:45... we got there at 3:20 because it took us 20 minutes to get C in the trunk of his truck (he wasn't able to get in any other part of it) - then it took 15 minutes to get him out... and another 5 to get him into the doc's office...
then we waited - he finally emerged at 5:45pm - chock full of cortizone shots and Rx's for drugs.
he lives on the upper east side - and was supposed to drive 5 hours to boston tonight to see his family for xmas - poor kid (27 years old) now with a ruptured disc and some other crap ailment.
so, F, C and i head back towards the office - get stuck in route 80 west traffic - then we make it to the marriott which is right next door to work - because there's no way C can drive and no way we can drive him into the city since F also lives down the shore (although he's about 30 miles north of me)
we got C tucked in and comfy in the hotel room (after 25 minutes trying to extract him from his truck) - hopefully, he will have his dad come down to pick him up...
hell of a way to start off the xmas vacay.
i got home at 9:15pm.
all i know is... it made my back hurt.
now C has custody of my back thing for my office chair and i have to get into the office by 9am tomorrow.
*sigh*
and i just finished shampooing the rug and now i have to wrap all my gifts.
