February 5, 2009

Ways for One's Husband to Freak One Out

*have him act normally all day.

*have him go to bed at a reasonable hour.

*be awakened by a crash in the middle of the night

*jump out of bed, knock on the bathroom door, and ask if he's alright

*have him not answer

*knock again

*have him not answer again

*open the door and find him passed out on the floor

*halfway in the shower

*in blood

*go over and say his name

*have him not answer

*check for breathing and heartbeat

*check and check

*decide who you should call

*have husband wake up incoherent and groggy

*have husband ask where he is

*tell him he passed out in the shower

*have him ask why his face hurts, where is he, and why does his face hurt

*notice that his lip is bleeding, speak slowly, and explain that you don't know what happened, he's in the bathroom, and do you know your name?

*have him ask where he is, and why his face hurts

*explain again

*ask again

*explain again.

*turn on the shower to jolt him

*notice that he didn't just cut his lip, but that he bit completely through it

*have him get out of the shower, dress him, and have him lay on the couch

*liquid bandage his face and get him some ice

*have him ask AGAIN what happened

*tell him you're calling the ambulance

*have him say he's fine

*debate with the man who still can't remember what happened and why does his face hurt?

*fret. internal struggle. he's fine-ish. no fever, no irregular heartbeat...

*ask him his name

*have him tell you to just go back to bed and don't you dare call 911 because we don't have the money to cover an ambulance and ER fee right now

*decide that he must be kinda okay

*go back to bed

*not sleep

*have him wake up in the morning and question you again as to why his face hurts and what happened to his mouth?

*freak the frick out

*have him go to work

*call him eleventy seven times to see how he is.

*have him stop answering the phone

*wonder if he passed out at work

*wonder if you're going to be widowed

*wonder if he had a heart attack, or a mini stroke, or maybe he was just light headed?

*decide that when he gets home in 10 minutes, he's so going to a doctor.

*have him walk in the door and ask why everyone is dressed and where are we going.

*have the nerve to say doctor

*have him insist he's "just fine"

*insist he's not

*try to reason with him

*have him not be reasonable, have him tell you that next time he guesses he'll see a doctor but right now he's fine and will you give it a rest

*tell him that next time, you're calling the ambulance and his butt is getting hauled off to the ER and if he dies on you you'll be mad at him for at least the next 500 years

*sit down to dinner



How was your night?