Friday the 13th

I never used to believe in Friday the 13th. I may now.

They day started off almost like any other day with just a few abnormalities. I had the day off from work. Hubby stayed home to work. (First abnormality). Hubby had a 4 inch thick binder of information he had to read.

He took a break about 10am so we could go to the DMV to get the plates for the Jeep. Well, we went prepared to spend about 2 hours there. We were in and out in about 20 minutes! (second abnormality).

The rest of the afternoon was okay. Hubby worked, I took a nap and watched TV. Then at 5:18pm I got a phone call. The rest of the story from here will all be abnormalities. It was my mother who said that she had been in a car accident and that she would be going by ambulance to a hospital. She called back about 20 minutes later to tell us which one.

Meanwhile, a storm was moving in. There were 2 claps of thunder and then suddenly there was a lighting so close that things in our house went zzzzzzzztttt. And of course the thunder was immediately upon the flash. I said “wow, that was CLOSE!” A few minutes later, a fire truck headed up the street! I told hubby that must have hit a house! So, on our way to the hospital we detoured through the neighborhood to see if we could see anything. Imagine out surprise when we head up the street a little bit to discover that there is not only a fire truck, but an ambulance too and they are working on a roofer on a driveway! From the scene we were seeing it looked like the roofer was on the roof and was hit by the lightning which blew him onto the driveway.

Well, we headed off to the hospital and wouldn't you know that that same ambulance passes us on the way. And of course since they had their lights and sirens on, they beat us there. We arrive a little after them. I finally was able to see my mom who had an injured foot, a broken thumb and lots of bumps and bruises.

We spent the next several hours waiting. Meanwhile, the roofer was okay, he did have severe burns so they ended up flying him via helicopter to a hospital in Denver that has a burn unit. But, he survived both the lighting strike as well as the fall off the roof onto the driveway because of it.

Hubby and I left about 9:45pm to go and get something to eat and then we headed for home. When I got home I called my dad to check on mom. She had finally been splinted and they were trying to decided what was the best way to get her home. We finally determined it would be my car. So, I got in my car and headed back down to the hospital. They didn't see any break on her foot, but it's about 3 times it's normal size and several colors it's usually not. So, there may be a break in there that they will not be able to see until the swelling goes down a bit. She will have to go and see a foot and hand specialist this week.

We got her in my car and home and in bed finally at 11:30pm ish. By the time I got home and in bed it was after midnight. Hopefully Hubby will be able to track down her car today and get her stuff out of it as well as some pictures of it. So, I may now believe in Friday the 13th...

Well, I guess I will go and check on my mom, see how she is holding up....