May 25 2009
Crappy Birthday to You
Today is my fabulous sister’s birthday. As you’d expect, it’s a national holiday. But she’s not celebrating…
Megan’s sweet kitty Ramona decided to wake her up a couple of days ago by jumping on her face and scratching her eye. Clutching her bleeding eye, she asked her husband to drive her to the hospital. Without coffee, to give you an idea of the urgency.
There’s nothing like being an ER employee to get you expedited service. In less than an hour, she was equipped with numbing eye drops, painkillers, and a piratical eye patch (though no parrot, or Johnny Depp, for that matter). She observed later that this was the first time in the seven years she’s worked for the hospital that she’s been on the receiving end, rather than the giving end, of care.
Except, I said, when she applied for that EMT job. On her way to submit her paperwork, Megan had a car accident. Her car was pretty much totaled, but she wasn’t hurt, and, yes, she got the job.
I called her today to wish her happy birthday, and discovered that though my card had arrived on time, it was even less satisfactory than I feared. In fact, it was completely unsatisfactory.
Because it wasn’t there.
Brother In Law picked up the mail on Saturday, and when he gave it to Megan, she saw my handwriting. On closer inspection, the envelope has been torn, and then taped. On even closer inspection, the envelope proved to be completely empty. Torn, taped, and empty.
She took off the eyepatch and looked again, but it was still torn, taped, and empty.
Happy birthday, family style!
6 Responses to “Crappy Birthday to You”
Oh, that’s soooo sad. Who takes out a birthday card??
Poor Megan……it’s so mean to pinch a birthday card. It must have been a pretty special card too. And to tape the envelope up as well – why not keep the envelope as well???!!! Very odd.
What a shame, Suzy, that you do not have the pleasure of your sister receiving your birthday greeting.
jx
Disturbed people will take out birthday cards from their envelope, they will always exist, but thankfully, nice sisters will never forget to send them and the thought will always remain in the receivers heart.
That’s horrible…WITHOUT coffee!!
I’m with Mike – WITHOUT coffee?! That’s one awful scratch!
And seriously, who steals a birthday card?! That’s just wrong.
When the scratch is on your eyeball, just a hair away from your cornea, and it’s bleeding like crazy…coffee doesn’t seem quite so important! 🙂
AM mystified by what happened to the card. Good thing there was no check/money in it!