Monday, February 11, 2008

When it Rains it Pours

My last vision of Saturday night is an Irish Car Bomb.
"You were so college last night," Will told me the next day. I was lying in Hailey's bed, going through my phonebook, trying to piece together the events that began with an old coworker at a bar and ended with a fresh pile of vomit at the foot of my bed. I groaned for a glass of water.
"Maybe don't let them buy you so many shots next time?" Hailey offered.

This morning started with a bang. The kind of steady, knock-myself-over-the-head bang of a jackhammer pounding outside my window. Instead, I waited patiently, then ran to the sink to turn on my faucet, thankful to find water finally flowing strong.

And it ended with a bang. Our friendly neighborhood firefighters only seem to know one way to enter the building. There they were, five men in suit, pounding on the door next to ours just as we were debating blue cheeseburgers or jalapeno cheeseburgers for dinner.
"You guys again..." I was ready to get my shoes, maybe my purse, a favorite dress or two, when they informed us it was only a leak. When we informed them there was no one living there to answer the door, they got excited.
"We're gonna have to break down this door then." Of course they were.
So we left for the grocery store as the breaking of the door commenced and the security alarm sounded and the guy downstairs opened his door to reveal a waterfall coming from his hall closet and flowing through his living room.
"What about tacos instead?" Hailey said.

1 comment:

Carrie said...

You crack my shit up.