Hello friends, Hivers and my fellow Silver Bloggers. I'm hoping you all are doing good to start this new week. Now I'm ok but not great. You will soon see how the article's title comes into play.
So I will go back to Saturday because that led to the day ahead which was Father's Day. The morning we had some smaller storms which dropped some rain throughout much of it. It did clear up around lunch time though.
Before lunch I had to take my dog to the veterinarian. If you haven't met him he's an English Bulldog named Watson. It's spring time here and he needs much attention because he has slough of allergies.
I arrived at the veterinarian and it was busy. There were some open seats but to get to them we would have had to pass by two large dogs that didn't look at all friendly. So I stood near the check in counter until some other seats opened up.
Once we got back to see the Vet it was determined he had an ear and an eye that had a small infection. He was there to get an allergy shot, have his ears looked at, and get his nails trimmed. After all this I checked out with a spendy vet bill and some medication for him. It's good I have pet insurance that will cover a majority of it.
I really didn't do much once I got home. I was scheduled to work later that afternoon/evening. I had to be available in case I needed to be into work sooner. I did end up getting a couple of phone calls changing our showtime.
In the end the show time at work was at 5:30 p.m. It was shortly after 6:30 when our aircraft arrived. Not a really hard down load just a lot of pallets. We had 13 pallets and one tow bar to offload.
Around 7:15 p.m. a large storm rolled in. There were thunderstorms and tornado watches. Now luckily this front didn't contain any funnels but some areas did have actual tornadoes. Another good thing is we just finished up unloading the aircraft. It was seconds later it down poured for like an hour.
Once we got back to the cargo yard we couldn't do anything until the heavy rain and lightening ended. It was close to 8:30 when were able to offload pallets from our aircraft loaders. At this time the sky was beautiful. There were three different rainbows all at once in the sky. I share you this photo of one. I was off work around 9:00 p.m.
Once I arrived at home I needed a little bit of time to wind down. I watched T.V. for a bit and was in bed around 10:30. I had thoughts of going fishing Sunday and packing some food for lunch while out. That was not what happened unfortunately.
At about 2:00 a.m. I received a call from a police officer. I knew it was something not good and I immediately could feel my own heart beating. He told me that they had my son in the back of a police car and needed me to come pick him up.
He was in the back of a police car because of incident he had done. The root of this deed was him being very drunk. It's embarrassing to me what he did but I'm going to leave out the fine details.
My son was drunk beyond comprehension. When I arrived he almost fell to the ground twice on his way to my car. He wasn't any better walking up the deck stairs into my house He made a stop in the bathroom and left it a complete mess. I'll just say the floor was wet and the trash can had more in it than the toilet.
I was both mad and disappointed at him but decided now isn't the time to rip into him because it's not going to have an affect on him anyways. He ended up falling asleep in his room. For me I couldn't go back to sleep. It wasn't until almost lunch time when I did get some rest in my bed.
I got up around 2:00 p.m. and he was still sleeping. I woke him up and he was acting like nothing had happened. You see he didn't remember a single detail about the night after he finished drinking. We had a long serious talk and I laid down some displine.
I didn't go out at all on Fathers Day and it certainly didn't at all have a feeling of celebration. My son has so much going for himself. He has a full ride College scholarship to play basketball. So much uncertainty, will he lose that? I guess time will tell when we get the court notification in the mail and attend to find out his fate. I feel both worried and disappointed rolled into one. I really don't know when this will all go away. Have you had a special occasion or holiday that was totally recked by unforseen circumstances?
So Fathers Day for me was performing my role as a father. No appreciation for what I have done in the past, no special meals and no special requests. There is always next year and years to come though 😊 I guess in the scheme of things I was very much a father on Father's Day.
Anyways I'll overcome this as I'm sure my son will to. I'm hoping the many fathers out there had a day of reflecting and appreciation on Father's Day. Take care, stay safe, have a great start and finish to your week.
Until next time!
