Things, Stuff & Such

Last night I got a call from Aaron’s mother telling me she was on her way to the hospital with Aaron.  From her tone I knew it wasn’t a life threatening emergency but still, the heart races at those words.  Aaron had called his mother asking her to come get him because he couldn’t walk.  He had tried to jump some stairs on his skateboard and landed on the side of his foot.  He said he heard a ’pop’ and that it hurt very badly. 

I talked to Aaron on the ride to the hospital and he was quite calm.  I was proud of him.  It didn’t seem that he broke anything.  I asked if his foot was swollen which is a sign of a sprain.  He said it was a little.

I talked to them a couple more times during the almost two hour wait at the emergency room.  Syria said Aaron’s cell phone was ringing like crazy with friends calling to find out how he was. 

When they were done Syria called me to let me know what had happened.  The doctor said he ended up spraining it on both sides.  Today he put up a fuss with his mother about using crutches in school but ultimately lost.  I figure once he’s in school he’s gonna dig the attention from his classmates.

… smoking.  Friday, January 11th I decided that I didn’t want to smoke anymore.  So far, I haven’t.  Feels like it’s gonna stick this time.  I do miss it but I feel good not having it controll me anymore.

I may have gotten out of it just in time because my city is trying to pass a ban on smoking in public parks and most beaches.  I can’t say I agree.  Next people will only be able to smoke in their homes with the windows closed between the hours of 10pm and 6am.  Okay, it’s not the next step but it is the path these people are on.  And they are very egar to take whatever steps they have to so you don’t bother them.

Smoking is not illegal.