Home Alone
Home Alone
Our boys are 16 and 17, so we left them “Home Alone” last weekend whilst Veronica and I traveled to Sydney. We gave them the “No Corey Parties” speech and told them if the house ended up on TV, “RUN”.
We arrived home and the house was in one piece, the floors were filthy and a foam matress was soaking wet laying on the verandah, I suppose trying to dry in the shade. All up no problems.
What we did not expect was to see Nick’s ute in the driveway. We thought he must have finished work early until he greeted us at the door with his left wrist in plaster. Not the best sight for a parent to see after a weekend away.
Turns out he did it skateboarding on the Sunday afternoon at his mates place. As panicked parents do, we asked him a thousand questions all at once, and as teenage boys do he just said “its ok”. We calmed down and retrieved the real story.
He went to the after hours medical centre on Sunday arvo, but as we did not leave him a Medicare card it was going to cost him $60, so he walked out and went home. Poor bugger was in pain all night at home with some Panadol his only pain relief. He then proceeded to get up the next morning and go to work. His boss asked him if he was ok, and he said YES. Now Nick is a Roof Plumber, he installs Metal roofs, gutters etc. He went to the job and after 10 mins his work mate could see he was in pain and useless so told him to go to the hospital.
Nick went to Robina Hospital and had an X-Ray. He has a fractured Metacarpal, which is the bone leading to his left pinky finger.
Being an apprentice in his first year, he has almost no sick leave and will be off work for a few weeks (To be confirmed next Wednesday). So it looks like Mum and Dad have a dependant again.
Cheers
Tezza
June 26 2008 06:07 am | General
