This has not been a good week. Lots of normally minor mechanical problems w/car, central heater would not come on this morning w/first cold spell, etc. All minor irritations.
But most importantly of all, my beloved wife is very, very sick with flue like symptoms. Went to Dr. Wed. but apparently she is unable to take the meds due to nausea. It is all she can do to sip a bit of water. It is really scary how quickly her condition has deteriorated to the point that she now has to have help to get out of bed.
Tried all day yesterday to contact the Dr. to no avail, so today will try to see him again as a walk-in; afraid he will put her in the hospital.
Now for the infuriating part. The phone rang a few minutes ago and a "gentleman" asked to speak to my wife (by name). Thinking it may have been the Dr.'s office I gave her the phone. It became obvious to me that it was not the Dr. when my wife responded, "two class two misdemeanors"? (paraphrased) I took the phone from her and explained that my wife was very weak and unable to continue the conversation, could I help him? He responded that she had missed two appearance dates before "a judge" and he was calling so that she would not be hauled off in handcuffs.
At that point, I told him that could not be true, as she had not received a summons. I recognized this as a scam and said so. (Guess the word scam set him off??) I (as calmly as I could muster) asked for his name and department to which he really became irate, called me an a....hole and promised to have "your azz" hauled off as well for being offensive to him. I continued to ask for his name and he really lost it. His cell phone began to break up between rants and I hung up.
Called the police and filed a complaint for the record. Officer was extremely helpful but offered no hope of catching the _______ as they can now fake the numbers shown on caller ID somehow.
To top it all off, just got a text message that our SIL who is fighting cancer has taken a turn for the worse. Your prayers for the wife and SIL will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
hm
But most importantly of all, my beloved wife is very, very sick with flue like symptoms. Went to Dr. Wed. but apparently she is unable to take the meds due to nausea. It is all she can do to sip a bit of water. It is really scary how quickly her condition has deteriorated to the point that she now has to have help to get out of bed.
Tried all day yesterday to contact the Dr. to no avail, so today will try to see him again as a walk-in; afraid he will put her in the hospital.
Now for the infuriating part. The phone rang a few minutes ago and a "gentleman" asked to speak to my wife (by name). Thinking it may have been the Dr.'s office I gave her the phone. It became obvious to me that it was not the Dr. when my wife responded, "two class two misdemeanors"? (paraphrased) I took the phone from her and explained that my wife was very weak and unable to continue the conversation, could I help him? He responded that she had missed two appearance dates before "a judge" and he was calling so that she would not be hauled off in handcuffs.
At that point, I told him that could not be true, as she had not received a summons. I recognized this as a scam and said so. (Guess the word scam set him off??) I (as calmly as I could muster) asked for his name and department to which he really became irate, called me an a....hole and promised to have "your azz" hauled off as well for being offensive to him. I continued to ask for his name and he really lost it. His cell phone began to break up between rants and I hung up.
Called the police and filed a complaint for the record. Officer was extremely helpful but offered no hope of catching the _______ as they can now fake the numbers shown on caller ID somehow.
To top it all off, just got a text message that our SIL who is fighting cancer has taken a turn for the worse. Your prayers for the wife and SIL will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
hm
