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ironymaiden) wrote2020-10-20 09:20 pm
ironymaiden) wrote2020-10-20 09:20 pm
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i would like to get off now pls
last night our neighbor D had a heart attack. he's alive and in the hospital, but it was a wild few hours that included C tossing furniture aside and doing chest compressions (coached by the fine people at 9-1-1), C also having to get D's wife A through the resultant anxiety attack, and me watching* D's 96 year old mom for a few hours while C walked A over to the hospital. (where they couldn't actually see D because it was after visiting hours plus covid protocols - D called and asked A to come before he knew that was the story.)
the way this went down last night was that we were having leftovers for dinner. i had made up my plate and moved out of the kitchen, C was fixing his, commotion happened in the hall. i was gathering info for us to vote, i heard the door a couple times and it took some time for me to understand that C was not in the bathroom but GONE. eventually i reached him via text, and that was around the time he was helping the medics into the building.
which is to say that C didn't get to eat dinner until around 11, and then there was a lot of just holding him and petting him.
tonight, we decided to get a nice indian dinner delivered. order placed, i started to dock up my personal laptop to the big monitors (remote learning class is slightly better when bigger) when the fire alarm went off. so we had to evacuate the building for a while. i missed the beginning of my class; C loitered outside to meet the delivery person while i brought the dog home...to find our food sitting in front of our door. apparently while the fire dept had the normally secure front door propped open, our hardworking driver just went up the stairs and dropped off our order.**
i would like tomorrow evening to be less exciting.
*this was easy and relatively pleasant since while frail, she's sharp as a tack and stoic.
**this is why i always lock the apartment door when the alarm goes off. since we have our share of shady peeps in the neighborhood i tend to assume the fire alarm is not fire but a way to get in the building (or get stuff out of the grocery store on the bottom floor). we still evacuate like responsible people.
the way this went down last night was that we were having leftovers for dinner. i had made up my plate and moved out of the kitchen, C was fixing his, commotion happened in the hall. i was gathering info for us to vote, i heard the door a couple times and it took some time for me to understand that C was not in the bathroom but GONE. eventually i reached him via text, and that was around the time he was helping the medics into the building.
which is to say that C didn't get to eat dinner until around 11, and then there was a lot of just holding him and petting him.
tonight, we decided to get a nice indian dinner delivered. order placed, i started to dock up my personal laptop to the big monitors (remote learning class is slightly better when bigger) when the fire alarm went off. so we had to evacuate the building for a while. i missed the beginning of my class; C loitered outside to meet the delivery person while i brought the dog home...to find our food sitting in front of our door. apparently while the fire dept had the normally secure front door propped open, our hardworking driver just went up the stairs and dropped off our order.**
i would like tomorrow evening to be less exciting.
*this was easy and relatively pleasant since while frail, she's sharp as a tack and stoic.
**this is why i always lock the apartment door when the alarm goes off. since we have our share of shady peeps in the neighborhood i tend to assume the fire alarm is not fire but a way to get in the building (or get stuff out of the grocery store on the bottom floor). we still evacuate like responsible people.
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I’m glad you and C were able to help your neighbours.
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does the tack-sharp/stoic mother live with them? how well had you known all these folks previously?
(and what was your order?)
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We don't know them well though we've known them for many years, just small talk in the hallway or elevator, giving us some dog things when theirs passed away. A didn't know my name until the other night.
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And here's hoping for D's full recovery.
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I think it's pretty hilarious that basically your delivery person leapt into a potentially burning building to deliver your food
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Doing compressions
Re: Doing compressions
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that's way too much excitement for a week, much less a day. congrats on tracking C, D's mom, the dog, and dinner.