See, one of my coworkers (the one with the Scottish cousin) fell out of her Jeep on Saturday. *waits for giggling to stop.* Apparently her boot got caught in the seatbelt or something, and her Jeep is one of those high-riding ones, so it’s much worse than it sounds. She fractured her ankle, got a concussion, and has all sorts of gravel and other road rash in her back. Mondays are always busy for us, but it was even worse today without her. I ended up not going to my afternoon job but for 45 minutes so I could help out downstairs. I’m actually rather glad I don’t work on the switchboard all day. Not only are people very stupid sometimes, it’s exhausting.
No news on how long she’ll be out. They were going to take her to an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow morning.
And I just know I made tons of mistakes ’cause I was so frazzled. I thought I was good at multitasking, but this took it to a whole new level.
After work and dinner we went up to my grandparents’ for Bytheway family night. Celebrated my mom’s birthday, and called up my great-grandma. ‘Cause today is her ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY, that’s why. 
We celebrated all weekend. My favorite part was going to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast and hearing the choir sing “Happy Birthday” to her. My grandma, she’s a remarkable lady. 100 years old and still in her own home. I hope I can have her longevity. I’m gonna name one of my characters in my Dumbledore fic Ethel in her honor.
Funny thing, though. At the open house thing we had on Saturday night, her son gave her a t-shirt with a bunny on it that said “The Ethelgizer.” ‘Cause she just keeps going and going, that’s why!
Okay. Need to get to bed. Sorry , didn’t get my HP sticker list typed up. Will have to wait for tomorrow.
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1 Leslie // Sep 16, 2003 at 6:50 am
Wow, your Great grandma sounds awesome!
Now about your coworker, I think we need a little more to the story since what you have there makes the mind wander. I mean, what *exactly* was she doing when she fell out of the jeep. It’s not common to have one’s foot anywhere near the seatbelt and why wasn’t her back protected?
2 laura // Sep 16, 2003 at 9:07 pm
Your coworker is going to get sick telling this story over and over. I wish her a speedy recovery!
Mucb empathy for your time at the switchboard. People will call for the strangest of things. I never figured out why someone HAD to know the zipcode for the Police/fire department at 3:30 A.M. I answered that question at least twice a month.
Grandma is quite a gal
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