[kardmania]

I adjusted my schedule to avoid the 5am wake up and lack of sleep.
I did made the call to make sure I could play Sunday evening. Yes, I was going to bite the bullet and let the chips fall where they may.

Well the scheduling went to hell a day early and the day of the game. The result was less than 6 hours sleep the over the past two nights. The day was filled with nothing but problems; there is no good way to avoid most of these bullets you just have to work them out.

Then my luck started to break bad. Earlier this year I had to deal with a root canal and a stubborn infection. Before lunch while gritting my teeth no doubt, I fractured the adjacent tooth and the fracture lacerated the gum. Fortunately, the dentist gets me in and tells me yes we can fix. A voice in my head reminds me I have heard this before that would have to be a couple of grand ago. Ninety minutes and a couple hundred dollars later I am on the road again. I am fat tongued, swollen and equipped with a script for pain pills, antibiotics, and instructions to avoid eating for a couple of hours. There goes the pregame dinner.

I drove thru picked up my scripts and went home to take the meds. There is good news: No food+ No sleep+Pain Pills + Antibiotic does alleviate the sensations of sleep deprivation. The sad truth is that it’s the limited brain power that leads one to this erroneous conclusion.

I took a shower hoping to clear the cobwebs, dressed, grabbed the cash and headed for the car. As the garage opened I could hear the thunder in the background and could see the storm was blowing where I was headed. I open the door and turn the key and click. No radio. No engine. Just Click. The damn thing was trying to turn over but the battery lacked the cranking power to turn it over.

I do have another car and I could have grabbed the keys and continued on. I softly closed the door and watched the lightning cross the grey skies and concluded that some days, some things, just are not meant to be. That might make a great song title.

There is always a silver lining to every sad lament; today, I got a new battery for the car today.