Week from the Twilight Zone

So last week was weird! It was just a long, weird week at work... and then Thursday happened.

I went with 5th grade on a field trip to the symphony... well on our way back, a guy trying to change lanes lost control of his car, spun out, bounced off the bus we were on and landed facing the wrong way on 183. His car hit the tire of the bus that i happened to be sitting on top of. Needless to say, all of the kids were fine, the driver of the car was fine... but it was crazy to watch it all happen outside of the bus window. I called Shawn and let him know I was fine.

Not long after I called Shawn with the wacky news... one of his coworkers was fired to his surprise.... and then he was told to let one of his team members go. That team member decided to go outside and slash all of Shawn's tires (little did he know how much we needed new tires for the Matrix)...

So Shawn was stuck in Fair Park until 9 o'clock... thankfully a kind-hearted coworker stayed with him - since it's not exactly the best neighborhood in the area.

Meanwhile, I came home after school and called the doctor just to let them know what had happened. They said normally that you should go to the hospital any time you are pregnant and in a car accident. When I explained that we hardly felt anything... they said to drink some juice and lay down. If the baby doesn't move 10 times in an hour, go to the hospital.

Well wouldn't you know, that the baby decided to take a 4 hour nap that afternoon (highly unlikely)... I guess due to the earlier adreneline rush.... and Shawn wasn't home and I started getting concerned.

So mom came and took me to the hospital... Shawn showed up a little while later... and the baby is fine. We got to listen to her heartbeat and alien-like movements for an hour, though, which was pretty cool.

And the guy that slashed Shawn's tires has been reported to the "wonderful" Dallas PD... we'll see if anything happens to him. Shawn tried to follow up on Friday and was told, "Those detectives won't be back in the office until Mondy." Great... crazy men with knives can run around Dallas all weekend with no worries. And people wonder why Dallas has the highest crime rate in the country!

On another lighter note.... the baby seems to like Gloria Estefan and Celine Dion. Whaddya think about that? Scary!