Well I needed a drink really early in the day.
We went out to get ice and a coffee. Then backed the car up to the back door of the apartment. We loaded up a shopping cart and took the stuff down to the car. While I was packing everything into the trunk, I heard the click, clik, clik of a metal cane coming down the hall, so I made sure all the stuff was away from the door. The tall and heavy old man came out the door slowly.
As he stepped down off the sidewalk onto the pavement, he started to totter, I raced around the car, well actuallly tripped over the cement car stop, then bounced off a pile of cement bricks, and didn’t get to him in time. He folded slowly down to the pavement, and then gave himself road rash on his arm on the side of the side walk – o crap !!
A bad start to the day. I yelled for the manager of the apartment, and talked to the old man. Then another resident came out and the 3 of us tried to get him up – no luck. Vicki finally arrived, and then took charge. We got a chair, rolled him onto his knees, and yanked him up by his belt – I bet he had a wedgy. After he was on his feet, he stood for a bit to get his bearings, and then tottered off to his truck, he was on his way to a resturant for breakfast, it was then we found out that he is legally blind, I am glad we were not on the road yet.
Anyway short story long, he was ok, didn’t hurt himslef, except for the roadrash down his arm. Vicki raced up the stairs and got a firstaid kit and fixed him up. Then took a look at me – I had no skin on my one hand and a big bloody bruise on my one shin.
Time for iodine for me, the old guy got polysporin, I get the stuff that really stings !!
So we left about a hour later than we wanted to, but who cares, we got the guy up and attended to.
We stopped at Gold Ranch (outside Reno), and I won 210$ – ya!! Back in the car and on the road.
We got to Jackpot at 8 pm for the night, actually 9 pm MDT. We had supper, and then to the slots. I won 140$, so I am ahead on the day, and Vicki is even – ya!! And free beer, o boy, I am going to sleep good tomight, and have a headache tomorrow.