Can Yunz Believe this?

Yesterday was to be my one day out day.

I get one about every 14 days or so.

Headed for a haircut and color at 10:00.

I was determined to hit the ground running

right after that, or shuffling at least, so I headed

to Michaels for some jewelry findings I had needed

for months to repair two necklaces.

Because I  had only slept 4 hours the night before 

due to more challenging, er, bad news

on the medical front, I found myself getting

a little weak and dizzy so decided to head home,

and skip Trader Joes which had been the "BIG" plan.

ha!

make plans, the universe laughs HA!

I pull into the garage and hit the garage door

remote and a hideous, screeching, crunching,

sound occurred and I hit the remote stop immediately.

When I opened the drivers side door,

I nearly peeked thru my fingers

 as I knew what I would see.

A crumpled door.

'scuse me but shit shit shit.

Called insurance I have 2000 deductible, 

they said get estimate first.

Called an emergency service and no kidding

 they were there in 30 minutes.

At first I was looking at around $4,000

to get the same quality door or around $2500

to get a bottom level version.

Maybe it was me cradling 

my head in my hands with tears drippin thru

and my O/2 canula hanging out...

but Clayton the tech says.

"Let me see what I can do."

Since I hit the button so quickly

 I did less damage than I could have.

Just under $1,000 later, not using insurance, and 

my door now closes, you cannot see the tears

in the panels from the outside

 and it's guaranteed for 3 years.

Clayton and I had a very spirited political discussion

while he was adding new springs and bolting new metal struts;

but it was respectful with no meanness or put downs.

We could not be more politically opposed,

but we parted with very good feelings. 

STILL....

what did I do in a former life to have this karma?

(please don't say things could be worse as they are worse medically)

I need/want so much to get back to my old self,

no O2 needed, lose all the prednisone weight etc.,

be able to work.

I love this, and I am not making light of horrific crime,

I'm poking fun at me OK?

Z

Happy weekend youins

(my homage to Latrobe slang")

A common informal word used in southwestern Pennsylvania and the forefront example of what is commonly known as "Pittsburghese" is the word yinz, pronounced /jɪnz/ in IPA. Alternatively it is less commonly used in long form, youins, pronounced /ju.ɪnz/.

I never knew anyone one who used yinz always spelled yunz