Later on Monday (five years ago yesterday), John went to work. He enjoyed his job and his coworkers. But the pain was too great and he had to go home.
Monday night, John celebrated with his
true love the first anniversary of their first date. Although discomforted by the pain,
John would not be dissuaded from being with Alex.
On Tuesday (five years ago today),
John was too ill to go to work. However, Alex had errands to run, specifically
she had to go to the Department of Homeland Security and deal with the bureaucracy
there on an immigration issue. Dealing with the bureaucracy is no joy, and I know,
being a lifelong bureaucrat myself. Nonetheless, John drove Alex there in order
to give her moral support and waited in the car while she battled the
bureaucrats. His pain was so great that he climbed into the back of the car to
lie down. Nonetheless, he knew that his mom, who is a teacher, was off that
week so he called her at home and together they had a wonderful phone conversation
that lasted over 30 minutes. Again, much of the discussion centered on the
upcoming weekend, when the entire family would be together.
Tuesday night was John’s brother’s birthday.
John, Alex, Michael, Gina and Jessica all went out to dinner. John was still in
much pain, so much so that at the end of dinner Michael commented how bad John looked
and that he should just go home and lie down. But John looked back at his
brother and said, “no bro, it's your birthday and we are going to celebrate it."
With that, the five of them went to the
Nationals’ ball game that night, which can be a painful experience even in the
best of times. Yet, out of loyalty to his brother, John endured the pain and
discomfort in order to commemorate his brother's day.
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