Living With Sarcoidosis – Part 8
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Filed Under: African American Health · Baby Boomer · Black Health · Black Men’s Health · Black Women’s Health · Sarcoidosis
The trip home was better
On the commute home that Saturday evening, I still had to deal with my emotions and other commuters.
One driver, an older woman, was driving erratically in my opinion, so I made a move to pass her, then changed my mind because we were coming up on the toll booth.
A highway-patrolman saw what I did and flashed the dreaded red lights. “I pulled you over for weaving on the bridge, we’re you having mechanical problems?”
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“Nah, I’m just tired.” I decided not to mention the woman. Traffic school taught me to not even attempt to blame other drivers for my misdeeds. “I work for (a utility company). They have been forcing us to work seven days a week, ten hours a day for the last month.”
He chuckled to himself like he’d heard it all before and wrote something down. “Please step out of the car. I need you to perform a few tests.”
The cold air and drizzle felt good, just what I needed to pep me up.
After I passed the drunk test, he said, “I’m going to let you go with a warning, to go home and,” (wait for it) . . . “get some sleep. You look like you need to get some rest.”
I thought about the waiting day-bed and said, “Thanks for that, and you can count on me knocking out as soon as I get home.”
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He continued, “I know what you mean about (utility company), my brother-in-law works there too. I almost took a job there myself, but changed my mind. He’s been stuck working overtime for weeks too. Sis is not feeling happy at all about it.” He chuckled again.
The rest of the weekend wasn’t a blur, it was all invested in much-needed sleep.
Then comes Monday. Back to work, more rumors and as it turned out, hope.
See Part 7. My illness Her Pain
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