I should have taken a photo

I got permission to tell this one before I started typing. 

I did not sleep well last night, that's what I'm trying to tell you, I'm not sleeping.  Ron woke me up a couple of times in serious pain so I gave him some Kratom which did the job.  I went back to sleep, slept in, woke up at 8:30 which is pretty late for me. 

I got up doing my usual things and I heard a lot of effortful grunts from Ron.  I figured he was searching for something between his bed and the wall.  You know that place in your home where everything goes?  That is Ron's place.  Mine is probably the front room. 

The grunts began to escalate so I asked Ron if he needed help.  Yes, he shouted.  So I went back and found his whole torso and arms between the bed and the wall, just two legs sticking up in his underwear.  He had slipped between the bed and the wall. 

It took a couple minutes.  I asked him, a couple times, if he wanted me to call someone to pull him out but he was embarrassed and basically said he would rather handle it at home, if at all possible. 

I finally pulled the bed away from the wall, got behind it, got Ron up that way.  He is profoundly grateful.  I pulled my arm muscle again but I got it done. 

I need to do some arm work.  But this is why I can't leave him.  And that is why they created jury duty exemptions for someone like me.  I am even thinking I will hire someone to stay with him when I go to Galveston this year. 

I would sleep a lot better knowing he had someone who could get him up.  Get a big guy. 

Anyway, I put him in his wheelchair "I need a drink" and he rolled off to the kitchen.  The sad thing he said, about the whole incident, was his complete sobriety.  He couldn't blame it on vodka as he had not begun drinking yet. 

While I had the bed in front of me I stripped it, did a load of laundry, and remade it with a fresh vinyl sheet with a cloth sheet topper.  It is comfortable but water proof. 

For whatever reason, which Ron does not want checked out, he needs it so I will of course provide.  The vinyl sheet is only $5 and money well spent, that should last for years.  And I just got him back into bed.  He is good for a while. 

When I went to Stripes to fax my jury duty they said they weren't sure if it went through.  A google search says the Fed Ex shipping center near my home does faxing, I will call and verify.  But I may just go there and fax it again to be sure.  I don't need a $500 ticket. 

So I will probably go there first (after calling), then go to the store and get more hemp smokes.  Ron said he would buy the smokes.  I will take him up on it because he is the source of many headaches! 

So there you go, you can take that away with you as you finish reading, the sight of Ron between the bed and the wall with his legs waving in the air "I don't know how I did that". 

Neither do I.