I work in an office less than 20 miles from Washington in DC.
The area is all abuzz over the inauguration tomorrow. The local news is busy scaring the hell out of anyone that is even thinking about maybe coming to the district for the swearing in and the parade. Also, nobody apparently has balls like President Obama. That man has sooo many balls, big and small that he should change his middle name to Cajones. Muy cajones.
Forget about trying to get into one of Obama's balls. People that live across the street from the event halls can't even get in.
This morning on my way into work I passed a whole herd of passenger buses parked along the side of the road, staging for tomorrows big event. By herd, I mean more than 10 because that’s when I stopped counting.
When I arrived in my office, I hit the play button for the weekend voice mail. On January 17th, at 6:03 p.m., I got this message from a very frail sounding little old lady:
(Actual transcription)
“Yes, I’m calling long distance from Washington State. I’m trying to reach Reverend Earl W. Stafford, Sr. I get… I’m a senior and I’m calling to ask if my son could be considered for one of the tickets to see the inauguration. He is so excited about President Obama being elected and has even donated money he couldn’t afford. I’m… I know this isn’t probably the way you do it but because we live in a small town and so far away, uhm, we are on a limited income and he makes probably a little over 1200 dollars a month. We try to share expenses in the same apartment. It’s, ah, two bedroom. And, uhm, I would like to go but I’m just 6 weeks out of a major surgery. I had knee replacement so I might hold him back somewhat. Anyway, uhm, we’re very excited and he followed this whole campaign. We aren’t Baptists but we are, are religious. And we are Protestants. Our phone number is _________ My sons name is Brian R. and I’m Mrs. R. My husband is deceased. Thank you very much. Bye.”
I didn’t know what in the world she was talking about so I googled “Reverend Earl W. Stafford, Sr.” and found this website:
http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/12/05/earl-w-stafford--peoples-inaugural-project/2
Then I clicked on a link in that website and was taken here:
http://www.thestaffordfoundation.org/
I noticed the “Contact Us” tab so I emailed them, passing along Mrs. R’s phone number and request for her son. I told them that although she dialed incorrectly, someone should try to contact her to let her know her request was received, even if it’s too late for the festivities tomorrow.
I really hope that someone from that organization calls her back because there is no way in hell I’m calling her back. No. Way.
(She sounded slightly nuts)
So tomorrow I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I may just stay home and avoid all the hoopla that the news people have been warning us all about. Of course those are the same idiots that tell us a major snow storm is on the way so all the counties close schools and one lone flake appears from the sky. They have a similar record in the summertime telling us the weekend will be sunny, clear and 82ยบ and then of course, it rains from Friday to Monday morning.
Those people just can't be trusted to know stuff.
5 comments:
You know what? I'd probably go anyway, if I happened to be in your shoes.
But then again, I'm not as smart as you are.
But if it snowed, I'd stay home. I'm so sick of snow I could puke :(
You would <3 to be in my shoes. And I think, you have been before. I know I've been in yours. ;)
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