My 100th Post!! And Some Reality

First of all, let me just say it's with great joy I offer you my 100th blog post. I can't believe I have found enough interesting stuff to talk about for that long. lol. (Well, I guess at least maybe some of it has been interesting anyway). A special thank you to all who continue to read..(and of course comment).

Now for this...

Tonight's feature for my 100th post is going to be non other than Big Dan. After all, he's really the one that keeps it "real" for us...and did I mention he has the crappiest..with a capital C..the crappiest luck?

Or maybe God is just testing him. Whichever it is, I'm beginning to feel for him.

Did I tell you about the time last year when he got suspended for 10 days because one of his alumni friends came into the regional basketball tournament game with a spiked drink in a Sonic cup? Yeah, he did, and then asked Big Dan to hold it for him and then Big Dan took a couple of swigs. He doesn't drink or party and said he didn't know it had alcohol in it the first time, but I guess the 2nd drink was peer pressure....or just pure stupidity. Anyhow, somebody snitched and it turned in to a major thing. Lesson to be learned...if you're going to do something stupid like that, you should totally do it where you don't have quite the audience.

Did I tell you that this past April we bought Big Dan a car? Oh, and did I tell you that somebody side swiped him (causing $4,000 worth of damage)? And did I mention this happened less than a mile from our driveway on his way to school the 1ST DAY HE DROVE IT? Yep, it happened. I'm not sure of the lesson to be learned here. Unless it is to watch out for idiots on the road, because there are plenty of them out there. (I've been accused of being one myself!)

And once again, the bad luck prevails. You see, what was actually supposed to be a nice quiet evening...post hen party, obviously wasn't. Big Dan got off work at 11:00 tonight, walked out to the parking lot only to find his car window bashed in.

Glass was everywhere. But that wasn't even the worst news. They took just about everything he had in there...which included about $80 cash that was in the console, a couple of gift cards he had just gotten for his birthday, the fossil watch that he got from the girlfriend, his new bat bag AND the $100 first baseman's mitt, I JUST BOUGHT HIM..also for his birthday. They got into his trunk and took another bat that actually belonged to a friend of his, his brand spanking new wooden bat that my mom and dad gave him Sunday (for his birthday), and also another souvenir Louisville Slugger wooden bat that my mom had gotten him from Louisville. They had his name imprinted on it a couple of years ago when they were on vacation. Needless to say, I am so angry.

As soon as Big Dan called, I drove right into town to talk with the officer that worked the report. He said we would need to call our insurance agent on Monday with a list of property and report the damage to the vehicle.

The reality of this is...that there are just so many mean, ruthless people in the world and I guess this is just another hard lesson for him to learn. Not that I am blaming him, because it was totally out of his control. BUT, it is something we all need to realize. I guess it's just signs of the times.

The other reality is....

that if it's gonna happen....it's gonna happen to him.

And....it's almost 2 am. It's been a long stressful night, so I'm going to join hubby in dreamland.

Here's to another 100!!