it happened at the gym...

i never told eric this but the other night i was kinda worried about him. he usually calls me during the day at work just to say hi or to ask what we're having for dinner. only eric would call to ask what we're going to eat! anyways, his phone is usually on or he will call back if he sees that i call or he will call on his way home from work, around 5ish. basically we have some kind of conversation during the day. on monday, i didn't hear from him at all during the day but i just thought that he was busy cause he has been lately. but then came 5:00... 5:20... 5:40... i didn't hear from him. i tried to call his cell phone but it went straight to voicemail, which means it's off or it died. so i think to myself that his phone died and that he's still busy at work. it's 6:00 and it's weird that i didn't hear from him. so i called his friend/co-worker cinco to see if he's seen or heard from him. nope... nothing. ok i'm officially worried and thinking the worst. then he calls around 6:15ish and says he's been in training all day and that he was on his way home. whew! that teaches me not to worry so much!

so it starts off like any other wednesday... up at 4:30 and out the door by 5:15. i was relieved that i didn't get called into jury duty and head to work. it's business as usual and i'm sitting at my desk trying to figure out how to manage my day. it's about 7:30 and i'm thinking that it's kinda busy for the middle of the week. my phone rings and it's eric... he's sniffling. i'm thinking that he woke up late again or something. the next i heard is "i got into an accident at the gym..." i gasp and i start thinking the worst. i hear eric tell me what happened and that he's at the emergency room. he needs stitches. omg... i start to freak out and then i just start crying. i tell him that i am coming but he says i don't have to and he's says he'll call me. i didn't really get a clear explanation of what happens and i just cry. i then decide to leave and i rushed over to the kaiser in oakland.

not the best hospital in the world... you have to go through a metal detector just to go in the emergency waiting room. i talk to the nurse and says that eric is seeing the doctor but that is all he has to share. i sit and wait. i try to read a magazine but the people around me are more interesting... i then see eric's dad. he works close by so he came before he went to work. like me, i didn't know anything. did he come in an ambulance? where is he? what happened? so he goes to work and leaves me... time passes, people come in and out, ambulances come and go. after watching some news on KRON and a little bit of maury, eric comes out. he looked surprise to see me. he didn't even know i was there. he tells me that he tripped over a cord from a vaccuum and he hit his face on some gym equipment. he ended up getting 12 stitches on his upper lip, in his nose, and his bottom lip. he was only wearing the hospital gown and his shorts cause his shirt was covered in blood. an ambulance took him to the hospital because he blacked out from the fall. he looked like he was in pain so i take him home. but first he sees his dad and then we go home.

don't worry though... worst could've happened. at least he didn't break his nose, busted his head open, or whatever. ugh... i need stop thinking about that. thankfully he was ok. a little beat up but ok. i've never been so worried about him. it was the worst feeling not knowing what really happened. he is ok now. just a little swollen and a little in pain. no working out for awhile. not sure of what is going to happen next. the next few days will be kinda hard since he really has to take care of his stitches but he'll manage. i'm just glad that he is ok and that he's in one piece.