Poor Donkey

Well it was a short dry spell for the misadventures of Eeyore and family.

You likely remember my previous posts about Eeyore and his cloud of bad luck:
My Friend Ior
The Misfortunes Of Ior Take Two
My Bad
And of course: The Legend...

Well as it turns out a couple of floods and a saggy ceiling make insurance companies weary. Eeyore got a letter from his insurance company saying he is too high risk (DUH) to be covered, so they are cutting the Eeyore clan loose. This sucks.

With the luck these good folks have been having, their pool is likely to spring a leak that will no doubt empty the contents into the only drain that leaks into the top floor of the house and makes like Niagara all the way through the 3 bed 2 bath dwelling of said donkey. Not to be outdone, the place will likely go up in flames because the pilot light went out on the gas stove, only to spew room fulls of natural gas into the air for hours followed by a couple of drifting underwires for S.O.L.'s bra coming into contact with each other creating enough of a spark to hollow out the remaining structure leaving nothing but a sad empty Donkey barn.

But only the day after their current policy expires.

I can see Ellie may now, dancing jigs for quarters while Mommy and Daddy play the Jug and Washboard (respectively) in front of a Maytag box left from their new washing machine, that somehow made it through the ordeal unharmed.

But I digress. They will be fine I'm sure, as a matter of fact I have a feeling that this will be their summer...

This is not all.

I got this e-mail today:
Hey – I ended up in emerg last night with an EKG – sound familiar. I had bad pain in my chest and I couldn’t get a full breath. Apparently I have an inflammation in the cartilage between my ribs and sternum. Lucky me.

I said:
Holy (expletive)! Any precautions, or doctor’s orders?

She says:
Nope – it is not dangerous. It is called costochonditis. They don’t know what causes it – could be trauma, or a virus. Just take anti-inflammatories, and take it easy. It is 70% more common in females. Thought I was having a heart attack or a blood clot in my lungs or something…

Me SEZ
What did you do with (Ellie-May)? You can call us if you ever need someone to watch her when you have to leave for those sorts of things. Glad to hear you’re ok!

She SEZ:
Thanks – (Eeyore) stayed home with her.

Me:
Thought you were havin a heart attack and you drove yourself? (Expletive)!

She:
I know – I was thinking that too.

That's it, I am going to take up a collection here. Not money (sorry bud), but wishes, I would like all my readers (yes all 5 of you) to post a "You poor SOB's" comment here so I can give it to them. I will likely get a punch for it, but hey, that will make a good story too!