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no_hypocrisy

(50,278 posts)
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 07:09 PM Feb 2014

My father is 91. [View all]

I have been through a lot in the past week.

He decided to drive by himself from NJ to FL a week ago Sunday.

Except he drove during the epic ice/snow storm last week.

No call. Not to me, to my sister, or my brother. We were worried.

He took a cell phone but has no voicemail and didn't pick up.

Then we got 4 calls from his credit card companies, claiming "unauthorized use" of the cards.

What would you think?

So today was Day Eight and no call.

I'm at his house and it's 6 pm. I hear the security alarm for the front door go off. I'm alone, panic, and run to see what it is.

My dad. Home from his roadtrip. Again, no call. I thought he was going to be gone until April.

He was off the radar for more than a week. I was ready to put out a missing persons call with the police.

He's in his Barka Lounger now, watching FOX, and the heat is up to 85 degrees now. Jesus. Well, I can't complain. I know where he is and he's fine.

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