No Smooth Sailing

I sure wish things in life were a bit more predictable and that there were no rough roads. But alas, I don't live in a dream world and life continues to deal out zingers.  The latest has to do with Jim and his shoulder.  As we all know - Jim is a bit of a drama queen.  Normally he makes a huge deal over the smallest things...it certainly gets old.  The most recent injury for Jim is a bit different.  A couple weeks ago, Jim came home from work bitching about his right shoulder.  He had been painting ceilings and was forced to carry large 5 gallon paint buckets (the wheelie at work was missing) and ta-da...shoulder messed up.  The difference with this incident is he didn't really bitch too much.  He just kept popping ibuprofen and tried to rest it as much as possible. I knew something was up when I noticed he was trying to keep the amount of pain he was in away from me.

Well, it wasn't getting any better and so, he told work about it yesterday and made the plan to file a worker's compensation claim.  Just as he was getting to the doctor yesterday - he got a call from one of the owners asking him to come talk to him first.  Jim went over and they guy basically asked Jim NOT to file because one more claim would mean the company would get booted off the worker's comp insurance.  Um...I'm thinking this is highly illegal for them to do.  After much discussion and some ass kicking from Charlie - Jim will be filing and seeing a doc - most likely Monday. 

I don't know what all this means in terms of Jim getting paid, what his injury is or what the recovery time will be but keep your fingers crossed that it isn't something major.  I'm thinking it has something to do with his rotator cuff, however but that's just based on the pain he has and the limitations he's having with movement.  This is pretty major for him, however, and not something he can live through and ignore since it is basically how he makes his living. 

Ugh - why can't life just be full of rainbows and fluffy bunnies!? 

Okay so, I've got a TON of stuff to do today.  I need to grocery shop, walk Sami, clean the house, finish laundry and mow the lawn - both front and back.  Jim's helping out the neighbors today so he'll be busy with that.  I'm going to try and get most of my stuff done before noon so I can relax the rest of the day.  We'll see how that works out.

K - I'm out...gotta head out with my Sami!  Later!