State of Affairs: Dispersing

I sprained my ankle yesterday. How? Well, to make a long story short, I went to Leuven, met up with friends for drinks, ended up eating pizza, drinking beer, meeting two English hippies that couldn't stop saying 'oh man' but were very nice. And spraining my ankle. I tripped on the sidewalk. No, I wasn't drunk. Just everyday average clumsy.

Anyway, I hobbled along through the city 'till 00.30, then some of the girls had to go home, and I texted my parents, who didn't answer no matter where texted or called. So I took the one o'clock bus to Vaalbeek, and crashed at a friend's. Must have been around 2 AM when I got in bed.

Subsequently, you can imagine my dismay at being woken at 5 AM by my throbbing ankle, that had swollen to the size of big grapefruit. I tried to fall asleep again and succeeded, only to be woken up again at 9.30, by my ringing phone. Mum.

"Oh, am I waking you?"
"Noooo..."
"Darling I'm so sorry, I didn't think to check your bedroom last night..."
"I'm at Annaëlle's."

My parents were out for dinner at a friend's the day before. And apparently were asleep when I called.

"Dad threw a huge fit this morning about the fact the he could be a 'papa poule' (a father hen? a doting daddy?) but I was totally irresponsible..."
"Mmm-hmm."
"I'll be there in 30 min to pick you up."

So I proceeded to dress, painfully getting my ankle in my shoe, and go downstairs, where I found my friend's mother. Could have been quite awkward. Luckily she always liked my quiet, polite manners and I got through my cornflakes making small talk. In the end, she drove me back home.

I must confess I deeply enjoyed her slightly chastising my mother.

Mother who has wrapped my ankle in a bandage and had the decency to look ashamed.

This was a shitty post but I wanted to write it. So, done. Oh yes, Krivi? Marine, I don't know if you remember her, was even crazier than usual last night. I made the mistake of dropping your name in the conversation, and she spontaneously concluded you and I have a thing going on. I hope I convinced her otherwise, but I did find that highly amusing.