Overall I think I try real hard not to be an asshole. But recently I wasn’t so successful. Here’s a bit of the backstory.

This week has been a slow, uncomfortable whirlwind. My mom had a fall on Monday afternoon. She’s 87, already disabled, and fragile; she ended up in the hospital.

Since then I’ve been spending my days at the hospital with her, keeping her company, providing support, and being an interface for her care. There’s more I could say about that, but it doesn’t help the point of this particular part of the story.

I’ve been preoccupied and distracted and off- balance all week; coping ok with my mom’s circumstance and what next steps will likely play out, albeit not sure about the timeline.

And one thing I wasn’t paying much attention to how I parked this morning and partially blocked another car in the parking lot; I didn’t realize it until I got this note.

So Person Who Wrote This Note,

MY BAD. FULL STOP.

I’ll pay better attention next time.