Wednesday's What???

Some days, you have to wonder, or at the very least blurt out, "What in the world?" ( I know some of you have the propensity to utter the short "what-the-insert-expletive-here" but I'll leave those words for you and your pondering outbursts.)

I spent much of yesterday with that phrase in my forethoughts, while trying to sort through the various dialogs with health care professionals providing care for my mother-in-law.  It was a long, confusing, sad day.  "What the?"

Driving home after dark, I decided to stop for a bite to eat.  The traffic signal at that particular intersection was out.  Nobody seemed to know what to do, so I cautiously proceeded through while cars were beginning to back up on all sides.  I turned into the burger joint to find a hand-written cardboard sign blocking the drive through window.  Scrawled across the board were the words:

 NO POWER

NO ELECTRICITY

 NO FOOD

"What the?"

I scanned the neighborhood as I drove home.  Street lights were shining and homes were lit, so I figured it must be an isolated incident.  I pulled in the garage, closed the door, and just as I opened the trunk of my car, my world went dark.  I fumbled my way to the house by the dim trunk light.  I was greeted by a familiar voice sitting nearby, but could see nothing but blackness no matter how long I stood there waiting for my eyes to adjust.  "What the?"

This morning, although I'd reset my clock after the power returned, I saw the numbers flashing.  What time was it?  I looked at my phone and noticed it was an hour later than my alarm should have gone off.  I checked to see if I'd set my phone alarm correctly.  PM was checked in stead of AM.  "What the?"

Strong winds had broken branches outside.  The tomato plant I rescued from the first frost and snow was laying in a heap at the bottom of the steps, along with my treasured nearly ripened tomatoes.  "What the?"

While back at the hospital I received a message from my niece.  It read, "My daughter has lice, you should check yourself just in case.  Le me know ok?"  Last week I attended her 6 year old birthday party.  My head began to itch.  "What the?"

I came home this afternoon, after spending 7 hours at the hospital to a phone call.  I listened to the message:  "Reports of shots fired near insert-location-here, police are responding.  Remain inside, seek shelter immediately.  Updates to follow."  The message was from the University my son attends.  "What the?"

I'm thinking I should go back to bed or something.  If I did, my husband would fly in and be standing at the airport, with no wife to greet him saying,  "What the?"