Happy Birthday Tony!

Yesterday we went to Chuckee Cheese to celebrate Tony's 33rd Birthday. He really loves this place.

The boys really love this place. They have a lot of fun going from game to ride to visiting with Chuckee to eating horrible pizza to picking a prize from all of their hard earned tickets. What more could you really ask for???

Not this..... that's for sure!

We weren't in the car on our way home for more than 2 seconds when this truck missed his turn and slammed right into the brick wall. Next thing we knew we were jumping out of our car, a teenage girl was climbing out of the back window and the rest of the three people were still in the truck. Tony helped to get the front passenger out of the door, meanwhile the driver got himself out and and instantly was trying to get back in to drive away..... DRUNK!!

The bastard was drunk. Four teenagers out driving just after 12noon DRUNK!! You can't even believe the outrage we had for his kid. On two occaissions Tony had to stand and not let him get back into his truck as he knew he was in trouble and wanting to escape. The two girls were in pretty bad shape, cuts and bleeding and a bump the size of a large orange on her forehead. We can only assume it was her head that made the back window smash open.

Once the ambulance arrived, the paramedics weren't too pleased with the kids. We overheard them tell the police officer that they were not cooperative. The police officer placed the driver under arrest for impaired driving immediately.

An hour later, a statement given in the back of the police car by Tony, and the news he would have to attend court did not make for a happy ending to our birthday celebration.

It took every ounce of me to not to loose it on the drunken kids... if it weren't for the fact that I would have burst in to tears the minute I tried to speak, I would have told that kid that he wasn't much younger than the drunk that killed my brother 32 years ago. And I would have told him that he was the luckiest man alive because he didn't kill his friends or any other innocent victims.

As much as Tony doesn't want to waste another minute on this kid, if his testimony helps to convict him, his time is well served!

The drunk in the police car

Tony giving his statement

Finally over!