So long to the Comfort Inn.....

So.. yeah... This is a pic of the hotel I USED to sleep in while I worked.. Yes.. those are SWAT team members.. Yes.. those are LARGE guns they are carrying... YES there was a standoff!

So, some of "Patricia's People" (aka known as African Americans, but here at the hospital we refer to them as "her people" or "my people" in a very humorous way!)....anyway - some of "her people" decided to rob the nearby IHOP (that I used to eat at), come to MY hotel, get a room and hide out. WTF??? So.. the story goes...

I got off of work this morning, went to the room, took my 75mg of Benadryl (I am off of the ambien), got a shower and was asleep by 745. I wake up at 330'ish with something sounding like someone slamming a room door or breaking a room door down...(it was the latter). All happening next door to me. Then I hear people running (easily could be kids running around)... So, no worries, I get up go pee and get back in bed. Then I check my phone to see what time it is and Ms. Pat has called me and left a voicemail. She KNOWS that I sleep until 5pm.. so, I think "something could be wrong....". I check my voicemail and it is her saying, "Kristy, sweetie... this is Ms. Pat.. you need to get up, your hotel is on the news and it is surrounded by cops and stuff.. Something is going on, get up and let me know you are ok...!" Holy Shit.... So I call her and she proceeds to tell me that my hotel is on live T.V. in a standoff... I call the front desk and ask, "This is Kristy in 202. Am I ok??".. the reply.."well...hmmmm.....yeah...." Not very reassuring. So, I try to call Jay to talk to him and figure out what i should do.. no answer.. So I call mom.. I really did not want to call her because she would worry.. but, I needed someone to talk to. So, while on the phone with her I look outside.... there are officers in black bullet proof vests that say, SWAT, SHERIFFS DEPT and JPD... there are 4 news crews LIVE, at least 2 ambulances....and me.. standing there looking out the window in my panties and t-shirt. If ever there was a time to "put some clothes and my shoes on" it was now... (my dad always made us do that in bad weather and I still do it!!!).. Never Have I EVER!! so, I sit there on my bed....on the phone with my mom.... and wait...

I go look out the window again..... it looks as though they are clearing out.. so I call the front desk and she tells me that they got the one guy and the other got away... GREAT!! So.. I get my ass up, get dressed and promptly check out of the hotel with no plans to return! EVER! That was enough of South Ghetto for me.

I have been here for almost a year (sept 10) and have not once felt uneasy.. But, today.. It did me in. I am going to Cheryl's today.. Don't know about after that. My contract ends sept 20. So, not too many more nights to work. But, I will definitely will not be returning to the most comfortable Comfort Inn on Greenway Drive.

So long Ms. Kathy and Jeff. It was nice doing business with you!!!