Holy fuck....
This is not related to anything, I just need to get it out.
I was just doing a delivery for work, and I got to the apartment address it was supposed to go to. I knocked immediately upon arrival, but then noticed that there were already loud sounds coming from in the apartment. Screaming, in fact... and lots of it. Words were difficult to make out, but I definitely heard "He's not breathing!" Lots of yelling back and forth followed, then some noises that sounded sort of like someone collapsing against a wall, and then extremely deep and loud sobbing. Then, pretty much just silence....
All this while I'm just kind of standing out there half trying to act cool and half turning my head inconspicuously to hear better, wondering what the fuck I should do and if I should try to make myself known again or not, when suddenly a guy not too much older than me comes walking out with a smile on his face to take the order like nothing happened. I didn't even have to bring it up, he clearly was like I am now in that he just could not hold that in, after a quick generic greeting he did kind of a chuckle like he was still extremely shaken up but simultaneously relieved, and told me that his baby had momentarily stopped breathing, but then it turned out to just be holding its breath for some reason. No wonder he was so relieved....
I told him I was glad it was all okay, said goodbye, called my supervisor, and told them I was clocking out for the day. I'm not doing anything else after that. Fuck....
I'm still feeling the emotions of it too. Knowing that it was all fine in the end doesn't make them any less intense or lasting. Time to relax for the evening....
I hope everyone else is having a good weekend. 8(