I woke up, disoriented. Desperately needing to pee. The fire had gone out, but the room was warm enough.

I stumbled as I stood. Flinching from the pain that was radiating everywhere. My knees and shoulders. Elbows and chest. Allison was snoozing like a kitty, all curled up in a ball. I saw Kent lying on the far side of the sauna. My own wife nowhere to be seen.

I had to piss so bad, I couldn't care. I threw open the door to the sauna and raced out. It was still pouring rain. The sky this weird light gray. I didn't have time to go far, and I quickly...