and that just might be sayin somethin considering what i spent about a hundred miles driving on this morning. i don't do ice guys. if you read my earlier post--you know why. it scares the crap outta me. in fact, the stupid little rental car i was driving almost came out from under me just as i was turning out of jamies complex this morning. no shit. i was at a red light in her parking lot-- it turned green...i made a left turn..and whoops there i went-- slidin across the road. i just don't do ice. needless to say .. the 2 and a half hour drive took me like, oh say.. four damn hours. yes. really. it took me so long that jamie called as i walked into the terminal to see if i even got there.
she's used to that stuff--- not me. ice country people drive like the road is dry--- which is terrifying--just so ya know. big rigs would pass me-- on the icy left--fast lane.. i could envision the big ole trailer sliding into my cracker box tinker toy of a "vehicle" - goin 49 mph at the most. they hated me, and i didn't care. i hated them too. cars did it too, but the big rigs were the worst--- just whizzin by. i'm lucky i lived through it. the way i feel, you would think i drove to frickin california. no kiddin. all tensed up--and the car felt like i was sittin on a friggin cinder block. not to mention havin to go out in the freezin cold at like 530 and clear off about 3-4 inches of snow, and scrape ice, and sit in the freezin car til it warmed up-- which took like half an hour. POS avio. NEVER buy one. never even take one as a gift. it's a horrid vehicle. i can't even call it a car. it's a nightmare. but-- i am grateful it did it's job, and got me there safe. can't ask for more i reckon. well--- comfort shouldn't be too much to ask. you'd think.
anyhow--- i do believe that i am cooked. i am so tired i can't even see.
hope you all have happy weekends..
i hope to---
i do have a large hurdle to jump tho
pray i don't break my face on it. :))
23 comments:
So glad to hear that you're home safe and sound. I know it was a real nerve racker having to drive in the snow/ice but wasn't it worth it to spend time with your bestest friend. I can't tell you how happy it made me to know the two of you were enjoying some time together.
Thank God you made it home Soul. I've been thinking about you constantly since I read your last post. Now go and snuggle up in your warm bed and rest your weary body.
That is a gorgeous pic of you and Jamie. I'm pinching it just so you know.
So glad that you made it home safely! I can't believe that you were so close... call me next time!!!!
Woo Hoo! Home safe and sound! Yep, those roads look all too familiar...are you sure you weren't HERE in Michigan? LOL I drive in that crap nearly every day to go to work. See why I'm always bitching?
I'm so glad you two got to visit...that right there is the best medicine around!
Get some rest, Soul-friend!
Glad to see you made it home, and myself driving in cali, i would've turned back at the first turn outta the drive way.. I too don't do ice snow.. or heavey rain.. and i would've been going 15 miles an hour so bye my standards you were speeding.......
Didn't Iowa have a closer airport than that?
Glad you made it home in one piece. You gals look so cute together!
Hope ya took more than ONE pic. lol
do you still have my box of cat litter? :)
love me
hiya mary-
it was worth it of course-- and as awful as it sounds i would do it all over again.
it was just a couple hours that i was scared to death. :))
the rest of the time was great.
we've never had that much time together. in person at least. our visits face to face have always been very short. like overnight or a meal. a few hours at the most. even the overnight ones-- we only stay awake so long ya know. :))
we're such party animals .. bwa hahahahaha.
i really needed this tho. it was simple, we didn't do anything huge, or expensive-- but that isn't what it was about. it was just good to be with her.
i do think if i go back that way though-- it will NOT be in the winter time. i'm sure of it. :))
happy sunday-
hey gypsy--
yep-- i'm here-- i wouldn't say it's warm.. but there's no snow or ice here. and i love that.
oh-- pinch away :)) (it took me ten minutes to get that-- gawd i'm slow--just ask jamie. lol)
i hope you are doin well out there in aussie land
happy sunday to you too---
EE---
just HOW close was I???
that sux. i would have called if i knew i was close-- you know i don't do geography either. remember? i get lost goin to dallas?? ugh. that still hasn't changed. it never will i guess. but i have a GPS now-- and i could find you next time :))
so i will call..
have a happy day
ugh i feel for ya charlotte-- i would die. it was like that-- or worse in kansas-wichita-- for months at a time... i hated it so bad in the winter. i'm so glad we don't live there anymore.
i just don't know how people do live in that stuff--or why.
i guess some folks just handle it better than others-- i'm just not one of the others.
catchya later
have a happy day today
DD--
that's why i'm not a bad weather driver too-- i'm not used to it-- well besides the PTSD-- :))
i just hate it. and i always have that fear of being so damn cold again, like when the jeep slid down the hill---sideways. man that sucked. even the tow truck (s)--2) had to use a wench a cable from the road and pull it up-- they couldn't just go down there and drive it up. we got lucky. almost froze to death-- but we were lucky.
makes me *cringe* thinkin about it.
what's your weather like out there?
happy sunday-
of course they do smocha--
i could have flown into des moines for a mere 800+ dollars ! i would've been at her house in mere moments.
BUT guess what i paid for a flight, car, AND hotel--in kc--just in case---?
333.--and change !
isn't that crazy?
OH guess what time we drove by a bank about half way home from the airport here at home---
yep---
333 pm
wild.
anyhow-- i forgot to ever even call the hotel-- but i didnt need it--obviously-- i got it in case i were to end up with any really stupid flight times.. like 5 a.m.. or something in or out... you reserve before you pay--and pay before you know a thing -- on priceline. risky yes-- but see the price difference? it was worth it. i wouldn't have been able to go-- for 800 .
anyhoooo... i'm sure your box of litter is gone if you left one. i don't do litter duty .. but i assume if you left it-- no one was gonna let it sit here for 5 years. :))
i do have the skull shoes for you though
bwa hahahaha
luv me
goo-bye
PS---- i was not drivin 49 when it looked like that in the picture--- 35 maybe-- just maybe. ooooohhhh it was so scary. i drive like a old lady anyhow-- just imagine me on that crap. i know they were hatin on me. :))
just like i do the traffic phobes who come from out of state through here, at twenty miles an hour scared to death of the traffic.
everyone's afraid of somethin i guess. right?
welp-- i need mo' coffay
i shall cruise around a bit methinks -- famous last words, right? ugh. hey y'all... i try. you know i do.
laterz-
I know it was rough, why can't there be just one four day period in Iowa without bad weather? I really thought we had lucked out earlier in the week.
Can't sleep.
xo
i don't know jamie-- but i keep tellin you to move :))
i'll bottle up some some texas sunshine for ya next time i go fishin..how's that?
quit thinkin about sleepin--then it will just happen.
"relax"
sorry-- but do.
ox
Each time I look at the clock and see 333 I think of you. I'm so glad you two had a good visit and that you're home safely.
that's funny summer-- several people have told me that.
i reckon it's a good thing to be thought of --- whatever it takes eh?
happy sunday to you
Welcome Home :)
Yesh I still exist other than on my own blog :)
Oh you were in Iowa? Trading your short shorts for woolly pants? hehe :)
Glad you had fun Soul, and the two of you look great :)
hiya lynx--
good to see ya-
ya, i see that you do-- i guess i need to spread that message myself eh? folks prolly think i fell off the face of the earth when they have to come hunt me down... it seems not long ago they couldn't get me away , now they never see me.
i'm a blog failure --- of epic proportions.
how did all that come from your one liner?
traveling is not good for me.
the visit was most excellent tho.
it's the recovery that takes a minute-- or two -- ehem, ok, three. :))
headin your way in a bit.
hope things have been good for you.
laterz
motha :))
yup -- it snowed when it wasn't sposed to tho--- maybe you should go out for a visit-- :))
jamie said they ended up with about eight inches-- and it was still comin down. so there's your snow wish comin true. if that was in texas the entire metroplex would be in disaster mode. a few flakes, a little ice-- they shut down schools and sand the roads, it's so stupid here.
boy -- i think i am a bit crab - apple- y today. maybe i should shut my mouth. (fingers)
laterz hen friend :))
Soul -
I'm with ya. I don't do ice either. If it's icy out here in MD, I'm in the house! Too many falls, too many close calls. Not worth it!
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Peace - D
welcome river poet :))
MD? well you are kinda screwed aren't ya?? that's snow country isn't it? i would be hibernating for sure.
i know i did in wichita.
burrrrrrrrr
stay warm-
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