Our Luge
My back pain vanished last Saturday morning when the Pres told me he couldn't take a deep breath. A few minutes later he was, thanks to his big red Dodge Diesel, at the ER and admitted. You see, since our gravel road had turned into a luge, I couldn't drive him with the Mini Cooper which meant that his truck, loaded with tools and unlocked, would be sitting in the hospital parking lot unattended.
Telling him that I was coming "one way or another," he said, "Hon, when you come, bring someone who can drive the truck home. I don't want to leave it here with everything in it." Typical Pres...worried about his tools yet to me that meant calling our friend, Luke.
Asking me what time I needed to be there, Luke agreed to drive to my house and leave his truck at our house. Then I drove to the hospital with Luke to visit the Pres and when ready to head home, Luke would drive the big red Dodge Diesel home for me and tuck it snugly in it's new garage.
Asking me what time I needed to be there, Luke agreed to drive to my house and leave his truck at our house. Then I drove to the hospital with Luke to visit the Pres and when ready to head home, Luke would drive the big red Dodge Diesel home for me and tuck it snugly in it's new garage.
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Luke is such a character. Making me smile and asking me if "I had it together" before we even entered the ER and saw the Pres, he made the whole ordeal easier. Leaving late that day as we walked out to the parking lot, he explained to me the "best way to get up that hill" and the route we would take since it would give me a running start on the luge.
So, Luke went first and headed up. I hung back, as instructed, sitting patiently in the Mini. Seeing the big red Dodge Diesel's tires spinning and spinning as the rear end slid toward the deep piles of snow made me cringe. Then seeing Luke back down to a more level area to get some traction, he put it in 4-wheel drive and made it up...barely...on his second try.
My turn.
Doing just what he'd told me to do, I shifted into second gear and began my assent. My Mini made it up with no problem.
No slipping, sliding...nothing.
Good thing I invested in snow tires for the little thing otherwise I'd be at the top of the luge with no sled!
Sharing our luge with you and
Our World Tuesday
No slipping, sliding...nothing.
Good thing I invested in snow tires for the little thing otherwise I'd be at the top of the luge with no sled!
Sharing our luge with you and
Our World Tuesday
Comments
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Hope your husband is okay now!
In Russia, it is impossible to drive without winter tires.
I will try and keep up with your posts more regularly as I now find I can check 'older posts'. I am somewhat of a dodo on the computer and I guess that is why I miss things.
Never having been in a land where it snows (except on a holiday in New Zealand) I have no idea the terrors that must exist with something as simple as driving a car. Keep safe. Hugs
I've been trying to keep up with your posts, even though I haven't commented. Too many life changes all at once.
First I want to say I know how you feel about The Pres and trying to keep him from over doing it. I gave up. For real. My Shug and I were on our way into town two years ago to work on our other house, getting it ready to sell. (it sold) We had to make a stop for him to have a stress test, but had the (Dodge RAM!) truck loaded with tools for work. We were planning on working right after the stress test! He went in for the test and did NOT pass. He had to have a heart cath, immediately. He wanted to do it with no anesthetic so he wouldn't be sick afterwards and the Dr. said he'd try! He couldn't. The pain was unbearable. Then afterwards, he was throwing up blood. They sent him home! I was a mess. A nurse told my parents that the problem with my husband is he is 55 and acts like he's 25. And he is STILL building a house and STILL working a full time job. He refuses to hire it done. GAAAAH! I feel your pain, I really do. The thing is, we have two choices with men like ours. 1) They will do what they want, and we complain about it or 2) They will do what they want, and we don't complain! Either way, they are going to do what they want!
I LOVE your nature pictures. I can't wait to get into our house and watch nature from my kitchen window.
And I love that you call your driveway a LUGE! It's a perfect name for our driveway too. I take pics all winter long of our cars stuck in the drive. We have one vehicle that can make it up and down the drive in the winter with no trouble. Everything else will either be at the bottom of the drive or somewhere in between waiting on a thaw! Which is here!!! YAY!
OK this is long, I know. I'll go now. Chat later.
Cindy Bee
I've only just caught up with your recent posts JP so please pass on my good wishes to the Pres and I do hope he is "not behaving badly"!