A Strange Day

Hubby and I woke to the sound of rain falling outside. We both looked at the clock, and saw that all four dogs had allowed us to sleep well past 8 o’clock! I think the reason they did, is because they had no intention of going out into the rain. We enjoyed the extra sleep, but then got up to start our day.

Actually, I enjoyed the lazy morning, and cooked a nice breakfast and lunch before preparing to go to my appointment for a mammogram.

However, between breakfast and lunch the weather took a turn here, that was a bit of a surprise. We had rain in the morning and then it began to snow!

Hubby offered to drive me to my appointment, but I said, no as I did not anticipate any problems. There were none going down, but coming home, the temperatures had dropped even further, the wind had increased and I was 3/4 of the way home when I lost control of the Jeep and skidded across the other lane of traffic and into a large snow bank!

I hate black ice!

I cannot tell you how scary it was to see the snow bank coming toward me so quickly. It brought back so many terrible memories, and then it stopped. Almost like in “The Wizard of Oz” when the house landed after being caught up in the tornado.

Immediately three men stopped and provided their help. One man had a large truck with chains, and two young men pushed and the three of them got my Jeep out of the snowbank. The man with the truck followed me home to make sure I got here okay, and then headed off with a wave.

It was above and beyond neighborly!

Hubby had come out to rescue me, but he saw me driving home and followed me. He got a fire started in the hearth and handed me a brandy to sip.

And he hugged me and let me know he was happy I was okay.

So tonight I am feeling totally wiped out and still very emotional. I think I need a good night sleep and perhaps a little distance from the event.