Notice I didn’t say “Happy Anniversary”! Man . . I need to take some happy pills, don’t I?
We Left Them
Three years ago tomorrow, we left MO and left Chad and Nicole behind. We left the red tag man behind and that *almost* balanced out leaving Chad and Nicole. I was sitting on the driveway in a lawn chair bawling my eyes out as they were telling me goodbye and they were all happy to be starting their new life together . . without mom in the picture.
I left about two hours ahead of Vince. He stayed behind to finish up with the movers and he was going to meet me in OK, just on the MO side of Tulsa, where we were going to spend the night. He gave me explicit directions on how to get there but I put the address into my GPS and took a bit of a different path and wouldn’t you know it . . there was an accident about 10 cars ahead of me on I-44 between the exit Vince told me to take and the exit I was going to take and I sat there in traffic, with Speck, for well over 2 hours. Finally, the police let us all turn around and go the wrong way on the interstate and back track to the first exit and get off. Not sure why it took 2 hours to make that decision but no one asked me.
Accident on I-44
I had water for Speck and his leash so I was able to take him for a walk. There was a church van not too far behind me and they had sandwich making supplies and offered those near them a sandwich. Vince ended up getting to the hotel over an hour before I did.
I’m thankful I wasn’t in the accident so I’m not complaining about that . . but mid-August is not a good time to be stuck on the interstate for hours . . especially when everyone was trying to talk and be nice and I was still bawling!
So, three years we’ve been in Texas. There are days when I think we’ll be here forever. Those days don’t usually occur in July, August or September so please don’t ask me right now if I think we’ll stay forever. In about January or February, when Chad is telling me how much snow they have (and I know that’s nothing compared to what some folks get), I think we’ll be here forever. Who knows what will happen with us but it’s been fun to live in the different states . . it’s not so much fun being so far from Chad, Nicole and Addie.
Linda in NE says
The long range forecast for this part of the country says our Fall could be more like winter….cold, rainy, maybe even snow….and it could start next month. Good Grief, this is Nebraska, not Alaska! So when it does, I’ll be thinking of you down there in TX where it’s warmer. It’s been such a weird weather year that the forecast really doesn’t surprise me. All I can say is that those tomatoes & squash had better hurry up and mature & ripen!!! Apples & pears too!!
Amy Skattebo says
It’s been THREE YEARS??? Already!?!?!?!?
Holy cow. Where DOES the time go??
Nancy says
Our kids and grandkids are so special to us, aren’t they. We are enjoying being so close to our oldest and her family here in Alabama, but I am longing for our other 2 daughters and their families. We haven’t seen the ones in CA for a little more than two years and won’t see them for at least 6 more months. We saw the ones in Virginia last Christmas, and I was hoping to see them soon. But that is looking questionable right now. I think I need some of your happy pills:)
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