Update on driving in bad weather: thank god I was actually using my noodle on Friday when I was out in the sleet. I decided to back into my garage. I'm not exactly a great "back-er upper" nor a great parallel parker, but I figured it would make my life easier if I did it in the event of bad weather.
Well the bad weather arrived in the form of a thick sheet of ice on my driveway. (Form of water, form of a bucket - Wonder Twin Powers ACTIVATE). I was running around on Sunday morning trying to get ready to leave for the airport. Trying to decide if I should just postpone the trip or even cancel. I finally decide that if I'm gonna go it's going to be Sunday otherwise, there is no point in going. So I pull out of my driveway - which isn't very long...and there is the slightest of inclines before the curb dropoff into the road. The car gets stuck.
Sigh...so I'm sitting there trying to figure out what I should do next. I get some salt to create some traction, then I get my shovel and try to pound on the rock solid ice. I move about a 1/2 a foot. I was completely stuck. Couldn't go forward, couldn't go backward. I'm seriously about to burst into tears...when thankfully one of my neighbors, that I have met once comes out to get his paper and sees me struggling and then a random car drives by and both men help me "rock" the car out of my driveway.
So, thank you thank you thank you!!! I think I'll take cookies or something over to the neighbor. I have no idea what I would have done if they hadn't have come along...I'd probably still be there, crying like a big baby.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment