It stormed here Tuesday and blew on Wednesday. Took me 2 or 3 tries to get in my drive. By Thursday, things calmed down and I was going to call Craig to plow … but I got busy at work and forgot. Consequently, it took another 2 or 3 tries to get in Thursday night.
By Friday, you’d think I’d have learned my lesson. Craig is 22, so I assume he’s not an early riser. I planned to call him mid-morning. Got to work. Got busy. Went to the gym. (Normally Friday is my night off, but I missed Tuesday and Wednesday.) Stopped by the grocery store, because we were out of dog food. (Going to the store when you haven’t had supper, but have walked a couple of miles on the treadmill is … bad … very bad.)
I didn’t think about my driveway again till close to 8, when I was 10 minutes from home. Oh well, I’d managed to get in the past 2 night. I could do it again, right? Wrong. The plow had been through and I couldn’t see exactly where my drive met the road. I rounded off the corner a little too much. So I said a few words and put it in reverse. It backed up a yard or 2 and stopped. Forward … inches. Backward … nothing.
Of course, I didn’t have the good sense to stop them. No, I had to spin my tires awhile. Finally, I decided to grab what I could (NOT the 40 pound bag of dog food), turn on my hazards (My left bumper was in the road a bit.) and head inside. Ate and changed clothes. A half hour later, the dogs and I headed back out. I dug and cussed, while several people slowed down to stare and then went on. After about a half hour, one of the gawkers stopped.
“Do you need some help, mam?”
“Oh, I was just an idiot. Lived here 30 years, but I turned too soon for the drive.”
“Well, that doesn’t mean you don’t need help.”
Sounds like a line out of a script, but it’s true. He hooked a chain to the back and pulled me out. I have no idea who he is. Since it was dark, I might not even recognize him in the daylight.
But I really appreciate it.
Anyway, I parked at the neighbors for the night. Their drive doesn’t drift shut. Saturday, I called Craig.
