Time of My Life

Muddin In A Honda...that's right...a Honda Accord

So...I had a fun night tonight...and I'm too tired and lazy to retype the story...so I'm going to cheat and paste the IM conversation that I had with a good friend of mine and let us tell you the story:

Me : hehe......so are you ready for my episode???
Me : it's interesting
Her : YES!!
Me : it'll make you laugh
Her : this may be the highlight of my night
Me : it will be...
Me : okay...so my sister asked me to come over to her house to watch her kiddo while she went to Bunko and while her husband was still at work...she was shooting for about 5:45-6ish...I I left here at 5:40ish...knowing full well that I wasn't going to get there any sooner...
Me : I went a different way because she said that it was faster...
Me : So...I'm making record time getting to her house that normally takes about 25+ minutes
Me : 8 minutes to 6 I come to the decision point in the trip...Do I a) keep going on 1878, and then take a right on 95 and then back track up to her house....or...b) Do I go down the County Road and make it there faster because it'll spit me out right at her drive way..
Me : Now I've been down the Count Road before..it's no big deal...just a dirt road with some pot holes
Me : so 8 til 6, I throw reason out the window and decide to go down the dirt road...because really...it couldn't be that bad...it didn't rain today...
Me : so... are you smiling yet?
Her: :-D
Me : k...good
Her: lol
Me : so I'm going down the County Road... no big deal..some puddles...some normal bumps...I'm driving along...dodododododo...right
Me : I am over half way down the road...3 minutes to 6...my sister always gives me a hard time for being late...
Me : I come upon a BIG puddle of mud...
Me : I do a hard brake before the puddle...I assess the possible points of entry and I decide that the best way in would be in the middle...
Me : so I gun it...
Me : half way through the puddle...the car starts to slide to the right...
Me : and then it stopped...
Me : you're laughing...
Me : so I lived outside of Tomball for some 14 years...I have heard stories of hicks/outdoors type people at my highschool going mudding...and how to get unstuck...so I know what to do..or so I thought..
Me : so...I make a hard left and put a little gas on it...
Me : my car went voom...my tires went...no where.
Her: HAHAHAHAHA
Me : so...I do a hard right, throw it in Reverse and tap the gas...and IT MOVED!!!
Me : but just into the mud more
Me : so I put the car in park open my door and look to the left...
Me : not bad...some mud...but any car could go through that...
Me : I close my door...let out a yell/scream of desperation...and climb to the left side of the car...open the door to find mud up to the door....
Me : so....I get out of the car to survey the damage at a different angle...
Me : oh...yeah...this County Road...it has chicken farms on it...so not only does it REEK!!!..but it also has these "nature" type sounds...
Me : not my favorite...
Her : HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Me : I walk around the car to see what I can do to find nothing...so I get back into the car to find my cell phone knowing full and well that I lost signal 2 miles into the trip out to my sisters...
Me : so i'm in Analog...I dial my sister's house phone because now it's 6
Me : but my phone cannot complete the call as dialed...there is not a server available
Me : so after a few choice words, I get back out of the car to find one bar with my antenna all the way out and my arm outstretched all the way...
Me : I dial my sister's number again...the call finally goes through....
Me : well...long enough for me to say...I'm STUCK IN THE MUD...HELP...and then I lost signal
Me : I moved around a little more and found 2 bars and called back...
Me : now remember...hand/arm outstretched...antenna fully extended...mind you...in the MUD
Her : oh yes i have that pictured....LOL
Me : I call back...long enough to say..." On your *-* county road."....lost call
Me : I throw the phone back into the car...scream...which in turn only makes the birds/"nature" sounds go louder...I swear they sounded like they were on a mic
Me : so I start walking around the car looking for something that I can place under my tire because I know that that's all I need...something for my tire to get a hold of... so I find a rotting piece of wood...I PICK IT UP...and put it under my tire...
Me : I walk back to the driver side to find that at this time my shoes are covered....COVERED in east TX crappy mud
Her : ewww
Me : so...I pop the trunk to see what I have back there to use...and I find...2 Walmart bags.!!!...and a pair of old Vet/scrub pants...from back in the day...
Me: so I pull the bags and pants out and walk back to my door...
Me: I put the first bag on my shoes...and go to sit...except, I lost my balance...and my foot goes back into the water/mud/nastiness
Her : ohhh
Me : I say something not nice...shake the foot off...sit down...and put the other bag on the foot and try to see if the rotting lumber would work...
Me : I hear wood breaking...yet no sudden movements...
Me : so I take the bags off the feet, get out the car and walk down a ways closer to my sister's house and recall her...
Me : the call goes through the first time...thankfully...she asked if I was okay...and that Jonathan was on his way out there...he had just gotten off of work...so that meant another 20+minutes...my brain goes...um no...
Me : so I ask her if she knew of any 2x4's lying around her house or the outside of her house because that's all I need...just something to put under my tire so that it will grab onto it...
Me : her response..."Um...I don't know where Jonathan keeps those things...and I really can't get away right now...I changing a dirty diaper...
Me : Then, she goes into this lecture of..."Why did you go that way anyway?? It was raining all week? What were you thinking..Blah blah blah blah...I yell back, arm and antenna outstretched..."Thanks for the help...I'll do it myself...being that this *-* phone doesn't work I can't really talk...bye."
Me : I walk back to the car and throw the phone back in the car...and I go on a search for more lumber
Me : so walk around to find some sticks...so I collect a few and then go tip-toeing back to my car and gingerly shove them under the tire
Me : I go back to the car...sit first...then put the bags back on my feet...restart the car and try to move...nothing...
Me : at this exact moment...I lay my head down on the steering wheel, when I see head lights....
Me : I reach over...slam on the emergency flashers...and pray they stop...
Me: I begin to roll down my window when they begin to speed up as they pass me...I quickly reroll up my window as they pass...after they get through the pit of despair...they slam on the brakes and one yells..."You stuck??"
Me: Later...I think of a Bill whatever his name is ..."Here's your sign" comment..but say nothing..I sheepishly answer...Yes....and the passenger gets out...I turn to get out of the car and he says...no...stay...I'm gonna rock it, you lightly tap the gas and I'll get you out
Me : I say...okay...and thank you...and he yells "Ready?!?"
Me : I do what he says...but not much happens...we stop and the driver gets out of the car with a bottle of Bean...I think...I need to bone up more on my hard liqueur bottles I guess...and he helps his buddy rock my car out of the mud
Me : So I thank them, apologize that they had to get dirty...and we both leave...
Me : So I drive out to my sisters and get out of the car to find my sister and the baby looking at me shaking her head and looking at the right side of the car..just about up to the window is covered with mud...it was at this point that I wish that I had my camera...but I didn't
Me : I begin to wash the car down when she says..."I called Mom you know."
Me : I scream..."WHAT?!?!..She's going to kill me..."
Me : You see...I'm 22...and I'm not allowed on that road for this very reason!!!
Me : Her explanation was...well, I couldn't get you back, so I thought that you might call Mom...
Me : Why on God's green earth would she think that I would call my mother who is 200+ miles away that can do nothing on a this great phone, I'll never know...
Me : so Jonathan comes a couple seconds later...by this time...I'm just glad to be out..so I'm laughing and smiling...
Me : because it would only happen to me...
Her : yes that is true
Her : your life is never dull, lol
Me : Thanks..so he cleaned off my car...I washed my pants...and it's all in the past...except for the mud on the inside of my wheel basin...or something that he missed that makes my car shake at 62 mps+...
Me : so that was my fun episode...
Me : sorry it took so long...but in order to appreciate the ending...you had to know the whole story
Her : wow that was way too funny....i can just picture you out in the boondocks sitting stuck in
Her : b/c you can't make this kind of stuff up
Me: I know...that's why I wished that I had my camera...
Her : oh that would have been great
Me : The kicker is that I even had a self discussion about going down the County Road or not...
Her : hehe thats the really funny part
Me : but for some reason...one day of sun shine would have dried 2 weeks of rain...
Me : so all was okay...
Her : specially east Texas clay
Her : yeah at least they were able to get you out and you car wasn't hurt
Me : I know...that's what I was so thankful about...and why I was able to laugh later, much later...
Her : well i think you've had your fun for the month w/ that one
Me : thanks....me too...the only problem is that is just the 10th...what do I do for the remaining 18 days??
Her : hide
Her : lol...or just don't go down any more roads you don't know!

So...that was my evening...sorry it's so long...but in order to know what's going on...you have to know the whole story...so...And that's the rest of the story...night...I'm going to go to sleep...

Current Song:(seriously) Mud on the Tires, by Brad Pasiely

posted by Melinda @ 11:03 PM