"Grab my hand" I hear Tim yell...as I see only his hand sticking out of the car window. I am slowly sliding further away from the car on the ice covered hill in my dressy black boots that I have worn about twice a year for the last 10 years...
The snow bank on the side of the hill stops my slide, and I take a step back to climb back up towards the car in the snow. I grab onto Rosie's fender(Rosie is the affectionate name of our 10 year old Hyundai). I slowly scale and slide across the side of the car to grab a hold of Tim's outstretched hand.
He pulls me safely into the car, and asks me to put on my seat belt. All I can squeak out is "NO...Don't Start the Car! DON'T EVEN TRY to go down this hill!!!"
"Its OK" he says, "Just relax and put your seat belt on, everything will be OK"
It was only moments earlier I was in full on panic mode, with all of my strength and body weight pressing down on the brake of the car, and still sliding down the hill. "Slow Down" Tim says in a calm and relaxed voice...
"I CAN"T" I hear myself say as I begin to hyperventilate.
We were on our way to share a night of fun and friendship at a comedy show...
Now, we are stuck with our back end in the snow bank...Emergency brake on. Tim calmly says, lets change positions...as we do, we look like a Laurel and Hardy comedy skit...
Now...Tim decides to TRY...as he turns the wheel, and we slide and spin...thud, we land facing downhill in the snow bank this time. We cant possibly walk up this hill on this ice, and our dashboard is lit up like a Christmas Tree...We Contemplate our actions...
7:10pm; We call the Plow/Sand guys...3 different phone numbers, 3 different answering machines
7:20pm; With no call back yet, we call AAA
8:00pm; AAA calls back, be there in about 30 minutes
8:05pm; Plow Guys call back, be there in about 20 minutes
We Place Our Bets...
9:00pm; New London Fire Department(thank you!) Shows "UP", and instantly slides down the hill backward, ever so slightly clipping Rosie's nose, and ends up in the middle of the road mid way down the hill.
9:10pm; Plow Guys(Thank you!) show up, unable to pass the Fire Department Vehicle...9:11 New London PD shows up(thank you!) he addresses the situation...
9:25pm; The hill in front of us gets sanded, by a talented plow driver moving up the hill backwards...
9:30pm; as we slowly creep down the hill, we meet the AAA truck on his way to rescue us. We thank him...
9:45pm; We stop at Jakes, we need recovery food and wine...
9:50pm; We check in at the Lamplighter Motor Inn (Thank You!) to complete our Date Night...ahhh...joy...
Comedy show? Check...not quite the one we planned
Friends? Check...new ones made, not quite the ones we were expecting!
Date Night? Check...along with a great unexpected memory to tell our grandchildren
What is your most unexpected memory?
9:25pm; The hill in front of us gets sanded, by a talented plow driver moving up the hill backwards...
9:30pm; as we slowly creep down the hill, we meet the AAA truck on his way to rescue us. We thank him...
9:45pm; We stop at Jakes, we need recovery food and wine...
9:50pm; We check in at the Lamplighter Motor Inn (Thank You!) to complete our Date Night...ahhh...joy...
Comedy show? Check...not quite the one we planned
Friends? Check...new ones made, not quite the ones we were expecting!
Date Night? Check...along with a great unexpected memory to tell our grandchildren
What is your most unexpected memory?
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