So, I say this every time I post, but it has been a
hellacious month. Let me begin my
starting where I left off – my birthday.
The Good:
The Wednesday before my birthday I got a call from the radio
station I listen to saying that I won tickets to the Chevelle concert the
Saturday after my birthday! I was pretty
excited because I never win anything and I completely forgot that I put my name
in the drawing. Then, Friday (my birthday)
I received another call saying that I also won a “meet and greet” with the band
before the concert! Say what?!!! Brad and I got to meet the band and have a
picture taken along with a personally autographed band photo. How cool is that? The concert was awesome and it was definitely
a great birthday present.
I also finished off the semester with two A’s, woo hoo!
The Bad:
Well, even though the concert was awesome and it was a great
experience, Brad and I didn’t have as much fun as we should have due to some
other issues with Brad’s work. People
that we thought were friends turned out to be really big assholes who were only
out for themselves and to destroy Brad due to jealously and revenge. Some people were trying really hard to get
him fired and the Monday after my birthday and the concert was a big meeting,
so we had other things on our minds. The
good news (sort of) is Brad still has a job.
On top of everything else going on at his job, the new truck he has been
driving for almost a year started to breakdown.
This meant that Brad did a lot of sitting while it was being worked on,
which meant less money for us to put towards the house and closing. The truck went into the shop twice and acted
up a third time, so Brad was to take it to the shop again and get in a spare
truck until it was finished after the holidays.
Which brings me to -
The Ugly:
Because Brad was behind due to all the sitting around he had
to do, he decided to work through the weekend before Christmas and come home
Monday night and I decided to go with him over the long weekend. Well, I met Brad on Friday and first thing
Saturday morning, some jackass truck driver decided to pull out right in front
of us. The bastard didn’t even stop at
the stop sign, just pulled right out and made a left turn. The problem?
We were in the right lane coming straight at him. There were two options, hit his trailer full
of cotton or hit the ditch. Thankfully
due Brad’s quick thinking and skillful driving I am here to write this post. Brad took the ditch route and we hit the
approach went up and over it, through a fence and came to a stop. We both had our seatbelts on and no one was
hurt, but the truck was a mess. I
immediately looked at the truck and to my amazement, the fucker kept driving. I picked up my phone and started running
after him and tried to flag down a car because I knew if he left and we didn’t
get a license plate or something, he would be gone and it would be a fight with
the insurance company. To my amazement,
no one stopped. Thank God we were not
injured because I think we would have died out there waiting for someone to
call for help. So, after a very long
day and the guy we were delivering the hay to was sweet enough to drive us to
Amarillo so we could rent a car and drive home.
Not only was the accident a major event on its own, not having a truck
to drive also meant that Brad was not going to be earning extra money which put
us in another state of worry. The only
good thing about the accident, yes, I said good thing, was Brad caught a cold
Monday and I think it turned into bronchitis.
So even if he had a truck to drive, he wouldn’t have been able to. Plus, it gave us time to get the flooring in
the new house put in. So, even as messed
up as it all was, it sort of worked out.
The cops did end up catching the other driver, and he maintains that he
didn’t see anyone coming (no shit!) and that he wasn’t there when we went into
the ditch. He says we were going too
fast for the corner and went off into the ditch. Now it’s up to the insurance companies, but I
really hope Brad’s company insurance doesn’t let that one slide by.
The Other Stuff:
Due to the accident and Brad’s illness we spent a quiet
Christmas at home and went over to a friend’s house for dinner. Christmas
didn’t really feel like Christmas this year and after a really crappy December
I was just ready to get onto the New Year.
We spent the first week in January laying the floors in the new home and
I finished up the tiling last week. I
was so tired afterwards! I know that
there are quite a few spots where I messed up the cuts, but I think did ok for
the first time.
And with all of the above going on, I had an interview with
an assisted living facility after Christmas and got a job offer last Friday. Orientation starts on Monday and I’m not sure
how many nights I will be working a week, but it’s nice to know that I’ll
finally found a job. Oh, and I also had my PA interview last week,
but I will go into that in a separate post.
:o)
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