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My favorite saying is 'when does the hurting stop'
Theres a really bad flu bug going around this town and it hit me a few weeks ago.
The local doctors office is swamped so it takes a few weeks to get in at all.
Finally the flu went on its way... and now im sick again with another damned cold.
This one has been hanging on for over a week and just getting worse.
Brutal fever I feel like death once again. I saw the doctor and he said theres nothing he can do about it.
In this town everybody works at the same place so we all get sick together. My whole family and all my coworkers are sick.
Anyway I made around four grand last week and then I had a week off. My girlfriend wanted to get a haircut but the nearest place for that is about a three hour drive. So I decided it was time to go spend some cash. I needed a new ipod and some reloading manuals anyway.
The weather report was 'blowing snow, high wind, several inches on the ground and -40.
Thats kind of the usual around here so we really dont let that sort of weather stop us from doing what we do.
So me and my girlfriend packed our feverish selves into the family car. It has no heater so we put on several layers of clothes and wrapped blankets around ourselves. It was so cold inside the car there was frost all over the interior and we could see our breath. The drive is pretty much a straight line right through the prairies, nothing but farmers fields between here and the city.
The roads were icy and the blowing snow made it almost whiteout. We drove about an hour and a half and were about halfway to our destination. There was a surprising amount of traffic that day and we were stuck behind a slow moving 18 wheeler that was kicking up snow and rocks. I tried to pass the truck. Everything was by the book... we were still under the speed limit... there was oncoming traffic but it was quite far ahead. We got up too about 120 kph and just as we passed the rig our tires let loose on the ice and we spun several times down the on coming lane of the highway then down an embankment and slid sideways about 40 feet into a field. As we were sliding down the road my girlfriend was freeking out I said 'dont worry well be fine just hang on' As soon as we came to a stop the car was buried in a layer of snow and ice and grass. I shut it off and got out to have a look, the front tire was shredded off the rim.
Right away two other vehicles stopped to see if we were alright. The first one was an off duty paramedic and she asked if we we ok. The other one was an agent in a company truck for the insurance company that I have my health and life coverage through (kind of funny that)
I called roadside assistance to send a tow truck. In the mean time people in pickup trucks kept pulling up too us every 2-3 minutes asking if we were alright. I changed the tire and one of the trucks that stopped pulled us out of the field. So I called and cancelled the tow truck and we continued our drive. It took about 40 minutes for my girlfriend to stop shaking because she was so frightened by the accident. I have at least one off road event like this per year. this year ive had three. In this last months every member of my family has ended up in a ditch at least once. My girlfriend says my driving scares her, which kind of makes me feel bad. I used to be a more cautious driver but where I live now is so far from any cities or any LEO's that nobody really bothers with speed limits or road rules, its sort of every man for himself here. No traffic no traffic lights, two roads... North and South.
So the girlfriend got her haircut and we did some shopping and got some dinner. I noticed one of the tires was flat so I had to fix that. It was now 8:00 pm and we were about to start the drive home. We arrived home a few hours later both mottled shades of grey and red from the cold and crawled into bed with horrible fevers and slept most of the next day. Im still sick and its back to work tomorrow for another week in the cold. Perhaps ill stay home I dont know... I cant decide. On one hand dead sick on the other hand I hate missing work bah. I have to go un thaw my car so I can get to the bank and pay rent.
Laterz all !
Theres a really bad flu bug going around this town and it hit me a few weeks ago.
The local doctors office is swamped so it takes a few weeks to get in at all.
Finally the flu went on its way... and now im sick again with another damned cold.
This one has been hanging on for over a week and just getting worse.
Brutal fever I feel like death once again. I saw the doctor and he said theres nothing he can do about it.
In this town everybody works at the same place so we all get sick together. My whole family and all my coworkers are sick.
Anyway I made around four grand last week and then I had a week off. My girlfriend wanted to get a haircut but the nearest place for that is about a three hour drive. So I decided it was time to go spend some cash. I needed a new ipod and some reloading manuals anyway.
The weather report was 'blowing snow, high wind, several inches on the ground and -40.
Thats kind of the usual around here so we really dont let that sort of weather stop us from doing what we do.
So me and my girlfriend packed our feverish selves into the family car. It has no heater so we put on several layers of clothes and wrapped blankets around ourselves. It was so cold inside the car there was frost all over the interior and we could see our breath. The drive is pretty much a straight line right through the prairies, nothing but farmers fields between here and the city.
The roads were icy and the blowing snow made it almost whiteout. We drove about an hour and a half and were about halfway to our destination. There was a surprising amount of traffic that day and we were stuck behind a slow moving 18 wheeler that was kicking up snow and rocks. I tried to pass the truck. Everything was by the book... we were still under the speed limit... there was oncoming traffic but it was quite far ahead. We got up too about 120 kph and just as we passed the rig our tires let loose on the ice and we spun several times down the on coming lane of the highway then down an embankment and slid sideways about 40 feet into a field. As we were sliding down the road my girlfriend was freeking out I said 'dont worry well be fine just hang on' As soon as we came to a stop the car was buried in a layer of snow and ice and grass. I shut it off and got out to have a look, the front tire was shredded off the rim.
Right away two other vehicles stopped to see if we were alright. The first one was an off duty paramedic and she asked if we we ok. The other one was an agent in a company truck for the insurance company that I have my health and life coverage through (kind of funny that)
I called roadside assistance to send a tow truck. In the mean time people in pickup trucks kept pulling up too us every 2-3 minutes asking if we were alright. I changed the tire and one of the trucks that stopped pulled us out of the field. So I called and cancelled the tow truck and we continued our drive. It took about 40 minutes for my girlfriend to stop shaking because she was so frightened by the accident. I have at least one off road event like this per year. this year ive had three. In this last months every member of my family has ended up in a ditch at least once. My girlfriend says my driving scares her, which kind of makes me feel bad. I used to be a more cautious driver but where I live now is so far from any cities or any LEO's that nobody really bothers with speed limits or road rules, its sort of every man for himself here. No traffic no traffic lights, two roads... North and South.
So the girlfriend got her haircut and we did some shopping and got some dinner. I noticed one of the tires was flat so I had to fix that. It was now 8:00 pm and we were about to start the drive home. We arrived home a few hours later both mottled shades of grey and red from the cold and crawled into bed with horrible fevers and slept most of the next day. Im still sick and its back to work tomorrow for another week in the cold. Perhaps ill stay home I dont know... I cant decide. On one hand dead sick on the other hand I hate missing work bah. I have to go un thaw my car so I can get to the bank and pay rent.
Laterz all !
