Before I get into our day and what happened I would like to announce that my youngest son is now officially sworn into the Air Force and we cannot be prouder of him. We hope for many great things for him and I believe this is a great start. I hope he learns to work hard and have some self discipline and that would serve him greatly in his future. I know he wishes to travel too and I can't hardly wait to hear from him in a different country. It is exciting and painful for me at the same time as I know I won't be seeing him very often and he won't need his mommas help anymore.
Our day on the road has been different to say the least we have hit traffic jam after traffic jam on the interstates and one in particular delayed us for an hour and once we found out why, the delay didn't matter. A trucker had an accident and a horriffic one at that. I am not sure if the driver survived but the tangled mess of the truck I would be surprised if he did. His accident happened at 5 a.m. and we drove through at 5 p.m. and they were still cleaning up. We can only speculate as to what happened but from the look of things we think he must of fell asleep at the wheel as there were many scrapes on the concrete of the bridge before the truck went through the metal railings and he plumetted down and must of rolled the truck. We saw two more accidents happen because of the back up of traffic, I swear people go crazy when they are in hurry or think they don't have time to wait like everyone else. One of those accidents happened when we were going 10 mph... not sure why but a guy just rearended the person in front of him and must of hit them pretty good as there was damage to both vehicles. Here is some tips for when you are in a traffic jam:
1. Pick a lane and stay in that lane until you know if you need to switch. Jumping lanes repeatedly will not get you there any faster and you are putting others in danger each time you do so.
2. The shoulder is not a safe place to pass everyone and should be left clear for emergency vehicles and the like.
3. Be patient, we are all waiting and getting mad and blowing your horn or yelling isn't going to do anyone any good.
Luckily all the other times we were in a traffic jam it was because of construction (it is everywhere!) or because it was a busy time of day. I am getting into the point where I am having a bit of road rage myself and I am not even driving, people need to have more courtesy to each other and quit being selfish idiots, and also remember to give truck drivers more room as it is harder for us to stop and move, dodging in front of us is never a good idea.
Today Josh discovered cleavage jam. Yep, sounds disgusting right? Wrong! In our travels there are some foods that we cannot have in the truck unless it is refrigerated and we currently have no way of keeping said items cold and so I have resorted to stocking up on some useful items a little at a time when I see something I want and jam or jelly is one of them. We have taken jelly from our table at restaurants before we usually have our shower bag with us and put them in there, today we didn't have our bag so Josh asked where I was going to put the jam and I took two of them and put them in my bra, you couldn't tell since they were nestled in the middle. Josh asked if I was going to put that on my blog and said sure I am not ashamed! :) I am sure I could have walked out with them in my hand but that wouldn't make a very good story now would it?
I finally got a picture of the Welcome Sign in Tennessee! a real one!! One point to me, zero for Tennessee! Game and match!
Congratulations on your Tennessee sign! Best wishes on finding potty chemicals; of course, maybe you still can't have any more salad.
ReplyDeleteYou two are going to have some awesome memories!