This evening, like we do every spring, my church had Bible quizzing for the evening service. We were quizzing on Romans 12:1-12 and Psalm 23. Now you have to realize, there are some folks in my church who are amazing quizzers and quick jumpers and have all the verses perfectly memorized. And there are others -- like me -- who are not very quick jumpers, and only skimmed over the verses a few times this afternoon, but enjoy the exhilaration of being up on stage and doing my best to actually be the first off the pad. Well, I never got that honor tonight, but I must admit that I still enjoyed trying:).
On Wednesday, I will begin my two-week vacation! And yes, I'm plenty excited! Mom and I will head down to Marysville and meeting Laurena there, and I will travel the rest of the way to Virginia. After spending a couple days there with Laurena, I'll be heading on out to Arkansas with a young family (Mike & Sarah, Josh) who lives in the same area of VA as Laurena. In AR, I get to spend a little over a week with my dear friend, Hannah. And the reason for this trip? The wedding of another friend - Maria (to DJ) - on March 16. Thanks to Maria (and DJ, lol) for the excuse to take a vacation! Oh, and as far as coming back...current plans are to ride back to VA with the Mike & Sarah, then Ria will come to VA and pick me up to bring me back home. Clear as mud, eh?:)
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
My [not so very] quiet evening at home...
All day yesterday I was so looking forward to the evening, which I thought would be my first nice quiet evening at home during this crazy week, and I knew I'd be alone. Mom and Dad went to Bible Study, Ria went to the train station to pick someone up, and Jered was working late. Perfectly lovely...and it was, until after Ria and my parents came home...
Around 9:00, I was down in the basement reading and munching on popcorn, Dad was in bed, Mom was at the computer, and Ria was upstairs. Perfect quiet evening, right? I heard a vehicle driving up the hill just beyond the neighbors, I knew it was close to the top of the hill where there is a sharp curve. Nothing unusual...
Until I suddenly heard a loud "BOOM!!". Now that IS unusual.
Ria, Mom, and I came running from our various places, and out the door to the driveway. I had my cell phone on me (not unusual, though not often this necessary) while neither of them did. Mom hadn't heard the engine before the boom and thought it was a gunshot, so she didn't want us to call 911. Then we heard Jered coming home (from the other direction) so we all stood there and waited till he'd parked and gotten out to tell him what happened. He grabbed a flashlight (I already had one but his was brighter), and Ria, he, and I started walking towards where it happened while mom drove the Subaru over. We discovered that the vehicle (which turned out to be a pickup truck) had missed the curve, taken out the neighbor's mailbox and hit the end of the guardrail (which is what made the nice big boom), gone along behind it for a little while before flipping and sliding down the steepest part of the bank towards the Outlet. Jered shone his flashlight down, saw a light and the gleam of a reflector, and began slipping and sliding down to it while Ria called 911 on my cell phone, and mom parked the car with the hazards flashing to mark the spot. Soon the first responder got there, followed by what we believe to be every single emergency vehicle and personnel that Yates County can boast of. A few guys slid down the hill, while they sent a truck down the Outlet Trail to pick up any people. When they discovered that it was two people, both seemed just fine (they crawled out of the truck before Jered even got there, and walked up to the Trail to meet their ride), the emergency personnel began packing up everything they'd gotten out and headed back to...town. And it's still my belief that only about half that much ado was needed.
And that was my [not so very] nice quiet evening at home...
Around 9:00, I was down in the basement reading and munching on popcorn, Dad was in bed, Mom was at the computer, and Ria was upstairs. Perfect quiet evening, right? I heard a vehicle driving up the hill just beyond the neighbors, I knew it was close to the top of the hill where there is a sharp curve. Nothing unusual...
Until I suddenly heard a loud "BOOM!!". Now that IS unusual.
Ria, Mom, and I came running from our various places, and out the door to the driveway. I had my cell phone on me (not unusual, though not often this necessary) while neither of them did. Mom hadn't heard the engine before the boom and thought it was a gunshot, so she didn't want us to call 911. Then we heard Jered coming home (from the other direction) so we all stood there and waited till he'd parked and gotten out to tell him what happened. He grabbed a flashlight (I already had one but his was brighter), and Ria, he, and I started walking towards where it happened while mom drove the Subaru over. We discovered that the vehicle (which turned out to be a pickup truck) had missed the curve, taken out the neighbor's mailbox and hit the end of the guardrail (which is what made the nice big boom), gone along behind it for a little while before flipping and sliding down the steepest part of the bank towards the Outlet. Jered shone his flashlight down, saw a light and the gleam of a reflector, and began slipping and sliding down to it while Ria called 911 on my cell phone, and mom parked the car with the hazards flashing to mark the spot. Soon the first responder got there, followed by what we believe to be every single emergency vehicle and personnel that Yates County can boast of. A few guys slid down the hill, while they sent a truck down the Outlet Trail to pick up any people. When they discovered that it was two people, both seemed just fine (they crawled out of the truck before Jered even got there, and walked up to the Trail to meet their ride), the emergency personnel began packing up everything they'd gotten out and headed back to...town. And it's still my belief that only about half that much ado was needed.
And that was my [not so very] nice quiet evening at home...
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