Well, the last few days have been very interesting. At the end of last week, I was informed by my wife that my daughter and her boyfriend broke up. They had been together for 6 months and seemed to be getting real serious. As a matter of fact, about a month ago, my daughter informed me her boyfriend wanted to talk to me. It was assumed he was going to ask me if he could marry her. The conversation never happened and I am glad it didn’t. I found out they had actually been having some problems before Christmas. It makes me wonder why they didn’t break up before Christmas and save their money, instead of buying each other gifts. Either way, it is over with and she is trying to get over it. I know it’s hard for her. At her age, breaking up is very hard to do because it’s not puppy love anymore at that age…it is real love.
Karla had been having headaches for about a month, so her doctor sent her to a chiropractor. We found out today that she had a bad case of whiplash. Gee, it couldn’t be because of the three accidents she had at the end of 2010, two of which she totaled her car…could it? I am not trying to make light of her pain, but it doesn’t surprise me she has whiplash. The accidents she was involved in really tossed her head and neck around. The doctor did make some adjustments on her neck and head today and she told me she was feeling quite a bit of relief already. I am personally trying to better myself this year. I know I snore, so I am starting to use Breathe Right strips at night to see if that will help. I am also going to start using a humidifier, so the air in the house will not be so dry. I have been sleeping decent, but I still wake up two or three times during the night all stopped up. We will see if the Breather Right strips help or not.
Yesterday, I left the office at 4 pm and got on east bound I-40, heading to Best Buy to pay on a bill. As I got on the interstate, I noticed traffic was at a crawl. I assumed there was either an accident, or a stalled vehicle. On that segment of I-40, there is really no shoulder to pull off on if you have a flat, or car trouble. I turned on my CB radio, but got no information. As I got closer, traffic in the right-hand lane moved to the middle lane. Once traffic was clear, I saw a full-sized pick-up truck stalled in the right-hand lane. There was a lady standing beside the truck, on her cell phone. I was surprised that nobody had stopped to assist her. I turned on all my emergency lights and pulled in behind her truck (about two car lengths). As I got on my REACT radio and called for help, she walked up to my truck. She informed me she was out of gas and needed someone to give her a ride to a gas station.
The only problem was, we could not leave her truck on the interstate blocking the lane of traffic. I called OHP on my cell phone and they advised me someone had already called in about the stalled truck. I had the lady sit in her truck and I sat in my truck as we waited for OHP to arrive. Once he arrived, he decided to push her further down the interstate to a shoulder, just to get her off the interstate. Once on the shoulder, we sat and waited. One of my REACT team members was bringing gas to us. The OHP Trooper then advised me the lady’s license was suspended, so he did not want her to drive. He had another call to go to, otherwise, he would have arrested her. She contacted her grandmother to come get her, so the trooper left and myself and the other REACT unit stayed on the scene to wait on the grandmother. Eventually, grandma showed up and the two were on their way.
When you are on the interstate, you never know what you are going to run into. I try to stay prepared and have what I need to assist a motorist. Sometimes, all I can do is sit on the side of the road with my emergency lights on to warn other motorists, while other times I can actually help change a flat or be more useful.
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