Subject:  darling daughter, momma has a red truck too!:) |
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chrystynne
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Date Posted: 13:33:55 06/08/04 Tue
In reply to:
Liz
's message, "I do love my truck!!!!! 2003 chevy s10 LS edition cherry red. I talked them down from 18,174 to 9700. I felt like a damned thief. LMAO i got such a great deal on it. and I love the height and everything I'm NEVER going to go back to a car. EVER." on 19:24:41 06/07/04 Mon
>>>>want a kick in the head?
>>>>
>>>>a tree fell on my truck on June 1st when those
>>>>tornado-like storms ripped through the DFW. i was on
>>>>the 4th Floor trying to get our pts out of their
>>>>rooms and into the hallways because a tornado was
>>>>spotted not far away from the hospital. it was just
>a
>>>>shitty, shitty night. the electricity was
>sputtering,
>>>>we'd have 10-15 intermittent periods of complete and
>>>>total darkness. the bloody generator eventually
>broke
>>>>down. we had to spend hours in the dark with with a
>>>>flashlight(i had an effin blue penlight, LOL) and
>the
>>>>pt's bathroom light(no idea why that one was the
>only
>>>>one working) and in the heat and humidity because
>the
>>>>airconditioner was of course dead. one elevator
>broke
>>>>down and then 2 code reds happened(fire) at the
>>>>outpatient area.
>>>>
>>>>when it finally calmed down for just a bit, they
>>paged
>>>>for the owner of the description of my truck with
>its
>>>>license plate numbers. i was in the middle of
>>>>admitting a pt in the dark on the laptop with my
>>>>penlight under my chin because i could not see the
>>>>blasted keys. i swear, i could've swallowed that pen
>>>>when i heard that!
>>>>
>>>>the tree's trunk broke in half and landed on the
>>hood
>>>>and windshield of my truck. it looked worse than it
>>>>really was. after washing it, there are cracks in
>>the
>>>>windshield and scratches and chips of the paint.
>>there
>>>>are no visible dents. nothing like a truck,eh?;)
>>>>
>>>>you know what's weird? my truck's original name was
>>>>Charlie(it's been Spike for a long time now
>>>>though)---the guy that talked to me and was in
>charge
>>>>is also called Charlie. LOL, it's like my truck
>found
>>>>its voice, LOL! i actually cracked up when i saw my
>>>>truck in its state. i mean, seriously, of all the
>>>>trucks and of all the trees, it had to be bloody
>me,
>>>>LOLOL. i'm really not auspicious at all. LOL
>>>>
>>>>i found out later that my mom was all alone with
>>>>Casey, our dog at home---everyone was working. the
>>>>whole thing was terrifying really but i had a sense
>>of
>>>>control since i was preoccupied with keeping our pts
>>>>safe. my poor mom had to endure the thunder and
>>>>lighting and howling winds alone. the thunder
>sounded
>>>>like huge big rigs speeding down a surface street,
>>>>very unnerving. the winds were blowing down trees
>and
>>>>structures, heck, there was even a hangar whose
>light
>>>>planes got turned over. when i drove home, there
>were
>>>>a lot of trees down. until now, there are thousands
>>>>of people without electricity. we ended up getting
>>>>pt's with heat exhaustion and dehydration the
>>>>following days because to go without airconditioning
>>>>in Texas is just detrimental to your health.
>>>>
>>>>DFW easily became incapacitated just for this
>>weather,
>>>>imagine how bad it could be once we get hit with the
>>>>kind of tornadoes that the midwest experiences!
>>>>nothing like mother nature to humble you, eh?
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