my traumatizing trip to chelleybutton's
the smell of skunks, tar, iowa - not the biggest traumas. the traffic - everyone was pretty good. the weather - fine for a drive. the animals on the side of the road, however - sucky day to be an animal.
i'm driving along, and on the side of the road there's a dead dog. very sad. i keep driving and cars start merging into the right lane. i knew road construction was coming, but thought it was a little early to be merging. but whatever, i merged. and then saw that it wasn't because of construction. there, in the grassy part in the middle of the freeway, was a horse. a horse. he was standing, with a police officer holding him still, and a couple other people there. when i drove past, i noticed his legs were all bloody. driving farther, i saw a truck with a horse trailer being directed back toward the horse by a police officer. i have no idea what happened, but it looked like the horse fell out of the trailer or something (though i don't know how it could be standing if it fell out at 70mph). scary! poor thing! i'm so glad i wasn't there when it happened (whatever it was). after that trauma, the dead fox farther on didn't seem like such a big deal. though i'm sure it was for the fox.
oh, and i almost got dead by a semi that decided it was going to change lanes even though i was right there.
but now i'm here with chelleybutton, and that is good.
i'm driving along, and on the side of the road there's a dead dog. very sad. i keep driving and cars start merging into the right lane. i knew road construction was coming, but thought it was a little early to be merging. but whatever, i merged. and then saw that it wasn't because of construction. there, in the grassy part in the middle of the freeway, was a horse. a horse. he was standing, with a police officer holding him still, and a couple other people there. when i drove past, i noticed his legs were all bloody. driving farther, i saw a truck with a horse trailer being directed back toward the horse by a police officer. i have no idea what happened, but it looked like the horse fell out of the trailer or something (though i don't know how it could be standing if it fell out at 70mph). scary! poor thing! i'm so glad i wasn't there when it happened (whatever it was). after that trauma, the dead fox farther on didn't seem like such a big deal. though i'm sure it was for the fox.
oh, and i almost got dead by a semi that decided it was going to change lanes even though i was right there.
but now i'm here with chelleybutton, and that is good.
posted by melilotnfosco | 11:02 AM
11 Comments:
Hehe, I like that you have to keep pulling this up on my computer because I didn't notice it the first time. :)
And I just want to clarify: the horse incident happened in Minnesota, not Iowa. I know you didn't say it was in Iowa, but I just wanted to make that clear. :)
That WOULD be a very traumatizing trip, especially for the horse. I'm glad everything's OK now though (was it because I told you "there, there"?) and that you're here in one piece! >:D<
Oh, and I hope that your trip back is much less traumatizing.
Oh my gosh! How terrible! For the horse, for the driver - and for YOU! Seeing that would really upset me. I hope your visit is wonderful and completely erases the memory of your trip down.
that is very traumatizing, for all involved. i'm glad chelley comforted you.
So glad the semi didn't dead you! Have a great trip!
the way home only had a few dead deer, a couple raccoons, and a squirrel, as far as roadkill. i lost a hubcap, though, which is very sad considering it's my nice new shiny car, and now it looks all ghetto.
Oh no! Was it the same hubcap you lost before? Can you get a new one that will match the others? How sad. How did it happen anyway, or do you know? Well, I'm glad you made it home in one piece at least. The "signs" you/we kept seeing (all those dead animals) had me a little concerned about what might be to come...
different hubcap, and sadly, it's all the way lost. i think it's in a pothole in mpls. very sad. i don't know if i can get a matching one. i don't want to have to by a whole set, but i might have to. grr...
and no, the shopping was not that traumatizing. :P
why does a car need hubcaps, anyway?
so it doesn't look ghetto like mine does right now
Maybe this is a blessing in disguise. If it's a different hubcap than the first, it sounds like they might all be bum hubcaps and maybe getting replacements for them all would be a good thing. Maybe they'll all stay on better. Plus also, maybe you'll meet a cute mechanic. ;) And if you don't like mechanics as much as I do, you can always send him my way. ;)
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