Crisis-Control
What do you do at 4 in the morning when you’re car’s stuck in the half-foot drift of snow and ice left by the snowplow two days before, melted and refrozen to conform perfectly to your tire?
You man up, that’s what.
Did you know that when you have two-wheel drive it only takes one tire frozen in the snow to get you completely stuck? Assuming, of course, that an inch of ice is under the other tire and you have absolutely no traction to get you anywhere.
This morning I was panicked. I had to be at work at 4:30am (to open) and I didn’t have my supervisor’s phone number. And I was stuck. I shoved the car in neutral and tried to push it myself. I got it rocking pretty good, but as soon as I stopped, the tires would settle right back into their shallow ice grave. I considered waking my roommates. I hoped, dear God!, that a neighbor would come to my rescue. But the street was as silent as you’d expect in the middle of the night.
Finally, a flash of brilliance: Shovel. It gleamed under the patio light like a beacon. The ice-covered snow was rock hard, but I chipped at it and did my best to dig under it. I threw the shovel in the back seat and popped the car in reverse. Vroom. Dropped it down to first. Vroom. Back to reverse. I felt a little budge. Harder in reverse! Spin, tires, spin! I was free!
My adrenaline was pumping, so I blasted my music and yelled along all the way to work. No need for espresso this morning. Crises-control endorphins trump caffeine every time.
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So much was happening while I was in a deep slumber! Who knew. Glad you made it, and that you didn’t have to wake me!
Isn’t it weird to think that life is happening while we sleep?