Just Call Me Trinity

As many of you know, Brian has been gone since last Sunday on a cruise. In his absence, I've been getting his mail, the paper, etc. The adventures I have had since Sunday have made this much more than a "just getting the mil" situation. After he left, the temperature dropped like a rock, it has snowed and iced over. The woods around his house look very pretty.

But the road he lives on is an entirely different story. Once you turn off the main road, it becomes this icy downward-sloping mess. Then there is the part about coasting onto the lane that leads to his house.

The other night, I went out after work to collect the mail and the paper and coasted into the drive. I stopped the car, and hopped out, then very very slowly I made my way to the mailbox, attempting not to fall into the ravine that is just beyond the mailbox.

This is where the problem began.

I stepped close to the mailbox and started slipping. Somehow, and I have no idea how, I did this Matrix-like, gymnastic backwards fall. In my head it was very graceful and there was no swearing involved. I'm sure it looked way less graceful and happened in mere moments. I landed with my left arm behind me and my hand planted on the ground, pretty much jamming my entire body weight into my left arm and down onto my wrist.

At this point, the swearing wasn't just in my head, it was very loud raucous. Then came the real conundrum: how to get up without 1)falling down into the ravine, and 2) falling into the freshly fallen snow. I have no idea exactly how I got up, but I did.

Then came the issue of getting my car up that tiny little icy incline. You'd think that having done this many times that I'd be a pro. Oh no. Since the gymnastics event at the mailbox, I have had to back my car up the incline and use the momentum to get up the hill. I used this technique today (and so did my Dad) getting both the van and his car up the hill.

Today as I write this, the temperature is 10 and there's a wind chill advisory. I have spoken with Brian and have gotten the explicit instructions to get the van as hot as it can go the last 10 minutes of my drive. I can't wait. A rolling sauna.

Keep warm! And keep the Matrix on your TV.