We had a great evening at Artie and Elisabeth's tonight - the Yanks do Christmas so well. It was a get together for all of their friends before they go back to the USA for a three month break. I am going to miss Artie so much, we seem to have clicked and the thought of not seeing him for a long while makes me very sad, even brings on tears. He reminds me so much of one of my best friend at home - Ray.
But on a lighter note, it had just started to snow on the way to their party and the Salt Trucks hadn't had time to do their thing. So as I turn left onto a major road we did a complete 180 degree turn, with no control at all. I even did all the right things, turn into the skid, release the brake and try applying it gently again, but nothing, we just had our own carnival ride for five. The kids screamed, Sarah let go of an adjective and we came to a hault. We can laugh at it now but at the time it was really scary to be out of control - a bit like our lives at the moment - again!!!! Lord help us to see the lighter side in the midst of it all. Cya.
yikes! personally, i think i woulda let fly a verb instead of an adjective ...
Posted by: brad | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 01:59 PM