driving in the snow without wings

Picture this: Texas. August. 2005. Chris and I were 2 newlyweds in LOVE and on our honeymoon in Port Aransas. You know what its like to be brand new in your marriage.. i'm talking 3 days into being Mrs. Christopher B. Knox II... nothing could erase the smile on my face! Not our first argument as a married couple in our hotel room (over chap stick), not me getting lost in downtown san antonio in a car alone with no cell phone and not being able to remember the name of our hotel. Not even the group of girls asking me if it was my Quincinera (how do u spell that?) when they saw me walking in the hotel lobby in my wedding gown. NOPE, NOTHING!

We were in love. We were 1. We were MARRIED!

We were driving from place to place just enjoying each other's company when we decided to drive to the beach :) The first day, it was beautiful! Chris drove my little Mitsubishi Mirage on the sand to find the perfect location for us to cuddle, kiss, and prove to any and everyone who was looking that we were in LOVE!!!

The next day we go back to the beach, and as Chris is driving in the sand I ask (in my newlywed 16 year old school girl crush voice) "Can I drive"... I can tell chris was a little hesitant but he said "Sure!" I get behind the wheel and as he is kinda screaming (chris doesn't really ever raise his voice so it was the closest thing to a scream he has) "Press the gas harder!! Don't let up on the gas!!!" I ask "WHAT?!" as I let my foot off of the gas!

... and that's where we got stuck! :( We were both a little dumbfounded, i was a little in shock, and chris was borderline upset (Chris never really gets upset so i'll say he was disappointed). I'm still a newlywed right, so it's "cute" that i'm stuck in the sand. No big deal, right? WRONG! Chris ended up having to dig my car out of the sand BY HAND! it took FOREVER. Remember, it's in the middle of the day in August in Texas! I get out the car, not to help, but to watch of course. After about 45 minutes a guy pulls up and tells us he has a friend who can tow our car out for a small fee of course. He calls his friend and i think he was gonna charge us like $150.... My college tuition was due in a couple weeks so it didn't take us longer than half a second to tell that guy no thanks and Chris dug some more! Meanwhile I'm searching for the camera because I have to get a picture of this!!! Still, no help from the new bride, lol.

A few minutes later, some teenage "partiers" in an old beat up car ask if they can help. By the looks of their car we were doubtful, but it managed to work :) We were free and I haven't driven on sand since.

That brings us to the current day. It's snowing outside :( Yesterday I drove on the slick roads and as I pull out of the garage, my loving husband comes to the car to tell me to "put it in 2nd gear so you won't roll" and to "drive safe" and the other precautions that a loving, responsible husband tells his care free, yet careful wife. I made it to my destination and he called to check on me :)

Today, i think i can drive in the snow right? I've been driving for well over 10 years but my loving husband pulls the car out of the garage and makes a "path" for me. He comes in with this ice shovel thing and tells me how to use it on my windshield (that ain't happening!!! Any decent man anywhere will do it for me, right ;) lol. He gives me a few pointers on safety, etc., and kisses me goodbye.

I walk to the car and go on my merrily little way. About 20 minutes and 4 miles down the road, I had to stop at a light :( I tried to go when the light turned green but guess what happened. I got stuck :( I didn't panic... i just heard my love's voice in my head and moved to 2nd gear... nothing. 1st gear... nothing! Reeve the engine, 1st gear, 2nd gear, reeve, 2nd gear... NOTHING! I called my husband... no answer. I tried again.. no answer. Still no panic because i'm a big girl now! Breathe... 1st gear.. nothing.. 2nd gear.. and SUZIE SUZUKI decided to drive! I did it!!! :)

I drive for about 4 seconds and my mind immediately goes back to driving on the sand and getting stuck. Yesterday, Chris said the Suzuki was safer to drive in the snow than the Mercedes (which i wanted to drive bc it's a manual transmission) but that thought immediately left my mind and i slowly but surely drove back home (after my trip to target, which was my turn around spot).

and the moral of this story is.... you can't drive in the snow without wings!

Toodles, MRS. C. B. Knox II