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| The Sinking Truck |
Every Labor Day weekend we spend at our lake house because MT and I were married there on September 2, which always falls near that Holiday. Usually we invite a bunch of friends to come along with us, but this year it was just family. The weekend was definitely fun filled, as always, but we did have one very surprising event occur……we witnessed the sinking of a truck in the lake! It was a crazy sight to see, but this is basically what happened: MT, my brother, uncle and I were pulling away from the house in our ski boat, and my other uncle and aunt were waiting on another resident to pull their boat out of the water so they could put their boat in. While the other boat was already attached to the trailer and ready to be pulled out of the water the truck pulling it started to slide back toward the water….and kept going….and going. The man driving the truck tried to get back into the truck cab, but couldn’t because the water was already up too high on the doors. They couldn’t do anything to get that truck back out and finally it was completely submerged in a matter of just a couple of minutes with a large tool box bobbing up and down beside it, but the boat was still attached to the sunken trailer and was being pulled under by it! We sped over to the scene in our boat to have my brother, the professional diver, and my uncle jump into help unhook the boat from the trailer. My other uncle was already in the water helping as well as some of the neighbors. All MT and I could do was watch and pick up anything that floated out of the truck. Finally, after a few minutes of diving down and coming up for air they were able to get the boat detached from the trailer…..so at least they were able to save the most important machine…the Water Toy, although the poor kid who actually owned the truck had his welding tools in the bed, so they were at the bottom of the lake as well. The man who sunk the truck was the kids Step Father! Hmmm…..I hope their relationship is a good one because this could cause some major family drama! A few hours after, on our return from the island, we noticed a large spectacle going down at the scene of the crime. Cops on land and by boat were surrounding the area as well as all of our neighbors, divers in the water and a wrecker a trying to pull the truck and trailer out of the water. It took them a while, but eventually they got the truck out….Yeah….Hooray…..all was saved! Later on that night, we were drinking out on our deck, and the kid who owned the truck stumbled over to our gathering with a couple of his friends. It turned out that he had attended high school with my cousins, who are from Georgetown, so he’s actually a friend of the family. Small world! On the other hand, he obviously was drinking away his sorrows, but didn’t seem too upset about the whole ordeal. Nice kid….but really inebriated.
After our crazy weekend at the lake house, I went to Georgetown to stay with my brother, sister-in-law, and my 1 year old twin nieces for a few days. They had just moved into my Grandparents house a week before from Florida and needed some help with a few things. We peeled off a lot of wall paper that had been there for longer than I’ve been alive, which was much easier than I thought…maybe because of the ancientness of the paste keeping the paper on the walls and I helped pick out some ceiling fans for the bedrooms. We also waded out a tropical storm that decided to douse us with a tremendous amount of rain for 2 days. That was okay….we had wine to drink! And finally…A long time overdue…I was able to spend a lot of time with my cute and beautiful nieces by feeding, walking, changing poopey diapers, washing and playing with them. Now that they live so much closer, I’ll be able to see them more often! I can’t wait to visit them again!
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