Just have to share this story...
My daughter, Taylor, is a 17-year-old new driver. She's driving on her permit, so each driving experience is new.
Last night, she got her first experience with very heavy rains. She called home to say she was on her way to pick up clothes but would be a minute because the streets were flooding and it was slowing down traffic.
When she got home, without thinking about it, pulled in to her usual spot, in the yard by the garage. Of course, as a new driver, she didn't consider that she shouldn't park on a flooded lawn.
The girls came in the house and gathered their things. As they were leaving, I went in to do some laundry. Had I not gone into the laundry room, I wouldn't have heard them spinning tires as they tried to get out of the yard!!
I told my hubbie they were stuck. He got dressed and went to help push them out, all of them getting drenched in the rain. Well, the car is a front wheel drive, with a bald tire on one side and a donut on the other. Anyone with experience in the mud knows it's going nowhere...
Well, my hubbie is a true redneck. He has a 4x4, but no tow ropes, and forgot he had a chain. So, instead of just trying to push them out like a normal redneck, my hubbie the blond tries to tie the car to his truck with a heavy duty extension cord to pull it out. You all know what happened. It broke and the kids pushing fell on their faces as they slid in the mud!!!
Now, since idea one didn't work, my hubbie puts boards under the wheels of the car to help with the traction. When this also didn't work, it occured to my hubbie that he had a chain in the garage.
The chain did the trick!!! and as the car began to move from the yard, the girl trying to help by pushing wasn't expecting it to move so suddenly and again, slid in the mud and fell on her face in the mud!!!
I laughed so hard I cried... The girls got in the car and left, soaked through and muddy. My hubbie put everything up and came in the back door, dripping from head to toe... I asked, while laughing and crying, whether he wanted the small towel I had in my hand or if he just wanted to strip down and take another shower??? Needless to say, the cold, wet, muddy man opted for the shower as I laughed and laughed and laughed...
I wish I had thought to get the camera. All I thought at the time was that I wish I had a tape for my video camera!! I could have won some money!!!
