I’m a son of a 3rd generation farmerJason and I heard this song on the radio on the way up to Arlington - we decided to take Highway 75 instead of Interstate 45 this go-around, which is such a pleasant drive as compared to messy icky 45. (45 was built basically to replace 75, which is windy, slow and old.) So this song definitely applied - we passed several tractors on the way. Read the lyrics and see if you can find a clip or video or something - it made us laugh out loud when we heard it.
I’ve been married 10 years to a farmer’s daughter
I got 2 boys in the county 4-H
I’m a lifetime sponsor of the F.F.A.
Hay! That’s what I make
I make a lotta hay for a little pay
But I’m proud to say
I’m a God fearin’ hard workin’ combine driver
Hoggin’ up the road on my a p-p-p-plower
Chug a lug a lugin’ 5 miles an hour
On my International Harvester
So has anyone else ever been involved in an accident with a client of Allstate insurance? Because so far, they suck. It's been almost two weeks and we can't seem to get anything done. Even after finally figuring out which company the woman who hit us was insured by, and getting through to someone who had some information for me, I was told that nothing could be done at the moment because they hadn't accepted liability for the accident yet. "The claims adjuster has to get everyone's statement." No one has called us for a statement. "He also needs the police report." I have a physical copy sitting in front of me, and have had it since three days after the accident. "You can take your truck to one of our approved shops," (thank God our Chevy dealer is on their list) "but we can't get started on it until the adjuster has seen it." We shouldn't actually drive the truck, but we can't get a tow truck - much less a MUCH-needed rental vehicle - until they "accept liability for the accident". So today, while I'm sitting in a hotel room and Jason's off at training, I'm going to call the adjuster and figure out just what the heck is going on. It's not like there was any question who was at fault - the woman admitted it outright and the cop verified it.
A side note from this one-of-many experiences in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metro area - Dallas drivers beat Chicago's hands-down. They are insane.
Hung my cotton dress on rusted wireI have ants in my apartment, I still can't find a job and my truck got rear-ended. It hasn't been my week so far.
Up there on Pilahatchee Bridge
Just a crazy roughneck's daughter
Jumped head-first into the water
Baptized away my sins
Mama said idle hands are Devil's handywork
Oh, the trouble you'll get into
You got nothin' better to do, got nothin' better to do
You got nothin' better to do, got nothin' better to do
The ants should be gone soon. They haven't found my pantry as of yet (now I've jinxed it); they're just hanging out by the door. I threw a bunch of ant killer stuff out around the door and in the grass, so hopefully they'll take the bait...
It's actually probably good that I can't find a job, at least for the next couple of weeks. HT work has been crazy-busy, as all HT work tends to be, so I haven't had much time to clean house much less work somewhere else. I'm going to Scranton, PA for a site visit Thursday - Saturday, which I'm excited about - except for having to leave my hubby with leftovers and an invitation to his mom's house if he needs more food. Poor baby... Next month, I'm most likely going to Denver or Chicago or somewhere central like that for an HT meeting, AND possibly San Antonio for more site visit stuff. This is all in addition to the day-to-day work I've already been doing.
As for my truck... we were sitting on the loop in Conroe, at the first of four lights that consistently get very badly backed-up. The cars usually get so stacked up that when one light turns green, nobody can go, because there's 15 cars in front of them waiting on the next light, and 15 in front of them... and so forth until you get over the interstate bridge. We try to avoid it as much as possible, but it's the shortest way to church and the only way to Kohl's, Bed Bath & Beyond, and a couple other stores. Jason and I were on our way to Kohl's on this particular venture through the lights, and, like I said, at the first one. We were the second car in line when the light turned green, but nobody could go - although the truck in front of us did move up a little. He put on his brakes after a couple inches, Jason (who was driving) moved up and put on his brakes, but the woman in an SUV behind us swerved for a then-unknown reason and rear-ended us at approximately 25 mph, and we then hit the guy in front of us. Long story short - the guy in front only had a scratched bumper, but it was a brand new truck so he wasn't too happy. My truck needs a new front and rear bumper, tailgate, and some work on the lights in the back. The SUV is probably totaled - it just crumpled on impact, which I hear is what they do these days. The woman's official explanation was that her "flip flop slipped". Heh, heh. She admitted fault, so we shouldn't have to pay anything or have our insurance rates go up. Theoretically. Nobody was hurt; my neck hurts a little bit from tensing up as it happened and I had a minor headache last night, but that's been it. Needless to say, I'm none-too-happy about yet something else happening to my truck to take it away from me for a couple days, or longer. Bleck.
I need to go start packing... did I mention I have a 4 hour layover on the way up and a 3 hour layover on the way back? I'm bringing lots of books...
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