swoop just before they were about to go
over the u-haul smashed into a guard rail,
amazingly straightening them out. (Talk
about guardian angels) At this point, I was
headed quickly for a nervous breakdown.
Never had I driven in a snowstorm like
that, let alone with my cargo. At this point,
a six hour drive had turned to nine and
we weren’t even in Houlton yet. So the
fifteen cups of coffee had turned to twenty
immediately. I was visibly shaking.
Of course the almost accident did
scare my son and husband, but later they
bragged at “How awesome that was and
how cool it was that they almost tipped
over.” At least the father and son had
something to laugh at the rest of the way
to our new home.
Once we arrived at our farm house,
the snowstorm that we hadn’t heard about
had been an 18” snowstorm in which we
had followed the whole thing north. We had no driveway,
just mountains of snow. Already having my jeep into 4x4,
I backed up a bit and floored it, crashing through the
new snow just to get off the road. Fortunately, we were
carrying the plow to the truck in the back. After bringing
all our belongings in cardboard boxes, we were exhausted!!
I had set the chickens up in their barn, come inside
and unpacked my bedding, bed and pillows. Immediately
put on my cozy jammies and cried the stress out of my
system. I went to bed at 6:30 and crashed, once my
head hit the pillow, I was out like a light.
After sleeping 12 hours I woke feeling refreshed
and ready to start a new day…. and yes, Buster gave
birth to 10 adorable little puppies.
80 Our Farm SUMMER & FALL 09