November 19, 2008
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Truck Saga part 3
This morning life is almost business as usual. I think that I may have inadvertently found a key to not being depressed. All you males out there can keep your laughter to yourselves. I was getting a shower last night and noticed (my husband says imagined) the beginning ravages of the cold weather and being forced to stay inside all of the time. My thighs and butt are getting jiggly again. I swear it is an ongoing struggle this weight thing. Anyway, as I was saying, I noticed the ravages of having to stay inside all of the time. Ordinarily I am outside most of the day and I get a mile or two walk in a day, sometimes more. Now that it is cold; I don’t tolerate the cold well especially with a bad back, I am inside all the time and don’t get the exercise that I should. So in retaliation I jumped on the treadmill and did a couple of miles. This morning I notice immediately that my mind is clearer and I feel better, more upbeat. Must be those endorphin. Most of you are thinking about now, use the treadmill all the time and you won’t have this problem. Not so. The back specialist doesn’t like the treadmill because of the impact. He says it is more on there than it is walking outside and therefore bad for my back. What do I know. The benefit to my mental well being may outweigh the risks to my back though. Especially since I will be having surgery shortly and then I won’t be able to use it at all. We will see.
This morning Matthew and I drove up to the place where they towed Ians truck. I take all of my permit driving teenagers to see wrecked vehicles when there are learning to drive. Especially if the accident involves someone they know. I think it helps them get an idea of what it means to wreck a vehicle and, in this case, how close he came to losing his brother.
I didn’t get a good shot of the glass but it is shattered on the passenger side where the heifers horn hit it. Thanks be to God that it wasn’t on the drivers side and that it didn’t come through. Perfect evidence of what happens when you hit an object standing still in the middle of the road. Ian said she rode right up over his hood and then slid off the roof back onto the road. The parts to the grill are in the back of the truck. I’m not impressed with how much plastic was in that vehicle.
Today the insurance adjusters get there to look at it and decide whether it is totalled or not. Then he should have a check soon. He needs to be able to get his other truck on the road by the middle of next week. I keep thanking God that it wasn’t any worse than it was.
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I cannot imagine the insurance company NOT totalling that vehicle.
@Hecalmsthestorm - I am sure it is a formality but they have to come and look to make the determination.
I’m offering my Communion tomorrow in thanksgiving that he wasn’t harmed. That was a miracle.
I have found that when the depression hits me the hardest, the only thing I can do is to get out and make myself move. Doing the things I have to do, despite the fact that it feels like I just “can’t” will often start clearing the fog.
@MlleRobillard - It also helps that the sun is shining today and there is nothing coming out of the sky. I know that “I just can’t” feeling. It is not all gone but the blackness is only on the fringes instead of seeming to take over my whole mind. It sounds strange and dramatic when I describe it that way but that is exactly the way it is. I think I will bake muffins for MK today and force myself to get the house dusted and get the piles put away and I think that that will help also. Thank you more than you can know for your prayers both for Ian and myself. You cannot know how they help.
Scary. Not so much the damage, but that it is Ian’s truck. It looks even smaller then it did.
@mksmak - Without Ian it is just a truck. It is Ian that always makes things seem larger than life because he is larger than life because of his energy and enthusiasm. Thank God that he is still with us hale and hearty. Have to go get him from work and pick up my car.
That’s scary… I hit a deer once and totalled a car. I am thankful that the heifer didn’t go through the windshield…
@ddp040 - so am I!!!!!!
I find exercise really help my winter depression. I have an stationary bike, because my orthopediac surgeon told me it’s the best for my knee (3 surgeries and couting). It does clear my mind, make me more alert, and help my emotions as well as my body. No wonder they say it’s so good for you, lol. ~ L
@empress8411 - walked again this morning. I have a migraine coming on but the blackness is still at bay. As long as the depression is controlled that is all that matters to me. I can deal with anything else that comes along. It’s when I haven’t got control of my mind that I have a problem.
Showed these pictures to a friend who was over (she’s from Iowa so she understands about heifers in the road). She was amazed that Ian was unharmed and that the heifer only had a broken leg. We are rejoicing for the Lord’s favor shown to you and yours. Praying that the insurances covers everything at the highest rates.
@ugotafriend - insurance gave him six thousand for the truck. good deal!!!! he is using the money to get his other truck on the road. i think he is getting tired of getting rides already. you know the independant male thing. he is using my car tomorrow to get tires for his other truck and will spend the weekend working on it. he is also going to M’ville to pick MK up for me. that will be nice to stay home all day since they are calling for more snow tomorrow.