Hallelujah Pizzeria Part 1
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
I went and gave the stupid presentation, which was only stupid because four people showed up for a talk I drove over an hour and a half away to give. Why so few people? Because the silly woman (yes, the same one I referred to yesterday) who organized it didn’t advertise it. At all. I suppose the four who came just happened to wander in off the sidewalk for the free brownies. Oh, then came one more…a belligerent, arrogant professor from the local University. What a treat.The whole thing started late (silly woman’s fault again) because she was hoping for more people to show up (wander in off the sidewalk). And because it all started late, I left just as the snow was falling. As I left the town, it was a gentle flurry. By the time I was on the highway, it was a full blown whiteout. Zero visibility and the snow was falling faster than it could melt off the highway. I quickly could see nothing but the tunnel in front of me, lit by my headlights. I was driving alone, having decided not to carpool with the silly woman, who had warned me that she was going to be staying late to clean up and chat with people.
It took only moments for me to realize that I was in trouble. Deep trouble. I could see nothing and there were no cars on the highway. It looked as though I was driving with a white sheet wrapped around the car. I passed an Exit. Not a good idea to get off and into an area I do not know, I thought. It got worse. I must take the next Exit, I mentally prepared myself. My mind was in full throttle, planning each subsequent step. I was mentally guiding myself as the Exit came up and I somehow managed to guide the car off the steep ramp, where snow was completely covering any sign of a road. I was in farm country and the roads and fields merged into one large blanket. Go left, go right? I did not know. Again my mind mentally guided each step, Go Right…Keep Moving. Do not panic. Stop if you have to. I was worried about stopping, though; the car could get stuck, another car could crash into me, without seeing it there, it was freezing cold and I could die….seriously, these were my thoughts.
I saw a glimmer of lights in the distance and my nerves immediately calmed…a one-stop- light town, which also happened to have one Pizzeria. Which was lit up like a Christmas tree. Hallelujah Pizzeria…
To be continued….Tomorrow…
This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 7:29 PM.
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7:37 PM
OMG is all I can say...Thankgod your home safe and sound Cathy.. (even without reading part 2..I hope it didn't get worse. ) What a brutal winter were all having.