On the drive down to Taylorsville KY we had to go around the City of Chicago and into Indiana. I woke up at 3am to a RAGING MUTHA FUCKIN MIGRAINE, and was vomiting until about 6am. The ice on my head wasn't working either. Also we got and inch and a half of snow over night that I was NOT expecting. The roads were not plowed and very slick.
OH HELLA NO, after all this planning and doing and setting everything up and packing and getting the cats ready and getting the gifts ready...... I needed to cancel our trip because I was so sick. ???? I did not cancel, being the McAllister that I am... I got out of bed and got dressed and made some good strong english tea and took some pamprin. We got in that car anyway. Thats how I roll.
My tummy was off but the pain in my head had subsided a bit and off we went and by the time we got there 8-9 hours later I was ok enough to eat some of the awesome food. Ok so the trip is SUPPOSED to take 6 1/2 hours MAYBE 7. When we left the house the roads were slick and almost did a whole doughnut at the light down the road. Once we were on the main roads it was a bit better but not yet plowed so we had to keep our distance from others. By the time we were on the highway SOME plowing was in process and the salt trucks were out in force. This was 6:30am quater to 7. If it weren't for me being so sick and Bradley getting in the shower while I sorted myself out we would have been on the road at 4am maybe 5am.
I think it was closer to 6:30 am because it was a bit dark still anyway, as we were on the highways... assholes were in the ditch and passing us at breakneck speed for the conditions. Chicago drivers NEVER learn. They are assholes. We saw no less than 3 or 5 major front end munch ups and many cars off the road entirely. The snow followed us through Illinois into Indiana. Much ups there too. Pictures drawn on the roads with nice skids everywhere. As we headed south on 65 we made up some time and went straight through Indianapolis..... After we had to take a detour route from a major accident, that set us back another half hour maybe more. On the stretch from Indy through Louisville there was a semi truck off the road and flipped over luckily that back up was on the other side didn't effect us. At the border on the bridge the exit we needed was closed! Ok I was swearing at that point. We got on 71 and went too far to get gas then turned around and got back onto the highway towards Lexington therefor bypassing the closed onramp to that. At this point we are 40 minutes from Taylorsville. It is 2:30 pm maybe 3pm. Holy crap we are SO late!!! everyone has been there since noon. So we pull up with help from my navigator which helped us several times on the trip..... we have just enough time to play the dirty santa game and eat. My cousin Angela and I stole a wonderful fuzzy blanket gift from each other a couple times HAHA... but I let her keep it the last time I was feeling to ill to get too crazy and fun..... So we had maybe 2 hours there... and went to Aunt Shirleys.
Wonderful visit there for the night.. I worked on my sister in laws gift and we had a great visit and went to bed.
Ok so the drive home is another story entirely...... We are driving back north and someone in front of us turns a young deer or fawn into an angel and the poor thing is smeared by them and them part of it hit our car just under by the bumper. We are ok and the car is fine but the deer is NO MORE. I saw it standing in front of them for quick split second and its gone and as soon as I saw it I yelled to Bradley to slow down! Because I saw what was happening right before it actually happened. (we had angels then too) At this point I want to thank
Lady Wolven Mists for sending some angels. They really helped us and I am glad I asked you all for them because we really needed them. Also,
Shawno gets thanks for his good thoughts too. Also anyone else who was thinking of me and us!!! I know you are out there and busy with the holiday season and your doings.... BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for helping to keep us safe!!!
Back to the story... We did another favor for a friend of ours.... yes that friend down south I have spoken of her before. SInce we were in the area and driving north we went and picked up a bunch of her things and drove it all to her in Charleston IL. WE had no idea how to get to her place or her address. SHe sends her daughter out with her phone that she is communicating with us on while we are navigating to her place with no idea of her address yet. So Morgan the one who stayed with us last summer is out with her friends with Kates phone. SO we ask her what her address is... this child who is 13 does not know her own fucking address. SO we told her to GO HOME. CAlled her back and she got the address from someone else and I put it into my navigator and we got there about 5pm. Our car is stuffed and Rhiannon barely has anywhere to sit back there in the back seat for like 2 hours. This ungrateful friend of ours barely thanks us and we are off to head north towards Champaign IL. (we are not doing her anymore favors ever)
We head into CHampaign and meet up with a dear friend of ours who practically family B.A. and we eat at Tang Dynasty for dinner. It was the best Chinese I have had in YEARS!!!! SO then around 8pm we are on the road home... no problems from there on out and we got home around 11:30 pm. The cats had been totally spoiled by my Angel nurse friend from the vet and we went to bed.
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