Broken Windows equal Happy Endings...**

What's up BLOG FACE.....

Tank Girlz Weather Service: Butt A** Cold.

HOLY MOLY BATMAN!!!

So this morning, LEGS chose to be a nice guy instead of a Nazi, and we slept in....a little.....we leisurely got ready to leave, we stopped at Starbucks, we got gas and we hit the road......I'd say at about 930 am.  

We were traveling down the highway at about 70 mph, LEGS was driving, it was sunny out, but a cold, 27 degrees.  I was thinking what a beautiful morning it was, LEGS and I were chatting it up over coffee.  I asked him if he thought driving to Oregon was the 'right decision' (because it has been such a long haul).  Right then the driver's side window exploded into a million pieces all over us in the car!!!!


I seriously cannot remember the last time I felt that frightened.  We didn't even know at first if somebody had shot at us or what.  We were driving in the fast lane and there wasn't much traffic on the road....so I am not exactly convinced a rock hit the window.  I suppose it could have been a change in pressure....we did come down off the Continental Divide LAST NIGHT......and the temperature didn't change that much.....Neither one of us still knows what caused it....it was like a total freak accident.  


I am so glad LEGS was driving because I would have surely driven us to certain death.  He calmly looked at me like 'this is going to suck....REALLY HARD....' and pulled off at the next exit.  

We both went into action, LEGS exited the car and grabbed his camera to start taking pictures.  I worked on getting the shattered glass pieces away from Karmella, and off of our things.  LEGS had to pick a few pieces out of my back because my shirt had come up and a few pieces had managed to stick into my skin. Thankfully we were both wearing eye protection!


After we did a brief clean up we got back on the road while I called the insurance company.  I am not sure if you can imagine this, but the window was completely gone and we were traveling at a high rate of speed, so it was cold, windy and therefore incredibly loud and uncomfortable. 


I filed the claim with the insurance company.....they were just as horrified as we were.  And of course no glass shops were open on New Year's Day....and just to be absolutely sure its also a Saturday.  

We stopped in a very small town, and were able to scrounge up some scotch tape, Visqueen plastic wrap, and Glad Cling wrap.  LEGS spent a serious amount of time constructing 'the perfect ghetto window' which, I was pretty sure wasn't going to last five minutes on the freeway.  

The best thing to do in these circumstances is to support your husband, and help him build the dream that is never coming true.  So there we were at a remote gas station, in the freezing bitter cold, cutting and taping plastic to our car.  We were able to vacuum up the glass and wash all the grime off the truck.  After that team work, we high-fived and made out!

I was right......about 5 minutes down the highway, the window blew out.  The funny part is LEGS caught it before it blew away and held it down while driving until the next exit.  Meanwhile I am hysterically laughing in the passenger seat because this is seriously ridiculous!

So we stopped again.  LEGS says "I got an idea." So I did as all good wives should do in this situation......I assisted him in any way I possibly could while he constructed his pipe dream window.  However, this time he was open to some input.....I told him to 'embrace the ghetto-ness' and construct something that would live up to the standards...(80 mph on the highway)  He did what I asked and it was pretty ghetto fabulous. Unfortunately it didn't last very long either.


So we stopped again.......LEGS said "Okay, I have another idea." So I did as all good wives should do in this predicament, I helped him manufacture another window AND I agreed to drive.  Maybe three minutes down the road and the whole thing blew out again.


I looked over at LEGS.  He was completely defeated.  I felt bad....I knew he was starting to feel like a failure, and really this whole thing was hysterical so I just laughed it off and tried to make him feel better about it. 


Poor Karmella too.....she was shivering and freezing, when the 'windows' blew out it scared her.....she was looking at us like we were crazy all day....it wouldn't surprise me if she ran away from us the next chance she gets....


We decided that the best thing to do was blast the heat, bundle up and haul a** the 98 miles to the nearest Walmart.  And that is what we did laughing the whole way!!! (Side Note: It was 32 degrees)

Before we arrived at Walmart LEGS said 'EUREKA! A clear plastic shower curtain and some Gorilla tape!' At this point I was praying that GOD would come through and let the man finish the day with some dignity.  Ahhhhhh..........and guess what!?! It did work!  

Finally....we were able to eat, sit in a warm, semi-bearable car.....


This whole ordeal got me thinking......

Yesterday LEGS and I spent the better part of the day arguing over some really stupid stuff.  I cried a lot, we yelled at each other and said mean things.....

I really miss my family.....I thought calling my Mommy and my Sissy would make me feel better but it just made me feel worse, my ears were bothering me from that piercing I should have never gotten, our New Year's was shaping up to be LAME.....I was totally playing the victim and feeling sorry for myself which I don't do very often.......


BUT....after today's incident....

I had to dig really deep to stand out in the cold for long periods of time, I was tired, hungry, frustrated and so was LEGS.....the car ride was ridiculously cold, and loud, and utterly pathetic......I had to work hard and constantly remind myself to approach this thing positively...and we laughed and had fun with it......if I drove past us I would laugh my little tushy off!

What it all boils down to is: The Little Things.....like a window on your car, like a warm quiet car, and being with your soul mate that matters......we worked so well together today.  LEGS is so tough, and resourceful, we make a great team under extreme adversity....so if this is what 2011 has in store for us: BRING IT, because ITS ON LIKE DONKEY KONG!!!


Random Thoughts:


We never finished our Coffee.  I think we were too scared.  We hauled the cups around all day half full.


LEGS likes to make fun of the size of my purse......but I would just like to say that the scissors I carry in that 'funny' purse really came in handy today. (more handy than his 'man knife.')


I can see why people, specifically country singers refer to 'That BIG Texas sky'......its like your driving on the bottom of the snow globe toward the horizon and the sky literally comes down all the way to the ground around you.....its like you can see that the world is round.....


I laughed hysterically when I saw a billboard that said "Miss me yet?" With a picture of George W. Bush on it......


Can't Texas succeed from the United States??? I am pretty sure they can....so if that is the case I can see why they say 'Don't mess with Texas'

I have smiles all over my heart when I reflect on today.....I am thankful to have such a crazy beautiful life......I laughed so hard today, I am so lucky.....HAPPY GHETTO DIRTY RIDICULOUSLY FUNNY NEW YEAR!!!

Tank girl OVER & OUT,


Just another WILD day in the life of an unlikely military wife....**