Scariest Ride In The Park

Six Flags! No.

Disney! No

HersheyPark! No

I am talking about I-95 on Sunday 1/18 about 6:45AM around the New Hope, PA. exit. Talk about terrifying!

OSSS had a camp at UPENN to attend this weekend. That's a 90 or so mile ride from me casa. So we decide (since it's AM only) we'll cruise down on Saturday, come home (I had two hoops games to coach for YSSS) and then go down again Sunday. Easy. Saturday was ok. Sunday, forecast was for rain. Maybe some freezing rain, to paraphrase EVERY WEATHER PERSON ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD!

So drive we do. Left the homestead at 6AM. Drove south, then did a cut through the great state of NJ to Rt. 95. On the way, the rain started around 6:30. Freezing but not too bad. The folks around Rt. 31 has sanded and salted. Drive on. Then I come to the aforementioned New Hope entrance.

I could feel my Tahoe fishtail a bit; still pretty dark so hard to figure. I'm driving a bit and I see a car pulled off to the side of the road with hazards a-blinking about a half mile ahead. Right then I look to my right and across the ditch and up the embankment is a car, spun around and I don't think that was the intended parking spot. Uh oh.

Emergency preparedness kicks in:

Wake up OSSS who was snoozing and tell him he has to be ready to brace himself

Put the beat of a Tahoe into 4W Drive (THANK YOU 4WD!)

Slow down slowly to 25mph or so

With those things done the last thing is to keep distance between me and others. Like you. Because SoulSlam knows how to drive in that mess. You do not. So I am not taking my life in your hands.

Creeping along in right lane, I spy a hoopdy Caprice coming up hard in left lane. I estimate he was doing 50-55mph. Whoa. I say to OSSS, "we'll see that guy on the side of the road in 2 minutes!". I was wrong. 20 seconds later he had a head-on collision with two cars about 3/4 of a mile ahead of me. What a fool.

Anyway, the GPS said I had about 45 miles to go. Slow wins this race. Got there safe and sound. A little late, but in once piece. I estimate that I saw about 100 accidents. Tow Truck Christmas.

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BTW, I finally ate something at the 67 hour mark. I've had a small burger at the TPKE rest stop and then ate about 3 oz. of chicken for dinner. I am still off the mark if you catch the drift I'm piling.

60+

That's how many hours since I had a meal. It's Sunday at 10 AM EST - I last ate at Thursday 6PM. 

So am I on a cleanse? Fasting for political reasons? No. I have been waylaid by the stomach bug. 

All good Thursday night, then getting ready to take OSSS to baseball practice I started feeling off. Really off. Sat at his practice for awhile hoping I could hold it in, or down, or both. Mission accomplished. 

But got home around 10:30, decided to sleep away from the family - fortuitous for them. All night the churn and turn burned. Brutal. 

Friday I got tires on the Tahoe - good thing considering this mornings adventure ( post mañana) - then slept (or tried to) the full day. Saturday and today got things to do. So I drag my sorry ass wherever. 

I did eat some toast yesterday - just to keep things in perspective. And I have basically subsisted on Gatorade. 

Thank you Gatorade.  

Dummy

Man, do I have to deal with them day in, day out. 

Bad Call NFL

1. I am not a Cowboy Fan, but OSSS is.

2. That was a catch.

Man, I'd Like Today Off

But it is not to be. Brutal. 

HoF Late Post

Congrats Pedro!

Congrats Smoltzy!

Congrats Biggio!

Congrats Big Unit!

But boo to HoF voters for leaving Piazza out. Crossing the digits for 2016 induction!

Two Zero One Five

A little late but Happy New Year, townsfolk.

I haven't made a resolution yet. Maybe just keeping last year's going. Which means I gotta ramp up the workouts.

Did go to gym early New Year's Day, biceps and back was the deal.

We start baseball practice for our 14U (YSSS) team tonight. Looking forward to it.