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Small Triumphs
« on: Mar 27th, 2007, 2:50am » |
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as a lot of you know, I've been pretty ill since last November as a result of which I haven't been able to drive - simply because I didn't have the strength and I wasn't stupid enough to risk potential consequences.
It's been very tough for me being dependant on others to do anything or go anywhere but I've just had to accept it.
Well..... yesterday, for the first time in FIVE MONTHS!!! - I got in my car and drove! I can't tell you how exhilarating it was! I only drove into Grantham (about 13 miles) and back but the sun was shining, it was hot, I had the windows open and the stereo BLASTING and I haven't felt that alive in ages! It was - incredible! I couldn't stop smiling I felt so happy.
Needless to say I paid for it, I completely knackered myself and slept for three hours but it was SO worth it and I'm going out again today! I'm intending heading down to Margate this weekend for my friends sons birthday party on Sunday and that's just over 200 miles so I want to build up to that.
I just feel so great I had to share it with you all!
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #1 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 4:17am » |
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Happy to hear you're gettin' on the sunny side again. 
 
on Mar 27th, 2007, 2:50am, LeLimey wrote:Well..... yesterday, for the first time in FIVE MONTHS!!! -
I can't tell you how exhilarating it was!
I haven't felt that alive in ages! It was - incredible! I couldn't stop smiling I felt so happy.
Needless to say I paid for it, I completely knackered myself and slept for three hours but it was SO worth it
I'm intending heading down...
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #2 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 4:38am » |
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Helen--That is great !!! Remember Baby Steps until you can take giant leaps.
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #4 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 6:21am » |
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Way to go Helen, must feel really good to get out driving!
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #5 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 7:17am » |
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Warm weather, stereo blasting, and a full tank of gas . . . .who needs a man??
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #6 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 7:28am » |
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Perhaps you should talk to Teresa - she might be able to find you an open seat in the NASCAR series. 
Your description of how it felt yesterday brought a little tear to my eye. Getting behind the wheel and just GOING can be a wonderfully liberating feeling. Your little soliloquy took me right back to the age of 16 when I had my first car.
Windows open, full tank of gas, stereo blasting - who needs a woman? (Oh, snap!)
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #7 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 7:48am » |
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on Mar 27th, 2007, 7:28am, Brewcrew wrote:
Windows open, full tank of gas, stereo blasting - who needs a woman? (Oh, snap!) |
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Damn . . . gotta find a place to hang out that my hubby doesn't!
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independence is great isn't it, keep up the good fight Miss Helen.
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #9 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 8:56am » |
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Good for you Helen!
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #10 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 9:13am » |
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GAWD!!! Am I ever glad there is that pond between me and that wacky wench driver!!!
<shakes head> Wimminz drivers ... SHEESH!!!
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #11 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 9:35am » |
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Why am I reminded of Red Barchetta by Rush?
My uncle has a country place, that no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm, before the motor law
And on sundays I elude the eyes and hop the turbine freight
To far outside the wire, where my white-haired uncle waits.
Jump to the ground
As the turbo slows to cross the borderline
Run like the wind,
As excitement shivers up and down my spine
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me, an old machine ---
For fifty-odd years
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream
I strip away the old debris, that hides a shining car
A brilliant red barchetta, from a better, vanished time
I fire up the willing engine, responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel, I commit my weekly crime...
Wind in my hair ---
Shifting and drifting ---
Mechanical music ---
Adrenalin surge ---
Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware
Suddenly, ahead of me, across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air-car shoots towards me, two lanes wide
I spin around with shrieking tires, to run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley as another joins the chase
Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man
Laughing out loud
With fear and hope, Ive got a desperate plan
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded
At the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle
At the fireside...
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #12 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 9:36am » |
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singing:
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace...
YAY! That's happy news, lovie. One step at a time... and you'll be back to your old self in no time...
BIG, HAPPY hugs, nani
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #13 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 9:36am » |
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #14 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 11:12am » |
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I drove ONCE with an Englishman on his home turf of Haslemere . . .
I'm SURE that's when I began getting gray hair and lost at least 10 years of life on that drive . . . .
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #15 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 12:19pm » |
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on Mar 27th, 2007, 9:35am, Gator wrote:Why am I reminded of Red Barchetta by Rush?
My uncle has a country place, that no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm, before the motor law
And on sundays I elude the eyes and hop the turbine freight
To far outside the wire, where my white-haired uncle waits.
Jump to the ground
As the turbo slows to cross the borderline
Run like the wind,
As excitement shivers up and down my spine
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me, an old machine ---
For fifty-odd years
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream
I strip away the old debris, that hides a shining car
A brilliant red barchetta, from a better, vanished time
I fire up the willing engine, responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel, I commit my weekly crime...
Wind in my hair ---
Shifting and drifting ---
Mechanical music ---
Adrenalin surge ---
Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware
Suddenly, ahead of me, across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air-car shoots towards me, two lanes wide
I spin around with shrieking tires, to run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley as another joins the chase
Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man
Laughing out loud
With fear and hope, Ive got a desperate plan
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded
At the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle
At the fireside...
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That has been my favorite song since the 9th grade.
Rush.....Moving pictures! Nice!
Good for you, Helen. Nothin like a drive on a nice day!
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #16 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 2:29pm » |
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Way to go, Helen!!! Fantastic news!
I'm so happy for you! The small triumphs make the day.
Today driving, tomorrow the world... 
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #17 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 2:35pm » |
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Good for you GF. I like driving on a nice day too
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #18 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 2:55pm » |
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Way ta go Helen !!! Only thing nicer would be if you had a convertable, hair flying in the wind and the sun on your shoulders, and a cop (Bobby) in the rear vew mirror.  lol
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #19 on: Mar 27th, 2007, 10:52pm » |
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Wow. When I feel "knackered" I usually need a Band Aid. Nice going Helen. No more trains? Better alert clinics along the way. 
Seriously, I hope you revert to your lovable self like yesterday. Have a great time kid.
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #20 on: Mar 28th, 2007, 3:28am » |
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on Mar 27th, 2007, 12:19pm, JeffB wrote:
That has been my favorite song since the 9th grade.
Rush.....Moving pictures! Nice!
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I can't drive and listen to that song. My foot gets too heavy.
Actually, I started to post "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" but there are only so many liberties I am willing to take with my life.
You know the song...
Everybody says that there's nobody meaner
Than the little LeLimey from Pasadena
Oops  I think I'm in it now.
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #21 on: Mar 28th, 2007, 6:27am » |
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I'll have you know I didn't go over Seventy five once! I was very sensible on Monday however I went out again yesterday and lets just say I blew a few cobwebs out of my little baby That car goes from 0-60 in whats that smell and it corners like a dream, sticks to the road like glue and is the most fun way to lose your licence I know! I definitely overdid it yesterday though, I was wiped out within an hour of getting home and I actually went to bed early!
I obviously need the practise so I shall go out again today
I can't tell you how much I'm loving getting some independance back!
(PS Um... I blew up a speaker yesterday too  Wasn't my fault, it was Queen!)
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Re: Small Triumphs
« Reply #22 on: Mar 28th, 2007, 7:37am » |
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Quote:Everybody says that there's nobody meaner
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Mike, what is that brown, odiferous smudge on your shoe? Oh, I believe you've stepped in it.
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I'm very happy for you Helen
Now since I'm sick with the most horrible head cold I've ever had in my life, would you run some movies back to the service station, take Lily to Karate, drop off some packages at the Post Office and then pick me up some orange juice, magazines and a pizza?
Thanks!
me
oh, and could you please make sure the pizza has that spicy sauce? It'll clear out my head for about 2 hours so I can get back to werk.
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