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I was in the far right lane with four lanes to cross to
make a left turn and I was driving a vehicle that handled like
a cruise ship.
"Hang on!" I yelled as I whipped the wheel left and
nailed the throttle to the floor. I managed to blow through
the intersection with all kinds of red lights glowing, tires
squealing, and my friends Dean and Dave hanging on for
dear life. I could say with some certainty that my judgment
probably was not the best at 3:00 A.M. on that particular
night. Fortunately there was no traffic or law enforcement
around that particular intersection in the wonderful city of
Odessa that night.
We finally dropped the U-haul off and started home.
Tracy was driving while the rest of us started to pass out in
the Expedition. I don't remember much about the drive home
except for when Tracy woke me up to tell me it was my turn
to drive. Neither of us recalls where that was, but I know
Tracy drove most of the way home. I feel a bit bad about
that as I am sure that she was quite tired...being pregnant
and all. Somehow we managed to make it back to Abilene
to drop off Dave, Jennifer, and Dean. We finally crawled
into bed around 6:00ish only to get up shortly thereafter and
started working on our new house.
Looking back, I have to say that our marathon move to
Odessa was well worth the trouble. My family and I have an
incredible house which we purchased at a very reasonable
price. We helped our family who probably couldn't have
rearranged the house in Odessa by themselves. We have an
entertaining story to tell people. We also learned we have
some pretty good friends because, yes, they are still our
friends.39
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