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deletedApr 9, 2023Liked by Rebecca Holden
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Brilliant. So much to respond to here. Firstly, we had a minor 1000 traveller, and somewhere in the Freedman archives there's a photo to prove it. Secondly,bthe committee I chair is obviously doing its work . My committee for the propagation and preservation of roadworks has an annual target. Our activities include digging up sections of road and filling them in again for no discernible purpose. Our speciality is 4 way traffic lights with each one on red permanently. When all else fails, we plant road closed signs randomly. Please complete our customer satisfaction survey.

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Apr 8, 2023Liked by Rebecca Holden

I was reading this with baited breath. Wondering and pondering if you would end up in Milton Keynes (god forbid) or Oxford... Scotland? Glad you got there, quite literally

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Apr 8, 2023·edited Apr 8, 2023Liked by Rebecca Holden

A rollercoaster, that's your life,

it has its ups and downs.

You took us on a journey through it,

full of smiles and frowns.

We read through it with baited breath,

we cheered when you did well.

And all of us learned something new,

when with your pride you fell.

😂

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Hugs to you both! And while there's no shame in the sat nav game, but what fun is in that?

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Thanks for getting us to your destination (and back.) Like in your car with the music blasting, it was a fun journey. I had a red VW Golf once too! Loved that car until it died on the way to a Joan Armatrading concert in New Jersey and had to be scrapped. 🚘

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Phew!

Well done you. I share your misgivings of unfamiliar routes and I always find that Sat Navs take you anywhere but where you actually want to go and I spend a lot of time mouthing off at 'that woman' as my mum used to call the Sat Nav voice.

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Apr 8, 2023Liked by Rebecca Holden

Chuckle, chuckle. Oh you poor love! Congratulations though, really! You did SO WELL!!! Don’t worry about the last little glitch. When it doesn’t matter, it truly doesn’t matter. Grin.

Thanks so much for giving us that final ‘He’s ok now’ comment too! Hospital visits are always scary. For both of you I’m sure. I’m so glad that all that is now in the past. For now at least.

Another wonderful read. Thanks SO much. 🤗🤗😘😘🥰🥰💕💕

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Can we have a moment for his nickname being “Snaps”? 🥺🥰

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What a great story!! Loved it! Especially missing the pharmacy while singing---twice! Thanks for starting my day with a giggle! ❤️

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“With no obvious drop-off point in evidence I stopped just beyond the ‘NO STOPPING’ red route and flung my patient-to-be passenger out of the car, rudely disturbing a group of vapers and smokers in scrubs as I did so.”

I can just picture poor Mr Snaps now being flung not only from the car but into the fog!🤣

And I admit I have been so into my car karaoke before that I’ve missed an exit or a turn. I mean, when you’re hitting all the notes (in your head) with passion, it’s so easy to do. We once visited the San Antonio area and decided to drive into the city on the same day that their Fiesta parade was happening. Road blocks at every turn! I was thankful for my Waze app!

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Apr 8, 2023Liked by Rebecca Holden

Love this crazy story. Loved your "battered – later scrapped – matte red VW Golf". It takes me back to my days of driving a rattle-trap, decrepit 1968 VW, which was SO embarrassing, but it usually got me where I was going. I also liked the way you slowed down to five miles per hour and "flung" your patient out the door at the hospital and took off. Perfect! Always entertaining, Rebecca. Thank you!

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Apr 8, 2023Liked by Rebecca Holden

Since I am wearing my smarty-pants today, I thought I would mention that one wants to say "...with bated breath" (a shortened form of abated or suspended.) Baited would mean loaded with bait or a lure”. I apologize! I retired from English teaching a long time ago, but just cannot stop. Humor me, please, I mean no harm. Ha ha ha.

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Rebecca! Your kidding?! A marathon (was the reason for the detour)...it is such a great metaphor for life thought isn't it?! I hope Jim is well and you are making a full recovery today. :)

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Don't feel bad that you missed the pharmacy twice. I actually did that last week, though it was Office Depot. I had so much on my mind. I was thinking about driving home and then it hit me. My Mom was with me and she told me she was wondering where I was going. I ended up pulling into a restaurant's parking lot and going to the rear and out into the complex where all the stores are located. Then I worked my way back to what I thought was the route. By then, I was really discombobulated and I missed the turn. Then I had to go in front of another store and around the corner. Eventually, I finally made it there.

Glad Jim is okay now. By the way, I love how you said you flung him out of the car. 🤣

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Oh no, the curse of the catchy car singalong! Who hasn't been there? ;-) Glad everything worked out in the end!

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