OK, It is 7am and the writers wife is at work again. This was one of her many days she had to be there before the sun came up.

Oh Yeh, It is also the writers birthday he is still holding on to 30 something.

OK, when we last left Crazy Horse he was standing watching Something Special drive off into the night....

As she drove off Crazy Horse was starting to feel the wall around his heart fall. He had build this wall to protect himself from ever being hurt or taken advantage of again. It was very hard for him to just let go and trust another woman. Although he wanted so very bad to trust her with his heart he could just not let go. Crazy horse then went to deliver his load and returned to Baton Rouge.

When he got to Baton Rouge he told a friend that he had been talking to this lady in Alabama. This friend was a guy that Crazy Horse had grown up with, and he too was a driver. (His nick name was Stone Cold) Crazy Horse and Stone Cold talked for hours about Something Special. Crazy Horse told him that he felt something when he was around her that he had never felt before. Stone Cold said to Crazy Horse, Remember what you promissed yourself man. You are never getting married or living with another woman again. Crazy Horse looking at the ground says, Yeh I know. Remember how Stephanie did you, do you want a life like that again Crazy Horse? Crazy Horse replies. No I don't! Stone cold says, Then what the hell are you thinking about this woman for? Crazy Horse tells Stone Cold. I don't know how to explain it man. She makes me feel like she likes me just the way I am. and she doesn't want me to be nothing but me. She is not interested in how much money I have, or what I can buy her, or even if I drive a truck for a living. She just makes me feel happy. (Crazy Horses Mother had always told him, that anyone will have sex with you but only the right woman would Love you) This thought kept running through his mind. He was wondering if this woman would truely be the one that would Love him. So he said to Stone Cold, Hey man come up to Alabama with me and I will introduce you to her. Stone Cold says, Oh yeh thats what you need. Remember what I told you about your X wife. (The Day Crazy Horse had met his former wife stone cold had told him to leave it alone because she was up to no good, many times crazy horse had wished he would have listened to him so he would trust Stone colds opinion on Something Special)

The next day Crazy Horse and stone cold were on the way to Alabama. When they pulled up at the York BP, it was late and Something Special had already went home for the day. Crazy Horse had her phone number now and even though the mean girl was the one working she could not stop him this time from calling her up. And thats just what he did! (AFTER HE GOT THE BUTTERFLYS OUT OF HIS STOMACH) The phone rang 2 or 3 times and then he heard her voice. "Hello" She says (CRAZY HORSES HEART SKIPS A BEAT) He says "Hey Michelle, this is Jeff... uh from Baton Rouge.... uhhh you know... Crazy Horse" She laughs, "I know how you are, where are you." Crazy Horse says, "I'm at the truck stop" Something Special replies, "I'll be right up there" Crazy Horse says "uhh.. Ok" He walks over to Stone Cold and says, she said she is coming up here to see me. Stone Cold says, OH MY GOD! I can see that look in your eye Jeff, Remember she is a woman and she has a bagg full of tricks. don't fall for it Jeff. Crazy Horse says, "I'm not going to" Stone cold "YEH WHATEVER, you forget I have known you for 30 years" It only took about 10 minutes or so for Something special to get there. As she pulled up Crazy Horse saw her. She got out of her car and walked towards to building. Crazy Horse was standing inside watching her, he was lost in a daze thinking how beautiful she was. Stone cold says "HELLOOOOO anybody home in there?" ummm yeh, crazy horse says. Jesus here he goes again, stone cold replies. As she walks through the door. Hey there big fellow, she says. Crazy horse says, uh.. Hi! as he looks over at stone cold as to say, What do you think? Stone Cold just shakes his head. Something Special walks into her office with crazy horse behind her and puts her purse down. So, she says. Do you want to get some coffee? crazy horse says, ummm yeh. (he didn't even drink coffee, but he would with her) they walked into the diner and sat down. (crazy Horse even sat next to her) He introduced Stone cold to her, and then they talked about Crazy horses younger days, Stone cold filled her in on all the stupid things that they had done as kids. before they knew it they had been talking for hours (and many trips to the bathroom for Something special) It was time for them to go and time for her to go home and go to bed. They walked back to her office where they stayed for another hour talking somemore. Something special started drawing on crazy horses arms with chalk. He could not figure this out, what is she doing he said to himself. She would later tell him that she liked his arms. crazy horse thinking to himself says, uhhh..ummm Ok. But as usual there time together was cut short by thier schedules and crazy horse had to leave for Michigan. But like all the other times before she didn't let him go without a hug. Only now crazy horse was feeling more comfortable hugging her back. And he didn't even freak out when she kissed his cheek. As stone cold and crazy horse pulled out of the truck stop she waved goodbye to him. It was very hard for him to leave. he just waved back and said "I'll see you later" As they started up the road crazy horse said to stone cold "Well what do you think"? stone cold replied, Man I don't know. she seems nice but that could be a trick. You need to take it slow and watch out for yourself. Crazy horse says, I know I'm trying.

Crazy horse stopped in York many times over the next few weeks. Each time spending hours there talking with her. Then on one of his trip trough York he had stone cold along with him again. This trip just happened to be on valentine's day. When crazy horse walked into the truck stop something special said to him. "You better go change into a nice shirt if you want to take me out to eat somewhere. crazy horse said, OK! he then rushed out of the truckstop back to his truck to put on the best shirt he had. It was a purple Brush popper western shirt. He even put on a brand new pair of wrangler jeans and took his ostrich skin Justins out the box. After about 15 minutes in his truck getting ready he rushed back into the truck stop. Passing stone cold, stone cold said to him what the hell are you doing? crazy horse says, I'm taking her out to eat! stone cold then says, what am I suppost to do? Just at that time another friend of thiers that was headed to the same place pulled up. Crazy Horse said to stone cold, Ride with Duck, and I will catch up to you somewhere up in Kentucky. Stone cold says, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME, RIGHT? crazy horse says, NOPE! Luckily stone cold was crazy horses best friend and went along with this idea. He knew that crazy horse would make good on his word to catch up with them. Crazy horse come sliding back into the truck stop (LIKE KRAIMER ON THE SEINFIELD SHOW) Something special looks at him a says, WELL! Hi there Cowboy whats your name? She says, you know I am going to have to go home a change into something nice too now. I can't go looking like this. Crazy Horse thought to himself, There isn't anything wrong with the way you look. But she insisted on going by her house so she could change. When we pulled up at her house crazy horse saw something standing in her yard. what is that he said, Oh thatis my pot bellied pigs. Crazy Horse, YOUR WHAT! she laughs and says those are my pets. Crazy Horse thinking to himself, hmmmm OK... Thats cool I guess. As the car stops crazy horse gets out of the car and is licked to death by (NO... NOT HER!) about 6 little dogs. Something Special says Oh and thats my other pets, can you tell I like animals. Crazy horse, OH YEH that is a under statement. As they walked inside crazy horse sees this other little dog, it was a jack russel terrier. Something Special says, as she picks her up "And this is my inside pet her name is Dr. Ruth." Crazy horse says cool name as he reaches to pet her (THE DOG) at that time the dog snapped at crazy horse. (THE DOG WOULD NEVER GET ALONG WITH CRAZY HORSE) something special says, Oh I'm sorry did she bite you? no. crazy horse says. she tried though. Something special puts her down and says, she is very protective of me. Crazy horse says, "YOU DON'T SAY" as he gives the dog a mean look. Something special then says I'll be back. And goes into the back of the house. A few minutes later she returns dressed in a different outfit. she asks, how does this look? crazy horse says, very nice! as he thinks to himself "I mean beautiful"! About that time this young girl walks in. She looks at me as if to say, WHO ARE YOU and what are you doing in my house! Something special says, This is my daughter Tarin, Tarin this is Jeff. The young girl says hi! as she hugs her mother and goes into her room. Something Special says to her I'll be back in a little while! And her and crazy horse go out to the car, but first she asks him to take a picture with her pigs. Crazy Horse thinks to himself. OK, why not! and he squats down beside the pot belly pig for a photo opp! (SHE STILL HAS THIS PICTURE) Then they get into her car and Drive to Meridian Mississippi to get something to eat. On the way there crazy horse (TRYING TO IMPRESS HER) asks where she wants to eat. Red Lobster,the Outback, or what. She says. I don't care if we eat at Mc Donalds as long as I get to spend time with you! At that time Crazy Horse got this warm feeling inside, it made him feel so good that she just wanted to be with him. and nothing else mattered. He had never felt like that before. So he was not about to be a cheep skate with her so he said "how about the outback"? She says, Ok, but you don't have to do that. Crazy horse says, I know. Thinking to himself he says, But I want to. They went into the outback where they stayed for hours watching NASCAR and just talking getting to know each other some more. Then something special excused her self to go to the bathroom. (SHE DOES THIS ALOT) She had been sitting across from crazy horse up untill now, but when she returned she sat down beside him and leaned over on him. (you would have though he was going the jump out the booth) His shyness was starting to come back out. About that time her cell phone rang. It was her mother down in Hattisburg Mississippi. She told her she was a the outback with a goodfriend having supper. Then she says "hold on" she hands the phone to crazy horse and says, my mom wants to say hi! Crazy horse takes the phone and says "Hi"! Her mother replies, YOU ARE NOT SLEEPING WITH MY DAUGHTER, ARE YOU! Crazy Horse just about crawled under the table and died. Something special seeing that his face had turned very red asked, what did she just say to you? Crazy horse replies, UMMM NOTHING! After the phone call they sat and talked some more untill they realized they had been there for 4 1/2 hour (YES THE MANAGEMENT WAS READY FOR THEM TO LEAVE) Then crazy horse remembered that he was suppost to meet up with stone cold in Kentucky. So she rushed him back to his truck. When they got back to the truck she told him how much she really enjoyed having dinner with him and just spending time with him. He said, I enjoyed it too. Maybe sometime we could do it again. She says, Sure! anytime cowboy! Then she give him a hug and kiss goodbye. His heart was melting and that wall around it was really beginning to crumble. She was really starting to break it down with all the kindness and compassion she was giving him. At this rate he would not be able to last much longer.

The End of Part Three

More to come!

P.S. Hey Guys, If you really want to impress your wife, or anybody else try cooking this coonass dish. I have had GOOD LUCK with it on my wife. Works every time!

INGREDIENTS

2 sticks of butter

2 chopped onions

1 chopped bell pepper

1 chopped rib of celery

1 tbl of garlic

4 tbl of flour

4 tbl of fresh parsley

2 lbs boiled shrimp, or crawfish, (CRAWDADS IF YOUR FROM TEXAS)

1 lb Mexican Velveeta cheese

2 cups half-and-half (ITS LIKE MILK you can find it in the Dairy section)

1 can of mushrooms (I buy raw mushrooms and saute them)

1/2 cup of grated parmesan (The kind in a container will work)

Salt and pepper for your taste

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How to cook the stuff!

Saute onions, bell pepper, celery and garlic in the butter

Add the flour and parsley.

Add the shrimp (I HOPE YOU BOILED THEM FIRST, IF NOT YOU NEED TOO!) You can also boil some chicken and remove it from the bone as your meat. Or you can use crawfish its up to you.

Add the cheese, half-in-half, mushrooms and some salt and pepper.

Cook this for 10 minutes or untill the cheese is all melted down.

then cut your stove back to about a medium setting stir it about every 5 minutes and add salt and pepper to sute your taste.

After you have done this for about 25 minutes turn the heat down to low. and let it sit untill you finish making your rice.

You can use rice or angel hair pasta to serve it on.

This will feed about 6 people its very filling!

I promise this will knock your wifes socks off. And no telling what else! Enjoy!

Thats why my wife is always barefooted... cause I keep knocking them off

OH YEH, Ladies Not like I know but this will probably work on men too.

Now as Paul Harvey would say... "Now for the rest of the story"

As Crazy Horse left the truck stop he wondered if the mean girl would really give Something Special the note for him. All the way back to Baton Rouge he wondered what he would say to her when and if she really called him. He wondered if he had bit off more than he could chew. The next day Crazy Horse was out at his place in the country tending to the 50 head of cows that he had, When suddenly his pager went off. (BEEP BEEP BEEP) He grabbed the pager and looked at it. As his heart beat faster and faster. OH MY GOD, he thought Its her. For a few seconds he became really nervous. I can't believe it she really called me, he said. Running like a chicken with no head he finished feeding the cattle and headed for Baton Rouge so he could return her call from his house.

When he got home he picked up the phone and hesitated for a second. Taking a deep breath he dialed the number. it seemed like every ring took for ever. and then finally he heard her voice. "Thank You for calling York Travel Plaza, This is Michelle can I help you" Crazy Horse forced out the word "Hey Michelle, this is Jeff you paged me" (AS IF HE WAS DOING HER A FAVOR CALLING HER BACK) He felt like a idiot. Michelle said, "Well I got your note and you said to call you." He's thinking real fast. "Oh yeh he says, I left the note there when I passed through last night. Crazy Horse then proceeded to put his foot in his mouth many times during the next two hours on the phone with her. But by the time it was over he had told her he was going to come by on his way back through and she had said that would be fine. Crazy Horse hangs up the phone and says, "YES" He could not believe he had really done it, he had really talked to her on the phone. And better yet she had even said it would be nice to see him again. He could not wait to see her again so he called his company and scheduled a load up to Greenville Alabama (about 10 miles from york) The next morning he was on his way back up to Alabama. He was in such a hurry to get back to her he got a ticket in Mississippi for 88mph in a 70mph zone. This would be the first of 6 tickets he would get coming and going from Alabama over the next year. Many of the tickets came from him not wanting to leave her untill the last minute. (Like at 2am when he was suppost to be in Houston Tx at 9am) The biggest ticket he ever got was for 113mph in a 70mph zone. ( THE State of Mississippi payed for I-59 with proceeds from this) 

Crazy Horse was always so shy around her while at the same time tring to act tuff. (THAT IS HARD TO DO) She never really let him know it but she could see right through the tuff act. But she just let him keep on acting like a SUPER TRUCKER. Then one night as Crazy Horse was walking her to her car after work she turned and hugged him. (You could have heard a nat fart) Crazy Horses heart just about jumped out of his chest. As he hugged her from about 4 inches away. He could not believe she actually had touched him. OH MY GOD, he thought. She touched me, I hope that I didn't blow it by not really hugging her back. And I hope she doesn't think I don't like girls. But She could feel his shyness and did not over do it. She told him by, got in her car and drove off. As she drove off Crazy Horse just stood there with this blank look on his face as her perfume still filled the air. (She always smelled so good to him) Her scent could make him get so..... (OPPS LETS NOT GO THERE YET) Over the next few weeks Crazy Horse returned to York many times. Each time he returned he looked forward to his hug goodbye from her. And then one day he got up the nerve to really hug her back. And boy did he hug her, BONES CRACKED he hugged her so tight. He tought he would never turn loose of her. He never wanted that hug to end, she felt and smelled so good to him. And just when he had got over his shiness on hugging her. SHE KISSED HIM ON THE CHEEK! (OH MY GOD, HERE HE GOES AGIAN) He could not believe it. SHE KISSED ME! he said to himself.

Then as when she first hugged him she got in her car and drove off. This time Crazy Horse not only had that look on his face but the wall he had built around his heart was starting to fall. (But he was to tuff to let it show, or at least he thought he was)

END OF PART TWO

MORE TO COME STAY TUNED!

The writer has to go bring his wife some supper at work, and pick her up.

Well, my loving wife went and told the end of crazy horses story I guess everybody knows how it ended. Thanks Legs! I was telling this story!

She never even let me get to the part about my chicken hauling days.... Oh well. Maybe some other time. One thing is for sure she has tamed the ole Crazy Horse.

I got to go fix her some coffee for when she gets home. Its the least I can do after she has worked so hard for so many hours today.

Later.

 Well here I am sitting waiting on my wife to come home from work. (another16hr day for her) I hate her Job. But anyway I thought I would tell a little story while I was waiting. And I goes a little something like this.

Once upon a time (You know every story starts like this) There was this OTR Truck driver named Crazy Horse. He was a bulk hauler from South Louisiana. And he had a big ole fancey Peterbuilt. He would run all over the United States hauling plastic pellets for the automotive industry. Most of his trips took him from Louisiana up into the North East part of the country. He was a very lonesome man although he was married. He never did care to much for being home in Louisiana because he was so unhappy. He had always had this idea picture in his mind of what he thought the perfect wife would be like. And need less to say his wife at that time was really not it. But there was children in the picture so it was not that easy for him to say enough is enough. All that his wife ever did when he was home was put down on him and call him a stupid Truck Driver. You see, she was one of these women that required a lot of money to maintain. (SHE SHOULD HAVE MARRIED A LAWYER)

This went on for many years. (6.5) Untill one day she found her somebody else (RICHER) that could afford to drive her. And that left Crazy Horse single and able to look for that perfect soulmate he had always wanted and wished for. Someone who would love him for just what he was. and not exspect him to be anything he was not. During these years Crazy Horse had made many trips across the state of Alabama. One of his favorite places to stop was a little town called York, Alabama. In York there was this little truck stop called the York BP. He always stopped there because everybody always treated him so nice. AND THE TEA WAS FREE! During these years he had met a young lady that always seemed to be working the fuel desk when he would stop. But he never really knew her name. She would always greet him with a smile and a "Hi how are you today" when he would walk through the door. And that always made the shy Crazy Horse turn red in the face and say "Hi" as he walked in the door. The years went by and Crazy Horse dated a few other women but never could seem to find that idea one. All this time, everytime he stopped at York Alabama there was that lady at the fuel desk. Always smile'n and always in such a happy mood. And there was ole Crazy Horse still to shy to have much of a conversation with her. He always thought that a girl that nice would never give him the time of day. And besides that, he thought she would probably be just like all the rest of the women in his life and put down on him. He thought that the smiles were just a trick. And he had made himself a promise to never fall for anymore tricks. Then oneday when he was at York with another driver he got brave and started a conversation with her. (HAD TO SHOW OFF IN FRONT OF THE OTHER DRIVER) And started talking about his horses he had in Louisiana. Turns out that the she Loved horses and things like that too. Crazy Horse thought this was so cool. So he showed off a little bit more. He took a deep breath (and in a deep voice) said, "well if you ever feel like going riding call me" as he gave her his card. And she said sure, I might do that. Crazy Horse said, "So what do they call you?" She replied, "Something Special". Crazy Horse, thinking to him self said, "Boy does that nick name fit".

Crazy horse stayed around talking to her for about another 30 min or so then he had to go. He had to be in Michigan the next morning. As Crazy Horse and the other driver walked out the truck stop, the other driver asked him. "what are you going to do if she really calls you?" Crazy Horse replied, "She will never call me, Girls that are that nice never call me and besides if she did she would most likely turn out to be just like the rest of the women thats been in my life."

Well Crazy Horse went on to Michigan and deliverd his load at Ford corp. This whole time he was wondering if she would ever call. He was really wishing that she would. On his way back from Michigan to Louisiana he had not heard a thing from her. So as he passed the York exit on I-59 he decided to stop and try to see her. When he walked into the truck stop he saw that she was not there. (feeling depressed) he asked the girl there, "where is something special?" The new girl said in a very short and to the point tone, "Can't you see, shes not here" Crazy Horse thought to himself "WELL EXCUSE ME FOR LIVING" But he felt he could not leave there with out letting her know he had stopped by to see her. So he asked the other girl "could you call her for me so I could talk to her?" the girl replies, "NO I WILL NOT!" By this time Crazy Horse decides, This rude woman isn't going to get the last word. So he says, "can I leave her a note for you to give to her?" She says, "What ever!" So he writes Something Special this little note to let her know that he had stopped by to talk to her, but only this time he adds the words, "PLEASE call me". And he gives the note to the rude girl and says, "thanks" And then he leaves.

END OF PART ONE! TO BE CONTINUED!

PART TWO: The Test