Name:Rachael Country:United States State:Texas Birthday:1/19/1982 Gender:Female
Interests:Hanging out with Brandon and friends, meeting new people, taking care of animals, watching movies, helping people feel good about themselves. Expertise:Certified Veterinary Assistant level 1
Certified Veterinary Technician level 2 Occupation:Medical Industry:Medical
So, 2 days ago I find out from an old co-worker/friend, who now lives in California, that while they were having a safety class at her veterinary clinic they handed out pamphlets and she saw none other than ME and Dr. Lonsford holding a basset hound in one of the pictures!! I told Dr. Lonsford today at work, "Hey you remember about 3-4 yrs ago we sent in some pictures for that safety thing? Well I heard from Mindy that we're in it!!!" He was like "Oh yah *grin* I didn't tell you about that yet? heh" ANYWHO here's the website site add you GOTTA see me =) We're on the 2nd page last picture on the left site.
Brandon & I's Trans Siberian Orchestra concert 12/27/07
This is one of my all time favorite songs. This is Jennifer Cello singing it at one of their concerts last month. Not only is she beautiful but her voice is amazing. I can't wait till Brandon and I can go to another of the Trans Siberian Orchestra's concerts. The whole concert in general was just amazing with the music, lighting w/ lasers, and the pyro I must say was AWESOME!!! They wouldn't let us take our cameras in so that was a huge disappointment but with the program, cds, and dvd that we got afterwards we can remember it always =)
Well after a long, crazy, busy day at work I got outside and it's POURING rain like crazy and lightning really close. So I then got a towel from work and used that as cover to help keep me a little drier. Well I make it to the car not to drenched start up the truck no problems.I call Brandon and we decided on Chipotle where we love for dinner so I drove over and got the food and it's still pouring rain. As I'm coming out it's still gushing on the way of course I'm praying for God to help me get home safely. Well then my phone rings and it's my friend from work with a question while I was talking I heard this strange crunching noise so I was like hey I gotta go. I then quickly called Brandon cause I feel so much safer to atleast hear his voice when I'm scared about something. I was like I'm not sure what's going on but the truck just out of nowhere started this crunching noise and it sounds like it's coming from underneath my seat. At this time I've got a lot of traffic around me and it's still raining but not nearly as bad. Then the noise happened again I told Brandon I was scared and wanted to keep him in the line incase something bad happened. Well I came up to a traffic light and stopped no noise then so I told brandon just stay incase something happens again please well no sooner had I turned right and into the left lane the truck crunched again. I was like did you hear that it's getting worse he said yah well pull over. And this is the weirdest part at the light there had been a lot of traffic and raining at this time the traffic on both sides of me 2 lanes worth was gone and it had stopped raining completely. The truck kept going slower and slower and everything I would try and go a little faster 5 miles an hour total it would crunch really loud then I would push the brake and it wouldn't stop right at first and here I am scared and it's dark outside with not a lot of lighting on the roads. With Brandon still on the phone I saw a baptist church parking lot up ahead and I was praying God please just let the truck make it to there. So I hung up and Brandon was on his way. I pretty much just coasted for about 1/4 mile to the parking lot then I had to rev it a bit since the driveway was up a little hill. It didn't crunch up the hill and I made it safely to the parking lot where there was no raining or lighting going on anywhere near me. The traffic started up a bit but not much and I just sat there and then started to pray for what I was thankful for of all things. I prayed and thanked God for the rain stopping, that the traffic wasn't busy near me when the truck started to mess up, that the truck was able to make almost all the way home without any problems and that it didn't happen while I had gone through some other major intersections. Also that I was able to get the truck to the parking alot and that my husband was home and didn't have to work late and could come get me. Also that Steve was home to answer my scared call asking for prayer while I was waiting for Brandon, it was comforting while I was out there alone. Well then Brandon made it there and I was soo chilly the cool front was coming in and I was afraid to touch any buttons in the truck or turn it off incase it wouldn't start up again. So I couldn't mess with the heater. Brandon then brought me his jacket to stay warm while he played with the truck. He then drove it around and the crunching sound got ALOT worse like it was metal ridges skipping and mashing into each other off and on. Well Brandon decided to drive the truck to his aunt and uncles house which wasn't to much farther up the road so we didnt have to just leave it there in the dark parking lot. He had me drive the work van he had drove in I was so relived I didn't have to mess with driving that truck anymore tonight I was worried enough. We made it safely to our relatives place and on the way it could still hear it grinding really loud off and on. He wasn't even driving it more than maybe 3-5 miles an hour if that. So now we're home safe but now we have to decide on what we're gonna do with our main transportation. Brandon thinks for sure it's the transmission I would agree and it's not going to be a cheap repair from the sounds of what we heard. So PLEASE be in prayer with him and I on what God wants us to do and how we're going to do it cause atleast we have his work van but then I have work again starting Friday. Thanks in advance for all the prayers I love you all and thanks for letting me vent on my day I do feel better. =)
I can't believe it's going to be in the 50s for the high tomorrow as well as the rest of the week. =) It's gonna be AWESOME!! They also said we're gonna have a pretty bad storm this evening, I have to work late, of course my luck, so hopefully we'll get out on time around 7pm =)
