HE'S GOT A TICKET TO RIDE

As I sit here today in my house

with POURING rain outside, it's quiet and dark

I am reminded of LAST SATURDAY

and start to hyperventilate

HOLY FREAKING FENCING

yup, we were workin' the land (as they say here in the country)

We are re-doing our front gate, so had 3 major Holes to dig for the BIG posts

Well, due to this handy dandy world we live in

we don't have to "dig" the holes

We use this sucker

Its an Auger, that's attached to the tractor

 does all the work for you

You position it to where you want the hole dug, turn the switch

and it spins round and round digging down into the ground.

Only thing is, You do NOT want to get in the way of it

while it is spinning

Which, THIS DAY, Mr. Gorgeous did

after having worked this sucker 1000's of times

the 1001'th time, it snagged him

He was wearing gloves (which he doesn't usually do when using this machine)

and the glove got caught in this here bolt

not exactly sure which one of these bolts,

they aren't talking

and the next thing I knew Hubby was off his feet spinning

like  jeans in a wash cycle

round and round with that damn auger

I couldn't believe my eyes !!!!

and the worst part, I had NO CLUE what to do

I remember screaming to him "what do I do"

(note to self.....if you are going to be a country girl, better learn how to operate the equipment,  or high heel your toosh  back to the city)

After about 3 good times around, he was thrown onto the ground

BECAUSE his arm snapped

that actually was what "released" the resistance and force that had him hanging on the auger

When his hand and arm went limp from the break....there was no more resistance

and off he went

Mr. Gorgeous say's ...."my arm is broken"

No crap cowboy....I can soooo see that

"that's what I was thinking in my calm hysterical state of mind

(I know, You can't have calm and hysterical at the same time)

and when I get hysterical, scarred, upset

I DRY HEAVE

it is very lady like..........NOT

I don't actually "throw up".....just sounds like I'm about to heave all my grits up on the spot

Hubby is very calm however, and tells me in no uncertain terms

YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN!!!!

he had to instruct my sorry self how to turn off the tractor

then when I returned to him and saw the big gash in his arm

and some bone, I REALLY got  uncalm

"Get to the house and call 911..."

"do you remember our gate# and Range Road??"...he asks

yeah, yeah, yeah....I reply between dry heaves

While talking to dispatch on the phone

(she asks, are you going to throw up?)

NAH, these are just my nervous noises

She asks, "where is your husband  now"

then I look out the window and What is my X-Firefighter maucho cowboy doing

Walking down the freaking road to the house, holding his arm

at the very end of this road is where we were working

and here comes "bloody bones" hoofing himself to the house

Long story short

dispatch kept giving me instructions

as well as a calm, but very Pale Mr. Gorgeous

kept giving me instructions

until the EMT's got here

They dosed him up with morphine and off to the big city

they took him for needed surgery

He had a compound fracture, fixed up with 2 pins and 12 screws

I told him he was pretty fortunate

how many cowboys get screwed 12 times in one day??

(sorry, couldn't resist)

I did an awful lot of walking up and down these hospital corridors

and he was fortunate to have a Window With A View

OH

and I had to put this in here for some of you warm weather living friends of mine

these are plug in's.....for in the winter

when it's so cold you need to plug in your car

so it doesn't freeze ...I don't know, the battery or some other cold sensitive car part

Now we are home, he is doing fine actually

our chores for this summer are put on hold for now

Plan B in place

except I didn't HAVE a Plan B

Other then for me to perhaps take a Defensive Farming Class

Mr. Gorgeous FORBID me to put up any photos of his bruising

all down his one side, colorful as the northern lights I'd say

GOSH....how can he forbid me, obviously he does not

understand Bloggers ALWAYS put up all KINDS of photos

So I am sneaking in this one itty bitty picture

It is a lot more purple right now

gosh, I wish you could see his side...I know, I promised

All in all, it was a frightening experience

People have LOST THEIR ARMS on this machine

Totally ripped off

We were LUCKY

So there you have it, That's my

SPIN ON THE STORY

made me think of this scripture in Psalms:139

in part....."Thou knowest my downsitting and mine rising"

I think this day....HE included and thy twirling

just saying