I am sooooo sorry that is has taken me FOREVER to write on here! I’ve been trying to pick up the slack on my other blog, but can’t forget ours! The thing is…for awhile, living in the country wasn’t that exciting. Don’t get me wrong, I like it that way!! However, during the month of December that all changed.
Crazy Ruffin Happening #1
It all started with a freak storm that had LOTS of damaging winds. My room mate’s dad has a shed about a 1/6 of a mile from our house. I was at school when she texted me, “Road blocked. Power out. Best to stay away.” Oh…okay…what happened?! Turns out the wind had knocked down the shed and put a lot of the debris into the road. I went to my friend’s house and waited out the crazy storm. (Side story: I had taken a couple of my students to Wal-Mart to shop for our Christmas Angel and the weather, though ominous, was fine when we left. However, as soon as I pulled into the school all hell broke loose! Sheets of rain and gusts of wind left me looking like a wet rat trying to enter a wet t-shirt contest gone wrong!) Back to Ruffin…I waited until 10 to go back to the house and the power was still out! Now, I usually don’t scare easy (who am I kidding, I slept with the lamp on last night!), but I was slightly freaked out when I got back. Thank goodness my uncle gave me a bright little flashlight for Christmas the other year! I lit some candles and willed the power to come back on. It came back around 3am and you’ve never seen such a happy girl!!
Crazy Ruffin Happenings 2 and 3:
I really can’t elaborate nor know a lot about situation number two. All I know is that 2 bodies were found burned in a car about 10 minutes from my house. Really, do I need to say more? What the crap?
Third happening…I’m copying an e-mail that I sent my friends after happening #3. Here you go:
I got home late last night because I had dinner and went to see tacky Christmas Lights with my friend, Kim. My room mate was still up and we were chatting and all the sudden we heard a HUGE boom. It sounded like someone had slammed a storm door...except we don't have one. Our den is in the back of the house, so we look at each other freaked and try to decide what to do. My room mate had been working on a couple walking sticks (she was putting designs in them for a Christmas present) and I had a jar of homemade salsa. She grabs the stick...I grab the salsa and head to the front of the house to see what had happened.
My room mate walked outside and came back in and said, "Coley, someone has hit a tree in the front yard." I grabbed my mace and flashlight and headed out. We go out and sure enough a Ford Truck and smashed into the tree right in front of our house. It was the scariest/craziest thing I've ever seen. We called 911 and she went to help the woman.
Long story short, the ambulance, 3 cop cars, 1 highway patrol car all showed up and it looked like we had robbed a bank. I was praying none of my students were out driving at 11 at night. They took her away in the ambulance.
I did get to meet a couple cute cops! I was going to invite them in for cookies and milk...but it was midnight and I had to give an exam the next morning.
So…there you go. December in Ruffin. Pretty exciting, right?! Haha, it’s not NJ, but we do occasionally get some action J I wish you all the best in your travels. PLEASE be careful!!
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