Darwin Award Candidate?

On the 10 p.m. news tonight was a report about a tractor accident. Seems as if one of the city's mowing crew members got his tractor too close to the edge of a creek bank. The tractor tipped off of the bank, fell down about a fifteen foot bluff, and ended up upside down in the water. The driver had his seatbelt on and was trapped under water, and so his co worker drove over on his tractor to help. Up until this point, all we have is an accident. But then... The second guy somehow managed to flip his tractor into the creek as well! Now we've got two guys and two tractors in the creek. Fortunately the second guy wasn't injured and was able to get out and help the first guy. The first guy is in the hospital this evening but is doing well. They didn't report what the city's going to do about all of the tractors upside down in the creek.

And in other news, which unlike the previous wasn't actually on THE news, my parents are flying to Little Rock on Saturday. Jason Dempsey was going to be in LR anyway and graciously agreed to pick them up. The deal is that we have two cars and a moving truck, but only two drivers. My parents are going to take my truck and the boat and drive them back to Austin. That way Shana can drive the car, I can drive the moving truck, and we won't have to have an extra driver.

We're having some kind of going away thingy after church on Sunday night. I'm not sure exactly what the plan is, as it's pretty much against the rules to plan your own going away party. When we left the church in Canadian, they gave us all kinds of gifts. It was a nice touch, but we had to pack them all and move them. This time we're moving into a smaller place than we have now. Shana and I request no gifts please, so we don't have to pack them or find a place to put them. Thanks.

Some folks have offered to help us load the truck. We're planning on loading on Thursday of next week, probably in the afternoon and evening. We're going to try to pull out Friday morning. That way we'll have all day Saturday to unpack. I'll post a specific time for helpers to come, but for now, be thinking about Thursday afternoon.

Guess that's it for today. Going fishing in the morning. It'll probably be the last time I get to take my boat out here.
Jason