The Good News and The Bad News

No pictures today, just a quick post. First the good news. Dad came down yesterday and checked the fuses to my dryer. One was blown, so now I'm back in business. I used it once, and all seemed to go well. He said if it happens again it may mean there is a problem with the dryer.

Now the bad news. The shitty, pisses-me-off, if not for bad luck we'd have no luck at all, nothing ever goes our way, one step forward ten back kind of news. Phone rings this afternoon around 2pm. It's hubby, calling from northern BC to tell me his truck is laying on its side in the ditch. He's fine, he actually had his seat belt on (face it, not many truck drivers wear seat belts). He said it wasn't snowing, but there was snow on the ground, and it was blowing around the road. He must have hit black ice, first thing his truck starts to go, then it goes into the ditch, and the truck and flatbed just kinda tip over on the passenger side. He has no phone service there, so luckily about 1/2 hour later a highway worker came along and took him back to Fort Nelson. He's in a hotel, his truck will be righted tomorrow sometime, and we'll see what damage is done. There's another guy from his company that left Whitehorse today that will probably come get this load, and hubby will head back home if/when his truck is able. (I don't even want to think about the towing bill let alone repairs.) We have insurance, of course, but the deductible is $10,000!

I don't know how many times stuff like this can happen to one person. About seven or eight years ago he was in a van with his friend, friend was driving, and they hydroplaned the van, rolled three or four times, totalled the van. Then in June, 2005, it was the big one that wrote our first truck off and resulted in the death of the lady who hit him. Now this. Luckily he wasn't physically hurt in any of these accidents, but he's got another 25-30 years of driving ahead of him, makes me wonder.

I will post tomorrow with some FOs. I had a rough afternoon, but I did manage to finish a scarf. It's blocking now. I also started his hat. I can't do anything that requires much concentration at the moment, too much on the brain.

Happy knitting!

PS We did get our new sock yarn in, three new Fortissima Sockas, and only one of the Austermann Steps came in. This company sends backorders, so hopefully that won't take too long to arrive. Of course it was the green one that didn't come.