Happy Love Day
Sue called the house last night around 01:20 hours and we talked for almost one hour. I then went to bed at 02:30 hours after I got off the phone with her. At 04:15 hours the pager went off for a sick person in Halifax Township. I got out of bed and got dressed and then Sue called my cell phone to make sure I was up and moving around and to be careful driving in. I told her that I would be careful and told her the same thing. I then went outside and started my car up and started cleaning it off. I then got inside and started into the "Barn". None of the roads had been plowed and I was unsure if I was even going to make it in to the shed, but I took my time driving and the only hitch I ran into was on Enders Road by Cliff's old house. I started slowing down and actually stopped on the road. I stompped on the gas and kept on it and slow and surely I started moving again and got up to the stop sign. Once I got on Armstrong Valley Road, the road was a little better then the back roads were. I then got into the shed and parked over in front of the flag pole. I got out and noticed that Sue was stuck in the driveway to the shed. I told her to aim her cars towards the back of mine and then I went to the back of her car and started pushing. After a pushing for a minute or two, we got her car off of the road and out of the way that both ambulance would be able to get out. We then went inside and got in 13-1 and off we went. We took our time going to the scene. We were kind of hoping that the lady would refuse due to the road conditions, but alas she didn't. So once we got the lady loaded up we started on our way down to Harrisburg Hospital. We took our time going down to the hospital as none of the roads had been plowed, including the interstate and the on and exit ramps, hell even the entrance to the hospital was not plowed. It took us one hour and 19 minutes to get down to the hospital. While we were heading down, the pager went off for a child birth in Halifax Borough. Kim Stout, Dohn and Carol took that call. After we got what we needed, we started the trek back up home. None of the streets in the city had been plowed, and if they were, it was only one lane. We stopped at McDonald's and we both got something to eat and drink and then started back on our way. We once again took our time going home as the roads were somewhat better, but still not the greatest. Amanda called Sue's cell phone and Sue had me answer it since she was driving. We had a three way conversation on the cell phone. Found out that both Amanda and Bob had to go to work today, even though the roads were terrible. We passed Amanda and Bob at the Clarks Ferry Bride. We decided to go avaialble in deep hollow incase we got another call. As we were coming up on Station 29, we saw alf's car sitting in the parking lot, and Sue decided to stop in and shot the shit for a little bit. Well we ended up getting stuck in the parking lot. I went inside and got Matt and Danner to come out. Danner got the unit unstuck and turned around. Me and Sue then got back in the unit and we slowly inched out way back out to the main road. Now Amanda had called my cell phone before we passed them and told me to tell Sue that the township plow went through her devlopment and had plowed shut the end of their driveway and she would not be able to get up in it. I told Sue that I could help shovel the end of her driveway. So we headed over there and Danner and Matt followed. Well we got up past the end of her driveway and then the unit got a little stuck. Danner plowed the end of her driveway. While he was doing that I decided to check to see if the air compressor for the on-spots had been turned on. Of course it had not. So I turned it on and then the chains started working and we were able to get moving again. While we were leaving her place, Bob, her husband called her cell phone and I answered. I talked to him for a few minutes and then hung up. We then headed back to the shed. We got there and when Sue tried to back 13-1 in, first she got to close to the curb and we had a hell of a time getting out again on the road way. She then tried to back it in again and was making good progress when the unit once again got stuck in the snow. By this point her nerves were so shot that she said fuck it. I told her that I would try and get it backed in. I got it back more but I then got stuck. I then told her to call Scott and have him come out and plow the lot so we could get the units back in and get our cars out. She tried his cell phone and he did not answer so I then called his house and talked to him and he said that he would be out. Meanwhile Sue went back to finish her tripsheet from Tuesday night. I went to the maintenacne room and grabbed a shovel and started moving some snow behind 13-1 so I could get it backed in. I then got it moving again and kept at it and finally got in backed in. 13-2 then got back and they had some trouble backing in, but I didn't care. Scott then showed up with his ATV and started plowing the parking lot. Sue then left and I went outside cause I knew she was going to need pushed to get out of the parking lot. So she started her car up and got it cleaned off. I also got mine started and cleaned it off. While she was cleaning her wind shield off, she thought she broke her driver's side wind shield wiper. I took a look at it and it had just come unsnapped and I was able to put ot back on. When she was ready to leave, me and Scott started pushing her backwards until she could not go back any further. Scott then plowed in front of her car and we pushed her foward and then he plowed behind her and then I gave her a push backwards and she was able to get out and left. I then moved my car so Scott could plow the rest of the parking lot. I then logged my time in and did the paperwork from the call while Scott continued to plow. I then left and headed up to Sheetz and got gas and then headed on home. The streets out my way were plowed, but they plowed closer to the other side of my street, like the usually do. So we had 3 to 4 feet of snow in front of our driveway. I tried backing in but got stuck and was able to get unstuck. I then decided to pull into the driveway and was able to just get the car off of the road and decided to leave it there. I then found out that we were having some problems getting the snow blower to work. After we played around with it for about an hour, dad finally realized that he did not have enough gas in the gas tank. We got the driveway cleared off and I had also called Danner to come out and do the end of our driveway as the snow blower was not able to get through it. He came around 16:30 hours and plowed the end of the driveway for us. After we finished clearing the driveway off, me and my father ran up to the township building to pick something up and then came back home. I then ate lunch and read the paper and watched some TV. I then fell asleep on the love seat and woke back up at 19:00 hours. I then made and ate dinner while I got on the computer to do some things. I then took a shower and am now going to hit the old email and surf the net. I will be getting off soon to go watch Mythbusters on TV and will not be back online.

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