One of the words that CeCe will communicate is train. Ok, she doesn't say "train" she does the arm motion of pulling the whistle and says "Woo-Woo". It's cute, and even more so because you know that she understands exactly what that is. She does it when she sees them, or hears them. Her Dad is a railroad engineer, and kind of a train enthusiast nut.
Yesterday morning I had to come in from the country to do a few things at home before heading out to a different part of the country to Tater and Ashlyn's birthday party. I kept hemming and hawing over how much time I needed, and I finally just decided to go early so I could handle everything. (crabbily I might add....again, not a fan of things to do on a Sunday)
The drive was uneventful, until I reached the railroad crossing right outside of Superior. Cars were stopped for two blocks already from a long train that was slowing down. It comes to a stop and I shut off my car, obviously I wouldn't be going anywhere for a little bit. Ten minutes later the train was still at a dead stop, but there were some whistles blown so I thought we would have progress. Suddenly I hear a train.....but "my" train isn't moving. Ohhhhh it's another train, and "mine" must have had to stop and let it by before it could switch onto that track.
Then my brain started thinking. "Hmmmmmm don't they know when and where these trains are? Couldn't someone have stopped "my" train before it hit this crossing?? I posed this question to CeCe's father, who answered that "Yep, they could, but the person who handles that is located in Texas." Now that doesn't seem real safe to me....... but what do I know? Does it seem logical that the person handling the trains running up here doesn't even know the area, or what he/she are blocking off? What if there's a computer problem?
All in all I sat for twenty some minutes, for a total of ten cars that were actually blocking the track. The people up front would have been there more than a half hour. In the realm of reasonable, that is pushing it. So I didn't get a jump start on the things I needed to do, and was about a half hour late to the party.
On the last leg of my journey toward the party I got stuck on another country highway by another train! This time it was a reasonable ten minutes, but it struck me that maybe the universe was trying to tell me something. Something like, slow down sister! Enjoy the moments and the people in your life, early or late, what does it matter, really?
An older couple that I've known for years, and actually bought a home from once, lost their nine year old Grandson on Saturday. He was hit by lightening. I can't even imagine the devastation that family is going through. Take your time, appreciate your loved ones, don't auto pilot through life, embrace it, and enjoy the beauty of a summer morning when you are unexpectedly stopped by a train!
Yesterday morning I had to come in from the country to do a few things at home before heading out to a different part of the country to Tater and Ashlyn's birthday party. I kept hemming and hawing over how much time I needed, and I finally just decided to go early so I could handle everything. (crabbily I might add....again, not a fan of things to do on a Sunday)
The drive was uneventful, until I reached the railroad crossing right outside of Superior. Cars were stopped for two blocks already from a long train that was slowing down. It comes to a stop and I shut off my car, obviously I wouldn't be going anywhere for a little bit. Ten minutes later the train was still at a dead stop, but there were some whistles blown so I thought we would have progress. Suddenly I hear a train.....but "my" train isn't moving. Ohhhhh it's another train, and "mine" must have had to stop and let it by before it could switch onto that track.
Then my brain started thinking. "Hmmmmmm don't they know when and where these trains are? Couldn't someone have stopped "my" train before it hit this crossing?? I posed this question to CeCe's father, who answered that "Yep, they could, but the person who handles that is located in Texas." Now that doesn't seem real safe to me....... but what do I know? Does it seem logical that the person handling the trains running up here doesn't even know the area, or what he/she are blocking off? What if there's a computer problem?
All in all I sat for twenty some minutes, for a total of ten cars that were actually blocking the track. The people up front would have been there more than a half hour. In the realm of reasonable, that is pushing it. So I didn't get a jump start on the things I needed to do, and was about a half hour late to the party.
On the last leg of my journey toward the party I got stuck on another country highway by another train! This time it was a reasonable ten minutes, but it struck me that maybe the universe was trying to tell me something. Something like, slow down sister! Enjoy the moments and the people in your life, early or late, what does it matter, really?
An older couple that I've known for years, and actually bought a home from once, lost their nine year old Grandson on Saturday. He was hit by lightening. I can't even imagine the devastation that family is going through. Take your time, appreciate your loved ones, don't auto pilot through life, embrace it, and enjoy the beauty of a summer morning when you are unexpectedly stopped by a train!
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