NOTES TO MY WIFE........JEEP IN THE RAIN We had to look like a couple of crazy people sometimes. I believe those occasions were some of my favorites. Despite our better judgment we seem to encourage the occasional crazy action by the other. I remember our first really ridiculous moment together. We had just visited your family’s home for the first time. It was in the woods and required scaling the hill country dirt roads. All I needed was an excuse to do something I always wanted to do. I had to buy a Jeep! Years earlier I had a best friend who had a Jeep. I loved it. Now I was going to have my own! A few days later I bought my Jeep. I bought the Sahara Edition with all the extras. I immediately drove it home and you helped me remove the hardtop. We then cruised around town jumping curbs every chance we got. It had the big tires. That’s what they are made for. I had the premium stereo with the speakers on the roll bar. The music was blaring. You playfully reminded me I was acting like a physician who had just bought a Harley. A Jeep was for a country boy, which I was not. You kissed me on the cheek and whispered, “Your secret will be safe with me.” You laughed and shook your head, “I’m gonna have to give you a nickname like Skeeter or something.” We both started speaking with an exaggerated southern drawl. The next day, Saturday, we decided to go out to the lake and go out on our boat. You had an appointment earlier in the day so you decided to meet me at the lake when you finished your appointment. It would give me time to uncover the boat and get it ready for the water. You arrived and we spent a few fun-filled hours on the lake. You were teaching me to fish. I had never been fishing. Clouds started to come in so we decided to call it an early day. We returned to our vehicles and you began following me home. I cranked up the stereo and began enjoying the topless Jeep ride back to San Antonio. Five minutes into the trip a light sprinkle began. At a stop light you pulled up beside me, “You think we gonna make it back before it starts to rain hard?” I answered with complete confidence, “No problem.” You smiled and responded, “Skeeter, you sure look good in that there Jeep.” I smiled and cranked the stereo back up. Ten minutes later a monsoon hit. It was if the bottom had fallen out of the sky. The rain was coming down in sheets. There was not a single place to pull over for cover on highway 281. I turned on the windshield wipers and watched my new Jeep begin to fill with water. I turned the stereo up louder to distract me. I could barely see you riding behind me. I just knew you were laughing. Ten miles later the rain had worsened. Other drivers were pulling over on the roadside. I finally reached the traffic signal on 281 just above 1604. The Jeep carpet was completely under water. I was drenched and water was ankle high in my new Jeep. You pulled beside me, rolled down your window and screamed, “You’re not going to drown are you?” I screamed back with a grin, “I’m not gonna let a monsoon ruin my fun!” You began laughing, “You still look good…. and dumb.” I gave you the thumbs up and cranked the stereo back up. When we reached home the rain had stopped. You gave me a giant hug and we laughed at my stupidity. You helped me pull the carpet out and find the drain plugs in the floor board. The rain poured from the Jeep and onto the driveway. As I backed the Jeep into the garage (I am sure you remember I always backed the vehicles into the garage because Batman never had to back the Batmobile up before leaving the Batcave) the rain restarted. I remember you screamed for me to stop. I pulled forward out of the garage. You closed the garage, ran to the Jeep and jumped in, “Now it’s my turn!” We then rode around Alamo Heights in the pouring rain with the music blaring. As stupid as I might have looked that day you made it fun. You made me feel like it was an adventure. On many occasions following that wonderful day when a summer shower would hit we would run to the Jeep and ride in the rain. I never did put the top on the Jeep. It always had to be ready for a ride in the rain with my best friend. We may not have looked like the smartest couple in the world riding through San Antonio as it rained on us but we were definitely… the happiest. I look forward to our next Jeep adventure in the rain.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 06:04:41 +0000
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