THE BATTLE OF THE MUD

IT’S BEEN UNUSUALLY WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF RAIN LATELY. NOW MIND YOU, I AM NOT COMPLAINING, BUT MY “BOYS” (HUBBY AND SON) ARE CHOMPING AT THE BIT FOR SNOW, BEING SNOWMOBILERS AND ALL.
WELL ANYWAY, WITH ALL THIS RAIN MY YARD HAS BECOME A MUD PIT. THAT WOULDN’T BE SO BAD, BECAUSE AFTER ALL WHAT CAN YOU DO IN THE YARD THIS TIME OF YEAR ANYWAY, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE PARKED. 2 CARS, 1 PICKUP, I COMPANY VAN, A BOAT, A SNOWMOBILE TRAILER WITH SNOWMOBILES ON IT. SO WE REALLY DON’T HAVE A YARD, MORE LIKE A PARKING LOT.
WELL TO GET ON WITH MY STORY, I CAME HOME FROM WORK THE OTHER NIGHT, IT HAD RAINED FOR MOST OF THE DAY. MY SON WORKS THIRD SHIFT, SO HE HAS TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AT NIGHT OR WE ALL HAVE TO GO OUT IN OUR PJ'S AND MOVE CARS. HE WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE PORCH, MY HUBBY’S VAN ON THE STREET. BOAT IN IT’S USUAL PLACE..........
BUT THE OTHER CAR AND TRAILER WERE GONE. THE BOYS HAD TAKE IT TO HAVE A SNOWMOBILE DROP OFF TO BE FIXED. NOW AS I SAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVE WAY SURVEYING THE SITUATION. I FIGURED I WOULD PULL IN FRONT OF THE PICKUP AS I HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BECAUSE I HAVE A SMALL CAR AND THE TRAILER WAS NOT THERE. I HAD NO PROBLEM PULLING IN AND REALLY DIDN’T NOTICE HOW MUDDY IT WAS. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND STEPPED RIGHT INTO MUD. YOU COULD HEAR THE SQUISHING SOUNDS. MY FOOT WAS STUCK. BUT LIKE I SAID I REALLY DIDN’T NOTICE IT. I TURNED MY BODY AROUND SLIGHTLY WITH THE CAR REMOTE IN HAND TO PUSH ON THE ALARM AND THAT’S WHEN I NOTICE NOT ONLY MY FOOT WAS STUCK, BUT A SKUNK WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY CAR. FOR SURE I WAS GOING TO BE SPRAYED WHEN THE HORN SOUNDED. WHAT COULD I DO? MY MIND WAS SCREAMING "DON'T PUSH THE BUTTON", MY THUMB WAS MOVING IN SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE BUTTON. THE SKUNK WAS POSITIONED WITH HIS BACK TOWARDS ME AND HEAD TURNED TO WATCH MY EVERY MOVE. MY FOOT STUCK IN THE MUCK!!! OH MY GOD, I ABOUT TO BE SPRAYED.
I'M WEARING MY NEW COAT(AFTER A 2 YEAR SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT COAT) IT WILL BE RUINED.(ODD THOUGHT BUT I AM A WANNA BE PRINCESS AFTER ALL) I WAS REALLY STARTING TO PANIC, SO I DID WHAT ANYONE IN MY PLACE WOULD DO.......................I PULLED MY FOOT FROM MY SHOE(LEAVING IT BEHIND) AND RAN FOR THE HILLS(REALLY MY PORCH). MY BARE FOOT WAS COVERED IN MUD, BUT MY COAT WAS SAVED!!!!!
AS FOR THE SKUNK, I THINK HE RAN AND HIDE UNDER THE PORCH NEXT DOOR. WHEN THE BOY'S CAME HOME A LITTLE WHILE LATER, I MADE THEM RETRIEVE MY SHOE AND TOLD THEM NOT TO ASK!!! MY HERO'S
BOY WHAT A DAY!!!!!