UPDATE: 10:30pm Just spoke to Tammi and she's finally home! Yay! Well, almost. She was still 20 miles, out but she was almost there. She sounded awful though, high fever, chills, aches.

UPDATE: 3:30pm Major prayers needed for Tammi, who's stuck at LaGuardia Airport in NYC trying to get home while dealing with a fever and a cold that's coming on. Thank you.

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Yesterday, most of the northeast was buried under snow. Parts of Orange County, New York received 30 inches of snow in a single day. My area got 6 inches of mostly ice & some snow, which really concerned me because I had a wonderful dinner date planned.

Well, after a slight delay, caused by the ice that was everywhere, I made it into Manhattan by train. My date arrived just as I was about to sit down and I was stunned by this beautiful person before me. Pictures do this individual no justice. Folks, I couldnÂ’t stop staring through most of dinner. Then add a witty and sparkling personality, throw in some wonderful stories, and great conversation, and itÂ’s a great recipe for a wonderful time. I, on the other hand felt like I was a bit of a drag being truly in awe of this fun and exciting person before me. You see I had spent the entire day in bed keeping my nausea at bay from my chemo treatment from the day before and was focused on saving all my energy just so that I could be there that evening. After all, who turns down an exciting fun date on Valentines? Not Moi!

And a wonderful time it was. I was truly hoping that my quietness didnÂ’t make the date end early. Two hrs just wasnÂ’t enough time for me, so to keep the fun going I suggested we do something else. So my date suggested we go to the Empire State Building. [Hmmm, did my date know that one of my favorite movies is an Affair to Remember?] Well, big points were scored there. I love a lot of the classic movies of the 30Â’s & 40Â’s.

Even though IÂ’m a native New Yorker and have gone to the Empire State Building many times, IÂ’ve never been to the top at night. As always, my city was ready for the occasion, dressed in her most resplendent and shimmering lights. The only drawback, we only had a 10 mile of visibility because of the bad weather

The only negative of the entire evening was when we still werenÂ’t able to get a cab after 20 min. Thankfully, after much prayer, some walking around and some cursing (on my part) after seeing plenty of cabs out of service, we were able to get one. Yay! After dropping off My Wonderful Date, my blog sis Tammi of Tammi's World at her hotel, I continued on home. BTW, the reason I don't say more about last night is that what happense in NY stays in NY... that is until a book deal comes along.

I was glad that traffic was light because it mant that I would be able to get home only a little late, or so I thought. After only 2 min of being on the bridge, the car 30 ft in front of us slid into the right lane (we were in the center). Luckily no one was driving fast and we managed to avoid a collision. But we weren't so fortunate either. As an idiot tried to pass us it slid into our car and tapped us. I simply braced myself for the impact. Not only did we spin slightly as we glided forward, that tapping action caused us to drifted first to our left and then back to our right eventually climbing the accumulated shoveled snow which softened the impact as we hit the concrete protective barrier and came to a stop. Hey, at least we didnÂ’t spin out of control!

Relieved that we were both Ok I called 911. The lanes on the bridge are just too narrow, so we sat there with our hazards and the driver put a flashing light on the hood to alert people to our presence. All we could do was wait for either the police or the tow truck, whichever came first. I was talking to my sitterÂ’s mom, letting her know I was going to be very late getting home and so was her daughter when the police arrived. It was from them that I learned they were short handed so they couldnÂ’t give me a lift to the other side of the bridge. Okay I thought, no problem, so I called the car service IÂ’ve been using lately and begged them to come pick me up.

Having had a great night I settled into the back seat to kill some time and used my cell phone to surf, send out text messages and write a few emails. An hour later a car finally pulled up and the police escorted me to my awaiting chariot which finally got me home safely, or so I thought. I had worked out with my sitter to come down just as I arrived so the cab could then drive her home.

Although a wonderful idea, itÂ’s execution unfortunately didnÂ’t go as smoothly as I had planned. You see, the driver was from the south, and had never driven in snow or on icy roads like the hill I live on, so he naturally got stuck. It turns out he and I not only had to use my cane to break the ice and move the chunks out so he could get out, some passersby tried to help as well. When I saw that he really didnÂ’t know how to drive on the ice I asked him if he would let me help him get unstuck and drive the car out for him. After 20 minutes he finally gave up and let me get behind the wheel. You see these were the conditions I learned to drive in many years ago and as a result I got him out in just a few minutes. YAY!

So, I finally got into my apartment shortly before midnight. All in all an exciting evening. So though IÂ’m sore and stiff this morning, thereÂ’s one thing I have to say, evenings with Tammi are definitely NOT BORING! And after all that happened last night, I wouldnÂ’t hesitate for a moment to have some Tammi Time once again! IÂ’m praying youÂ’re able to get home safely and soon kiddo.

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