Does he deserve a reward?

[Madame Manga]

Or a good spanking? ;-)

The giant ash tree in front of our house just cracked in half and fell into the road. I'm still a little, uh, shaky. ;-) But no one was hurt, nor was there much damage.

Luckily, D. was just returning from grocery shopping as it happened. He noticed that the lower branches were looming VERY low over the driveway. Well, that's funny, says he. Then he got of the car and saw that there was a huge split down the middle of the trunk. The whole tree was creaking and popping, the huge crown gradually descending. He got back in his car, drove out again, parked it by the side of the road, and had just pulled my van out and parked it a safe distance away when BOOM. Half of a sixty-foot, thirty-year-old tree tore away and fell into the driveway. It missed the garage, but blocked one lane on our road. Rush hour, big street--pretty spectacular. There are cops and guys with chainsaws out there right now; the whole neighborhood is snapping pictures and exclaiming.

Pardon me if dinner is a little late for my really, really brave husband. ;-) He's getting his reward after the kiddies are in bed. Even if I would much rather have HIM intact than my minivan...

MM

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I think he was thoughtful. Though I would also prefer to have my Hubby safe and sound rather than any car.

 

[Madame Manga]

I'm just thanking God that it didn't fall at the wrong time. A few minutes can make an enormous difference to the entire course of a life; this was one of those turning points. I smelled a whiff of mortality when I saw that tree crash down. Earlier that morning, I stood under it for a while talking to my son's friend's mother as she sat in her car. I didn't notice a thing. A few hours later, there were several tons of splintered wood heaped on that spot.

Well, some jocular guys in coveralls came out after dark with a couple of trucks, floodlights and a giant wood chipper, and everything was gone in the morning. Those darlings even swept the driveway. ;-) I must send a nice note to the city public works department.

MM

 

[Belegon]

I'm glad you are going to reward Hubby and not get mad at him for endangering himself. It is a by product of testosterone and upbringing that many of us would have only pictured the crushed vehicles and not ever considered the vehicles crushed with us in them. I'd have done the same and never even thought of the idea of danger until my wife did.

Not that males have any sort of monopoly on the not-looking-before-you-leap thing...

Oh, and please do write that letter to public works if they did do such a nice job. State specifics on location, time and date too. Speaking as a manager, I enjoy those too rare ops to give my team the "job well done" speech.