Father and Future Son-In-Law Bonding

Here's a little story about the bonds that form between future father-in-laws and future son-in-laws:

My father is here with Matt and Matt has a lot of junk. It is not a surprise that someone like myself would be attracted to and marry a man who just happens to be as messy as I am. Now - one thing about me:

After having a few car crashes that seemed to have happened out of the blue, I tend to envision the worst possible scenario that can possibly be imagined. Take for example this scenario:

My fiance and father are loading junk into the back of my Dad's pickup truck. The pile grows higher and higher. It is beginning to look like a giant Jenga game, only in reverse. The pile has become several feet higher than the base of the truck cab.

This is where my imagination takes over.

Instantly I see visions of my Father and Matt driving along the local highway with the entire pile teetering in every ol' direction. The pile is strapped down with two heavy-duty straps, but random pieces of scrap still fall onto the highway or...better yet...other people's cars. I see windshields cracking, people screaming, and a trail of junk by the side of the highway.

In the meantime while I write this the boys are gleefully preparing their pile of stuff. I hope they make it onto the highway. Maybe the backroads have reopened. Maybe everyone will decide not to drive today.

It's times like these where I am reminded that we ARE from Indiana.