Monday, June 30, 2008

A Close Call


I know most of you probably read my Mom's blog to get here... and I think you need to hear my side of the story of her last post to really get it.

It all started 2 weeks ago, at FFA camp.
Th
e archery...
Walking on logs & ropes 20 feet in the air...
The kayaking...
The adren
aline rush of it all.

It got me pretty convinced I could do it all.Then I went off to Look Up Lodge. Again, more kayaking, zip lining, face plants...
...most importantly, KAYAKING.
So I'm all like, "MESS WITH ME!" 

Then I go camping with my family... and we go tubing. And this is no white water we're tubing on, this is a LAZY river. Completely lazy, I had to paddle with my hands if I wanted any speed at all. The only time it gor "crazy" was when I turned my tube in circles really fast. Oh, and I passed some ducks that I thought were gonna attack me.
So that disappointed me a little. No adrenaline rush. No real excitement. 

But the next day my family decides it's time to take it up a notch and go white water rafting on the Nantahala River, which I've done before.

Afraid of the lack-of-excitement a regular old raft may bring, I decided to take it up a notch. Those two weeks of camps got me pretty confident in my paddling skills, so I decided I would go out on my own private duckie.

I was pretty confident, until the guy told me about all the rocks I had to avoid.

One had a cave underneath that would suck me under, the other would suck me in, spin me around and then spit me out... He told of waves that would knock me over and rocks under the river that would grab my feet and send me face first into the river... Yeah, I got pretty nervous. In my mind, I just didn't want to break a leg or something, of course then my sister Patti starts talking about me dying...
Good thing I just got back from Look Up, me and God are on good terms right now.
So I get in my duckie and we go down the river for about 2 hours. It was soo much fun. These waves were bigger than anything I'd expected.

So what happened when I almost died was...I was following a raft that had my sister & uncle on it, and, since I was so confident, I was the lead duckie. 

I come up to what looks like an easy waterfall, and I'm pretty excited because it's white water, which always means FUN!

But then this guy who was stopped above the fall starts yelling at me to go left. At this point, I was about 3 feet from the fall, so I couldn't help where I went down it.

And HOLY CRAP I just realized, this is the fall the guy said stay left or right at because the center would suck you in, spin you around and spit you out.
Atleast it will spit you out, right?
So I go down this thing and my duckie doesn't tip - so I think I'm safe. When suddenly, my duckie's not going anywhere.

Oh my goodness, this rock is sucking my duckie towards it... Oh my goodness my paddle is gone, Holy crap just let it go.

I was literally up the creek without a paddle.
Not a good feeling. Then this rock spits my duckie out, and sucks me in and starts spinning me around like the waves in the ocean, until it finally spits me out!

My dad says he saw my duckie go flying in the air.

So after I just thought I was drowning, I could suddenly breath. I was calm, because I knew I lived and I was so happy to breath. 

Until... something else pulled me under.

HOLY CRAP not another one... I thought I was going to die.

Then, when I came back up, I saw about 20 people standing on land watching me. Doing NOTHING. So I yelled to them to save me. I don't think I should have been the one to think of that... but some man finally throws a life saver out to me, and tells me to swim to it. 

This river has the strongest current, even if I wasn't tired as crap after almost drowning, I'm pretty sure I couldn't swim to it. 

Luckily the current brought it to me, and the guy's just standing there, not helping me at all. The only way he helped me was by not letting go of the floaty thing.

But I finally got to where I could stand, and I see a raft floating down the river with my dad holding on to his empty duckie, and I find out that my cousin Brian and my dad went through the same crap as me. And then I saw the pictures....
HILARIOUS!



Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Bored but out of things to write...

1.What was the highlight of your week? Playing softball for 3 hours today
2.Who's car were you in last? Other than mine.. Taelor's
3.What color shirt are you wearing?
White tank over blue
4.How long is your hair? a lil past the shoulders i think..
5.Last thing you ate? cookies & cream ice cream
6.What was last thing you drank? water
7.Are y
ou happy right now? yeah i am
8.What did you say last? uhh.. "Ok."
9.Where is your phone? uhhmmm actually i just gave up looking for it. lol
10.What was the last museum you went to? idk..geez wut a boring question!
11.What color are your eyes?
blue
12.Who/what do you hate/dislike currently?
I currently dislike Kyle & Ben, for making me break my pinky toe.
13.What are you listening to? All Summer Long
14.If you could have one thing right now what would it be?
something fun to do right now.
15.What makes you the happiest ri
ght now? knowing that I'm going golfing this weekend. (even though there won't be a driving range...)
16.What were you doing at midnight last night?
you-tubing stupid stuff, waiting on Dad to fall asleep so I could watch TV
17.Are you left-handed?
no
18.What's for dinner tonight?
Hamburgers & hotdogs & fries... same thing i had for lunch.
19.When Is Your Birthday?
July 12. Clear ur schedule, it's the day of my party. :)
20.When is the last time you were in a swimming pool?
ughh May 17. Morgans party. cuz SOMEBODY still hasn't opened ours.
21.Where was the last place you went shopping?
and actually bought something? Rue 21 yesterday.
22.How do you feel about your hair right now? it's a'ight. I'm gettin it trimmed tomorrow.
23.Do you have any expensive jewelry? High School ring... my prized possession.
24.AIM or MSN? neither
25.Where does most of your family live? North Carolina
26.What was the first thing you thought when you woke up this morning?
"Oh man, what should I do first..." then I put my clean laundry away. Then I did dishes. That's right, I'm a workin girl.
27.Do you drink beer? nooo
28.Who do you miss? everybody worth missing..... that's a good answer.
29.Myspace or Facebook? i have both, but i like myspace better.
30.What is your favorite subject in school? standard answer, lunch. But seriously, when I was out of school early, I still went back for lunch.
31.Do you have any talents? DUH, have you not seen my redneck got talent audition?? Ethan says I got it.
32.Do you have any children? ...not that i know of.
33.Did you take a nap today?
Noo naps are for LUZERS who can't handle 8 hours of sleep. Me, I can handle it.
34.Ever met someone famous? no
35.Do you want to be famous one day? well that sure would beat the plans I've made for my life...
36.Could you handle being in the military? idk, I wouldn't join, but if for some reason I was in it, I wouldn't quit.
37.Ever been to Las Vegas? Yeah & it aint worth buying the plain tickets.
38.When is the last time you updated your blog? Why don't you check out my last blog entries date. cuz idk.
39.Have you been to New York City? yeah but it dont count if I dont remember it, so I have to go again.
40.Last thing you cooked? uhhmm prolly some bagel bites or a hot pocket...
41.Last time you were sick? like really bad throw uppin' sick, 9th grade.
42.Last movie you watched? All the Right Moves, on CMT with Tom Cruise. it was a'ight.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

So far this summer....


I can't say that my summer started out the best... because I broke my pinky toe!!! or jammed it or something... either way, it hurts like crazy.
What had happened was..   me & some friends was wrastlin around the house, mainly fighting over a broom and a whip... it was boys against girls, because the boys kept hitting us with both of them. So I sat on their heads, and Taelor & Logan got the broom from them. Then they started chasing us & we ran into Taelor's room, but my left foot's pinky toe didn't quite make it. It caught the door, and I fell to the ground.

It's not funny. but it was kinda funny. But it hurt soo bad I was laying on the floor for a good 10 minutes. And it immediately swole up to twice the size of my other one, and it's all bent up, and my toe nail is tore up. And now I'm upset, because it better get better before church softball. I can't stand not being able to do something..... ugggggh this is horrible.
Anyways, pray for my pinky
...toe.

haha inside joke. between people who will never read this.... lata.