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Wednesday, February 06, 2002 This past weekend, on friday was the first time I went sledding. I know I know...it may sound pathetic that I have never gone sledding before. But the thing was that my mom never really did let me play outside...it was always dangerous...or too cold...or there's bad kids out there...etc. Typical overprotective chinese mom. Oh well. But anyways...so wednesday night it snowed nearly a foot...and thursday comes around and some people's classes get canceled....so who's doesn't? Mine! Grr! Oh well I survived. So that night, the boys go out and buy sleds and plans were made to go sledding after ccf on friday night. So off we went to this random hill, behind some plaza, in the middle of nowhere. And now I must establish...I have this is TREMENDOUS, HUMONGOUS, INCREDIBLE, GIGANTUAN fear of heights. Oh wait I forgot to tell you I'm DEATHLY SCARED OF HEIGHTS. So here's everyone tramping through the snow towards a general direction...so I look...and ahead lies this hill...at first I'm like ok so you're expecting me to trudge up that THING??? You've GOT to be kidding me. Everyone is bustin' a move and running towards the hill and here I am...CRAWLIN'...why you ask?....did I not tell you I'm afraid of heights? So my knees are the equivalent of jello...and slowly but surely I made my way up the hill while everyone else is deciding which SIDE to go down. So here I am at the top...hyperventilating because I established in my head that I should have NOT gone up that hill because it was so high up that I was NEVER gonna be able to get back down. So my two friends finally convince me to join them in a sled...and our other friend decides to push us. And here we are screaming our heads off going down this NONSTEEP hill. So about three seconds later the sled STOPS.....why?....well uhh...umm yeah the hill was really NOT steep. So we kinda..umm *cough* halted in the middle of the NONSTEEP side of the hill. So by this time we're laughing really hard because we were screaming about absolutely nothing. So at this point we had to make our way back up the hill. What settles into my mind at that point? Sudden fear again...and weak knees and a dreading of the painful way back up the hill. Mind you it's icy. But once back up the hill I'm ok again...and we decided to go down the other not too steep side...that was fun...the walk back up was not. So I get the hang of this process...you go down...and you climb back up...yippee whoo. But then the two friends that I kept going down with decided to get daring and wanted to go down the STEEP SIDE!.....Oh heck no. For goodness sakes you couldn't really see the BOTTOM! Now I don't know about you but I like to look before I jump...you know it's safer that way. But they convinced me otherwise...and down this hill I went. I must admit it was fun. I felt like I was in the middle of a group of 5 year olds. So over and over again we went...and then at times...connecting three sleds at once...or linking arms between the sleds and then going down as this masssive blob. And at one point....the laid people on top of other people going down the hill. We all came out with some sore bottoms and some accidents where we flew out of the sled...but all is good everyone was ok. The great thing was that no one else was there...so we had the whole hill to ourself which was wonderful. So after an hour and some of that we decided that it would be nice to take pictures...and good thing I had a camera! With a TIMER! OooOooO. I must say it's one of my best investments ever. So we took some group shots and then we decided we were getting cold and hungry. So down the hill we went...and then all of a sudden a snow fight had started. Ugh. Didn't we just establish that we were all cold? I didn't really want a part of it. My friend wanted to teach me how to make snow angels...cause I've never made those before either...pathetic eh? But my friend joyce was being pinned into the snow and jared was gonna shove her face into the snow. So I decided...oh heck naw...and I said "get off my friend!" Mistake...so I guess that automatically made me a part of it. Jared is now exactly a big guy...and I thought that two against one...sure...but he's a real wrestler. The snow was not nice snow to fight in. It was snow sure...but there was this hard layer of ice on top. So you had to break through before you got to the nice stuff. But when I got involved in the snow fight...I was body slammed into the ice...OUCH...major head impact. Jared expected to body slam me and my body would break through...but nope...the force from my body was so spread out that it didn't pose enough force...so my head bounces off the ice and then my heads break through the ice first. And this happened to me more than one time. So now I'm suffering from major whip lash. It hurts so bad. I've never really had whip lash...and it sure ain't a pleasant feelin. Then we all went to get bubble tea and eating at Denny's. That was around 3 am. I was so tired. And now everyone else is complainin' about bruises and a sore bottom. But oh well...it was all well worth it. Memories made in college...priceless. posted by Sewa at 5:44:00 PM # Sunday, February 03, 2002 A tribute to my "special friend"...after reading your blog I thought you just might need this to know that no matter where you are...I think of you everyday. My Special Gift From God Because of you my life is different. Everyone may leave me...but I know you'll be there. Secrets I will share with you only because Trustworthy are you, my sister that God just forgot to give me. Forever will I be thankful that I have someone like you. Remember the memories that only you and I share. If ever you find yourself alone I will be there. Eevery moment spent with you is priceless. No one could ever compare you. Daily "I Thank God upon my every remembrance of you" (Phil 1:3) Just For You Don't feel blue Cause I'm thinking of you. Don't be sad Think of all the happy moments that we've had. Don't feel down Cause I want to see a smile not a frown. Feel Happy! Feel Cheerful! Feel Great! Feel Joyful! posted by Sewa at 1:18:00 AM # |
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