Friday, September 30, 2011
NO SURGERY!!!!!!!
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't even have a cast, the doctor says I'm healing up great and can begin to use my hand lightly. That's a big relief!!!! =)
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Not Exactally How I Planned It...
No I did not fall off the face of the earth, and no I didn't pick up and move to Colorado and not tell you (not yet at least!). I'm still here, back from vacation, and a little worse for wear. You see my trip didn't end exactly as planned, it didn't end anywhere near how I had hoped that it would. It ended abruptly in an emergency room with 2 broken bones, a $300 traffic citation, and a lot of bruises. Allow me to explain why you should always get travel insurance!
Monday, September 12, 2011
The Pros and Cons of Oregon
Since being here in Oregon I have discovered some big pros about the state, and some big cons too that I thought I would share with you. I hope if you are from here you don't take offense to my list, lol. Enjoy! :-)
Friday, September 9, 2011
Toenails Grow Back...Right?
This was written in notepad while waiting for a connecting flight Wednesday. It is being posted now that I have an internet connection again. Enjoy! :-)
I have a new goal...I want to go back to Colorado and hike the Hanging Lake Trail again, I want a second shot at it! You see Hanging Lake is supposed to be one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the state, but there's a catch to seeing it. You have to hike a trail that is classified as difficult, 1.2 miles long one way, and practically a sheer rock face! No that is not a joke, it really is steep and rocky! As a matter of fact the trail climbs over 1000 feet! This was one of those things that I really wanted to do, I had been told by so many people that it was a must see that I made it a point to drive the two hours out of the city to go and see it. I chose a bad day to go though. The rain was setting in the mountains and just like in the Ohio Vally, it hangs there. By the time I arrived it was misting, but I wanted to give it a good shot, so even after looking at the trail and panicking a little, I began up the hill. I almost quit several times. I was feeling nauseous, out of breath, my heart was pounding, and the rain was picking up. I had tripped several times because my jeans were hanging low and were catching on my shoes, I banged the crud out of my big toe (toenails grow back, right?), I had to hike back a ways because I dropped my glasses and didn't notice till I had traveled up the trail a bit, and quite a few groups of hikers passed me going up. I just couldn't give up though. I remember passing the 1/4 of a mile marker and thinking, "really that's it?!". Everyone that passed me going back down though kept encouraging me and telling me that it would be worth it. I didn't make it though, the rain began to pick up about an hour and a half into the trip, and only about 3/4 of a mile up. I don't have health insurance, and as the path began to get slicker I began to realize I really shouldn't go on, I still had to hike down. If I thought that hiking up was bad, hiking down was worse! Wet rocks, and mud made the journey fairly bad, but it was the only way to get down. So I turned around, I didn't want too, but knew that I needed too. I was really proud of myself for going as far as I did, but I also felt like a bit of a failure because I didn't get all the way there.
I have a new goal...I want to go back to Colorado and hike the Hanging Lake Trail again, I want a second shot at it! You see Hanging Lake is supposed to be one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the state, but there's a catch to seeing it. You have to hike a trail that is classified as difficult, 1.2 miles long one way, and practically a sheer rock face! No that is not a joke, it really is steep and rocky! As a matter of fact the trail climbs over 1000 feet! This was one of those things that I really wanted to do, I had been told by so many people that it was a must see that I made it a point to drive the two hours out of the city to go and see it. I chose a bad day to go though. The rain was setting in the mountains and just like in the Ohio Vally, it hangs there. By the time I arrived it was misting, but I wanted to give it a good shot, so even after looking at the trail and panicking a little, I began up the hill. I almost quit several times. I was feeling nauseous, out of breath, my heart was pounding, and the rain was picking up. I had tripped several times because my jeans were hanging low and were catching on my shoes, I banged the crud out of my big toe (toenails grow back, right?), I had to hike back a ways because I dropped my glasses and didn't notice till I had traveled up the trail a bit, and quite a few groups of hikers passed me going up. I just couldn't give up though. I remember passing the 1/4 of a mile marker and thinking, "really that's it?!". Everyone that passed me going back down though kept encouraging me and telling me that it would be worth it. I didn't make it though, the rain began to pick up about an hour and a half into the trip, and only about 3/4 of a mile up. I don't have health insurance, and as the path began to get slicker I began to realize I really shouldn't go on, I still had to hike down. If I thought that hiking up was bad, hiking down was worse! Wet rocks, and mud made the journey fairly bad, but it was the only way to get down. So I turned around, I didn't want too, but knew that I needed too. I was really proud of myself for going as far as I did, but I also felt like a bit of a failure because I didn't get all the way there.
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