May 30, 2006

big falls craziness and other good times
Ok soo this is my day today:
Went to sleep at 1:30 or so . . .after watching X-3 and Poseidon (gag) at the drive-in. It was good company, all "cozy" tucked in the bed of the truck with 4 other people. and good to finally have Rachel back home!! plus Kyle had extra speakers that we stuck on top of the truck which made the movie experience that much more enjoyable. i've never been able to hear the sound at the drive-in so well! too bad it didnt really matter if you heard the lines because the second movie. . .just good enough to laugh at. . .
and then apparently i had the morning shift. . .i told a co-worker last week that i would work the shift for her if absolutely no one else could do it. and to call me if she needed me to do it. well she apparently proceeded to fill in my name for me on the schedule. . .i was at spirit west coast all weekend and hadnt been to the pool since thursday. . so i get a call at 5:15 from teeny wondering why i wasnt at work (because i tend to get there at 4:45 on a regular basis). . .and i go in and see my name on the schedule. . .a name i didn't write. oh i was thrilled. but the morning was gorgeous, i was happy to be awake anyway.

THEN it was finally a trip out to big falls (just the first waterfall, didn't have time to go up higher). i jumped off a 15 foot ledge twice before being daring enough to jump off the 20 foot one where it looks like you're going to hit the cliff. . .and then a tree. . hah it was awesome. and the way there it is a long dirt road with a bunch of creek crossings. we took kyles (insanely muddy - only semi-clean spot is a couple half-circles on the windshield) ford ranger again and tore up some mud pits, did some hill climbing, and even got stuck pretty bad on the way out in another mud pit we found - we went a little far - into some mud and brush and cactuses???? (no joke) past the mudpit. someone had dumped the cactuses there apparently.
oh and p.s. i basically sat in poison oak when i was clinging to the cliff for dear life before jumping. and climbing the rock back up to the jump you couldnt really avoid it either. i did preventative treatment as best i could but we'll see in a couple days, won't we?

so that basically made my day. :)

then i taught a swim lesson that i took over because the girl couldnt deal with guy instructors. apparently she was a handful so i was called in to take her. one of the guards told her what my suit looked like and before i could even give her my hand to introduce myself she had run up to me and wrapped me in the best hug ever! i had so much fun with her!! its starting out to be a great summer.
so that was my day so far. basically how summer should be. get up early, spend time doing crazy things outdoors (off-roading, hiking, and jumping off 20-foot waterfalls while blasting the country music), doing a little bit of work/playing in the pool, then passing out for an afternoon nap ahh. . .it feels good to be lazy when you've done something crazy
and tonight. . .its a big davinci code movie party. me, laura, garrett, and laura's brother david all finished the book this week so we're headin out to see the movie. we def didn't want to go opening weekend to give it the good box-office ratings haha.
and it was a good day for reading proverbs. i came across one of my favorites (it was the 30th so i read Ch 30).
"Four things are among the smallest on the earth, and yet are exceedingly wise: Ants - a species not strong, yet they store up their food in the summer;Rock-badgers - a species not mighty, yet they make their home in the crags;Locusts - they have no king, yet they migrate all in array;Lizards - you can catch them with your hands, yet they find their way into king's palaces."
Proverbs 30: 24-28