Friday, May 29, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
safe
we were headed up on a trail friday afternoon called "moab rim" which was, well, right on a rim of a cliff. that was our first clue. the second clue was when jake said, "i'm nervous about this one" and i got this feeling that we shouldn't go on. but, being the wife-wuss that i am, i pushed that feeling away thinking that i was over paranoid or just scared. wrong.
so the trail hugs the rim, continues upward, does a wide circle, and then goes back down the same trail. now this trail was gnarly which was just a continuous climb up crazy ledges. it was intense on the way up and on the way down. it was on our way back down that we rolled.
lorin, jake's dad, and the rest of the crew left us half way through the trail to get gas. so it was only jake's jeep with the four of us and mitch's jeep with another four people. we were almost done. i could see the end. and then a combination of things happened: we had jake's uncle, who did NOT know a thing about jeeping, spotting us. jake being the nice person he is, felt bad not taking his uncle's help. instead of waiting for mitch to help us down, we relied on the uncle. we also were a little too confident on getting down this trail. i mean we were 3/4's of the way done of this crazy thing. we could make it down ourselves right? oh so wrong.
we were trying to get down one ledge. jake was gently pushing on the break so we could touch down slowly. but no bottom came. i remember it all in slow motion. we started going over the top. my aunt started screaming and that's when i knew what was happening. i grabbed jake's shirt collar because wherever he was going, i was going too. I braced myself with my other arm, pushing the top of the car so i wouldn't hit my head. and then we rolled.
jake picked me up the best he could inside the front of the car and held me up to mitch or brian. all i cared about was my cell phone which someone took from me as stupid as it looked i'm sure. my shoes fell off in the roll so mitch tried to put me down where there wasn't a lot of glass. still crying, and probably over-the-top hysterical, that's when i assessed the damaged. i had to take major deep breaths. at this point a hiker across the ravine saw what happened and called 911. mitch ran down the rest of the trail to try to get cell phone service to get lorin and spencer from the campsite. brian also went down the trail and found a group of jeepers just ready to go up the trail. this was no coincidence. they had all the proper gear to tow us down the mountain. amazing. jake and i just held onto each other so blessed that we didn't roll a few more times. we were really lucky. all jake kept saying was "i'm so glad that i still have you". that helped me calm down.
i walked down the rest of the trail not wanting to get inside a jeep on a trail again.
that night we stayed in moab so we wouldn't get in another car wreck trying to drive home. that night's sleep was. the. worst. night. sleep. ever. everytime i closed my eyes, it played over again. we left early the next morning with malinda who was nice enough to drive us home.
but life is good now and we are just trying to get through it. we may call on some of you for rides!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
ok...

i need some help.
i am stuck in a not-so-great-job this summer.
i won't ever get to see my husband,
not to mention the awful long hours
and loosing my weekends.
I am looking for something, well, anything better than what i have.
any of you have hook ups?
i don't want to apply online and go through the long process of interviews like everyone else is doing right now with this horrible economy.
i would really appreciate some names and contacts to help me out.
i appreciate your help in advance!
i am stuck in a not-so-great-job this summer.
i won't ever get to see my husband,
not to mention the awful long hours
and loosing my weekends.
I am looking for something, well, anything better than what i have.
any of you have hook ups?
i don't want to apply online and go through the long process of interviews like everyone else is doing right now with this horrible economy.
i would really appreciate some names and contacts to help me out.
i appreciate your help in advance!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
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