| shut up christine | |
|
Tuesday, July 04, 2006 ( 8:46 PM ) shut up christine when I finally got my drivers license I was already a junior in college I remember the first time I ever drove to school by myself, such a small accomplishment but it was a huge deal to me and I remember how that feeling was negated when I realized my parents had followed my car to Irvine "just in case" and I resented them a little because of that not just for that but for everything, for being so protective, and I guess this is why I have the need to prove that I'm a big girl I can get very defensive about it and then I come here and there are streetkids who have no one, there are four years olds who completely look after themselves and I realize what a dumbass I am... how wonderful a problem it is to have parents who care too much lesson learned. anyhow, I followed a guy to a remote hostel on La Isla de Ometepe because it was cheap the cool thing about this dorm was that it was rustic one-room dirt-floor wooden cabana right on the beach with pigs, chickens, and dogs running around everywhere... the bad thing about this dorm was that it was a rustic one-room dirt-floor wooden cabana with pigs, chickens, and dogs running around everywhere hah I decided to climb another volcano but I should have known what I was getting into when I was already out of breath walking to the base of the mountain... in a nutshell, for a chubber heifer like me, that mess was Hard. My guide was an athletic 18 year old who expected me to keep up with him and this was no walk in the park, I had to use my upper body strength to pull myself up this mountain we are balancing on tree trunks and swinging on vines in the middle of the effing cloudforest and the only things my guide says to me are "this is very dangerous. be careful. do you understand me?" After a while he was starting to freak me out, I was thinking what the fuck am I doing here and then we got to a really steep rocky area and he says "be extra careful, one false step and you'll roll down, understand?" and of course as I am nodding my head yes, my foot slips and I start sliding down...fortunately I did not die honestly for the first time during this trip I was really, really scared.... I thought maybe this was something I could not finish my legs were so tired and sore that they were shaking uncontrollably, they felt like jelly and I could barely walk since my knees kept locking and charlie-horsing and on top of that it was raining and I had to balance on top of logs and jump off ledges and try to keep from slipping in the mud every step was soo painful and I was bleeding and after the 9th time I fell down, I honestly thought I couldnt do it, I even started crying... To make a long story short, it took me ten hours to finish, somehow I did it by concentrating on my breathing and by humming the tune to Total Eclipse of the Heart that was the most physically demanding thing I have ever done in my entire life, and if I never climb another volcano that will be fine with me. Now I am in Leon, someone in my hostel has incredibly bad B.O. but other than that, life is G double O D good. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA HU! #
Comments:
thanks christine... i love you!!! PLEASE BE SAFE... oh my god, reading this entry got me so worried. i can't wait to see you when you get back next week! :D
Post a Comment
# posted by
 : 7/06/2006 7:13 PM |
|
