Near Death

You know how in the movies when people have these near death experiences that they say their life flashes before their eyes? Well on Sunday I had one of these near death experiences and i have to say that I didn't see my life before my eyes but maybe it was because I was too busy trying to stay alive.
So Sunday was fathers day and my dad was in town. We decided that we wanted to go floating for the day and spend some time together. So we get in the river and the water was freezing and my feet were kinda numb but everything was going fine, it was a nice day and the water was relaxing. I am floating ahead of my dad and all of a sudden we come around this bend in the river and all I see are dead trees lining the bank. So am paddling as hard as I can to get towards the middle of the river and away from these trees but of course the current is really strong from the winter run off and is pulling me right towards them. My tube turns slightly so my back is to the trees and I hit these trees. My tube POPS! a millisecond later I am under the water and all of these trees. I tried to grab on to something to pull myself to the surface but the current is so strong I can't get a grip.
Now this is the time where I would of had one of those flashes... but nothing. I guess I subconsciously knew that I wasn't going to die or something.
So I am underwater and the water gets darker and I am like oh great I am going down farther but all of a sudden the water gets lighter and lighter and I pop out to the surface. I am still struggling to stay afloat but at least I got that breath in and I finally was able to swim to the other side of the river and climb out.
My dad was also able to get out and we hugged for like an hour and I caught my breath. So now we are in kinda a predicament. I have no tube but my dad has his and I lost my flip flops, sunglasses and the shorts to my swimming suit. My dad suggests that I use his tube to float to our car but I turned that idea down right away. So we decide that we have to walk to the highway and hitchhike to our car.
Now the highway was about a mile to a mile and a half away so we were walking for about an hour before we even caught a glimpse of the road. And in case you forgot I DON"T HAVE ANY SHOES. We were walking through pine cones and thistles and marsh so the mosquitoes were horrible. I seriously got eaten alive by them. but we finally made it to the road and back to our car.
The next day I was so sore and I had bug bites all over my body and some pretty good bruises. But I am thankful to be alive. I truly thank God for saving my life. And I suggest to everyone to not go floating in June in Montana.
Now I realize how precious life is and I value my life more than ever now.

start of summer?

So today was just amazing! It got up to almost 70 degrees and the sun was shining. BEAUTIFUL! What made it even better was my roomies and I had a little BBQ. We marinated some steaks, had some baked beans and potato salad. This is one of my favorite parts of summer. I love just hanging out with friends and having a bbq. Hopefully there will be a lot more where this came from.

Rip off!

So I finally got fed up and took my car in to the shop this week and I got it back the other day. So I am extremely happy that I have my car back and I don't have to ride the bus with all the creepy people anymore. BUT... can you guess what I am going to say?! The bill was rediculous! So they had to change my fan or something like that which was a $26 part. The labor on the other hand was $105!!!!! I just can't even believe that. Yeah I know that mechanics are good at their job and they know what they are doing and they can actually fix my car. but I mean, come on, are you serious?!

Ugh!

So I have two really big complaints today.
1. So I woke up this morning thinking it was going to be a good day. I get ready for class and I go out to get into my car to go to school. And my car starts BUT, all the warning lights are on so I turn off my car and lo and behold my car won't start again. So lately my car has been acting up. My alternator and battery went out and just recently my belts were hanging by a thread literally. Granted my car is an '89 Subaru so i think it is time for Loretta to be laid to rest. She has been a good car and I absolutely love her and so does everybody else but I can't keep having things go wrong and not being able to rely on her. :( So since my car wouldn't start I had to ride the bus home and wait for it for like a half hour in the snow, which brings me to my next point.
2. The weather! So I realize that we do live in Montana and snow is expected but I mean come on! It is supposed to be like in the 50s now and it ends up snowing. I hate it so much. There is a saying that "you know your from MT if you switch from the heat to the AC in the same day" It is so true. I can understand rain but snow, really?!?!

ok I just had to vent a little.

not sure

So I don't really know what to write and Im not very good at it but I thought I would give it a try. Well to start off I will tell you a little about my self. I am 20 years old, living in Missoula, MT. I go to the University of Montana and I absolutely love it. I couldn't imagine doing anything else with my life right now. I feel that this is where I am meant to be at this point in my life. I am studying Health and Human Performance- Exercise Science. It is really interesting and I enjoy learning about the human body and kinestetics and everything else that goes in to it, which is probably a good thing since that is what I am majoring in. I hope to go on to the Physical Therapy school here when I graduate. I have wanted to be a PT since I can remember. We all have those professions that when someone asked us what we wanted to be when we grow up, mine was always a PT. I don't know what else I would do. There are obviously being a nurse or a trainer or something like that but I just don't think I would be very happy with that kind of profession.

So other than going to school I work, surprise- gotta have some sort of spending money right? I am technically called a clerk in the Financial Aid Office on campus. Sounds exciting I know! I started there in September and I pretty much file papers and enter students info into our database. Its not as boring as it sounds but it helps that I work with some really neat people. There are about four other girls my age that also work there and my boss is pretty laid back but she can get on my nerves sometimes. We all get along really well and laugh and have fun probably more than we should but its better than being all serious all the time.

In my spare time you can find me either watching tv, studying or just hanging with my friends. I love love love movies. If I didn't have cable thats what I would watch. I am addicted to Friends. I have seen every one and I still crack up laughing everytime I see an episode. I also watch Greys Anatomy and Lost. They are by far the most amazing shows I have ever seen.

Thats all I care to write about right now. Catch ya later!