The time I fell through the sand dune.

It was close to finals and it was a cool night. 2 of my roommates invited me to go with them to the sand dunes and have a campfire. I invited the boy I had liked A LOT, I mean I seriously love this kid. I thought very highly of him. We had gotten together and studied for tests before but this was like the first unofficial date with him. We drove out to the dunes, it felt like we drove forever. I was more concentrated on him more than anything. We got to the dune. I looked at how big it was. I exclaimed to my friends and laughed "ummm is there another way up, that's a last chance work out( from the show the biggest loser)" they said " you can walk all the way around."   So I started walking and the boy I liked followed me. He helped me up, I'm a very clumsy girl so I was trying to be graceful ha ha.  We get up to the spot to start the fire. The other guy that came with us had trouble lighting the fire ( this is where being an Eagle Scout or Boy Scout would come in handy). It took them about 45 min to get a little fire going.Just enough to let us have s'mores.  We laughed, told stories and talked. We put out the fire and headed down the HUGE side of the dune. There was only one way to go down. As we get about 10 ft near the edge all of a sudden I'm stuck. One of my legs had hit a pocket of air. Me being the big girl I am, obviously didn't help. One of my legs was stuck in the sand up to my crotch( I'm 5'7, so it was probably 3 feet from my foot to my crotch). I start laughing and crying. I was so embarrassed. Here's this boy I'm trying to impress and I'm up to my crotch in sand, lovely. Everyone was laughing. I almost peed my pants I was laughing. I told my roommates to take a picture. But nobody had one. I eventually made my way down and got home. Yup this is my life.

The time I almost burnt the church down...

This was a few years ago. I was in charge of the linger longer after church. That was my calling. We started dinner/lunch during the second hour. We were making spaghetti and garlic bread. The spaghetti were in those big buffet pans, so one pan took up one shelf in the oven. I checked on it every so often to make sure it wasn't burning. It was later in the day and there wasn't a lot of people around, mostly everyone was in the chapel. It was almost time to set the food out and have people come in. I was by myself in the kitchen. I opened the drawer where the potholders were and got them to pick up the tray. All of a sudden one of the potholders slipped at fell, then through the rack and onto the coil where the burner was. I wasn't quick enough to get it. It immediately burst into flames. It was getting bigger and there was still the other tray of spaghetti on the bottom shelf!!! A friend of mine was there and screamed her name and said FIRE!!!  She walked over to the fire extinguisher and put it out. Yup, and it was over and everyone laughed.

Locked in DI (Desert Industries).....

It was summer 2009. I was working at DI in Salt Lake City. I had some friends that I made there, but there was 2 in particular that made it more fun. I forget what we were all going out for dinner for. I had gone home and got ready for our dinner out. The boys had worked a double that day and we decided to all meet back at work then head to dinner. It was the end of the day for everyone. It was kind of busy and chaotic. I waited for the boys and it seemed like everyone had left or something because it got very quiet. I didn't think anything of it and just sat there and read my book. Not even 5 minutes later my friend(who was one of the boys I was meeting) called me on my phone. He then asked " Where are you?"  I replied "On one of the chairs on the floor waiting for you guys" then he replied "What, get out of there, the alarm has been set and the doors are locked !!"  I started laughing nervously but was scared. I get to the door and was freaked out. My boss thankfully hadn't left on her bike yet. She opened the doors and I thanked her. The boys laughed at me. So that's my crazy story of how I got locked in.

The E.R...(not for the weak stomach)

A few months ago, I had a stomach problem which lead to lots of bathroom problems and vomiting. It started about 5:30 pm and I was in a lot of pain. My mom drove me to the ER. Got there and was having a hard time. They took my vitals and took me to a bed that was a long distance away from the bathroom. Of course I'm having stomach issues and you put me in a room that's far away...are you asking for a mess? They put me in the bed and just as I sit down they start taking blood. They put the turnakit thing around my arm to get blood to test it for 1001 things I could possibly have. Just as they find a vein, I start to throw up to the point where I almost pass out. Yet the nurse was tugging at my arm to get the blood. They tried to get some samples for me. A few minutes later after the doctor had seen me and I was feeling a little better after the nurse gave me pain medication. I asked her not to give me Morphine because I've had it before and I didn't like the feeling it gave me(it was scary). Anyways so I'm sitting there puking my brains out and she's trying to get blood from me, really? Then the nurse confirms to me that she wasn't going to give me Morphine, but a stronger drug ?!?! It took a few minutes for it to kick in. They also gave me an IV to help me because I was so dehydrated. After a while I start to get antsy and can't fall asleep, yet I want to. Meanwhile the machine starts to beep every 30 seconds for it to be replaced. Started talking to my mom so time could pass. She looks around the room and grabs a glove. She then puts it to her mouth and blows it up and makes it into this turkey thing(yes it was a few days before thanksgiving). Hours later they let me leave and the rest is history.

Just Married...

If your not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints you might not understand the lingo, but hopefully your'll get it. A friend of mine and I were thinking of pranking the missionaries. We were trying to think of something witty, but not harmful or mean, just stupid. I bought some window paint stuff, and thought we could write something on their car. So my friend and I go over to to their driveway. We got out and start writing "J...U....S...T...M..A....R...R...I...E...D" on the back window. We then write "for time and all eternity on the side windows and hearts" We thought it would be funny. Unfortunately, none of us remembered our cameras. We then found out that they had gone to transfer meeting (yes the entire Boston Mission saw it!!!) with it on, and left it on for 4 days. We asked them why they didn't clean it off...."we were super busy and we didn't have enough $$ for a car wash" Ha ha ha ha ha.

Snowstorms and a Dead Body.....

We had a really bad snowstorm a few weeks ago. I was driving from Hyannis to North Falmouth bringing my grandfather home from his job. It usually takes me about 35-40 mins to get from Hyannis to his house. But tonight was different, I got in the car and immediately started to say a prayer every 5 miles I swear. It was probably the worst driving I had seen in years. It was hard because no matter which direction you drove it blew into the car and it was hard to concentrate. So we were another 10 mins away from his house. I was only driving about 25 mph due to the bad snow. I was still paying attention to the road but I looked to the right side of the road and it looked like a dead body. I hit on the brakes and I skid, my grandfather yelled at me. I told him it looked like a dead body in the snowbank. He then yelled at me and told me to keep going. We kept on driving, but I had the jiminy cricket inside of me was like, go back. But I couldn't because my grandfather yelled at me to keep going. I drove slow and cautiously to his house where his neighborhood was pitch black due to the power being out, which made it creepier with the power out and it was snowing at night. I dropped him off and then drove home. As I got closer to the area where I saw this so called "dead body" I slowed down and made sure nobody was behind me not to cause an accident. I was on the phone with a friend and they kept laughing at me. I kept feeling like I needed to go back and check, yet I was scared. I drove a little further and saw there was a cop. I pulled over and said "I know this may sound crazy, but it looked like there was a dead body on the side of the road, can you go check it?" The police officer asked me where and told him. "Yes I'll go check it" I told him thank you. Drove home and thanked my heavenly father for having me get home safe and sound. I went to bed that night praying that hoping that it wasn't a dead body. Went to church the next morning and the sun was out and was nice out. I got closer and was really hoping it wasn't what I thought it was. I got closer and realized that it was the underside of the grass that was piled up from the snowplow. Yes, it was DIRT !!!! I laughed all the way to church and couldn't wait to tell my friend Betsy. I did tell her and she we laughed and laughed till we cried.

Let's go Way Back.....

Ok these first few stories, will be from years past, they are too good to not post, so please bear with me. P.S. Some names maybe changed to hide the identity of those who might be embarrassed to know me, and how crazy I am.

Story #1
About 6 years ago my friend Anna was 14 or 15(can't remember) and wanted to learn how to drive. So I took her to an empty parking lot so she could practice. She was fine, drove carefully and responsibly and such. So after that I drove her home. We got into her neighborhood(which wasn't a busy one) and wanted to drive again. I let her just drive up the street and up to around her house. She was really worried that her dad would get upset. She got into the car, put her seat belt on and fixed the mirrors, and all that stuff. We're driving around and all of a sudden her dad is in his car right behind us. She pulls into a random driveway and freaks out, meanwhile, she jumps out of the moving car(the car was only going like 4mph) !!! I was laughing so hard I was almost crying. I tried to get in the car, but she pulled the seat up too far and I couldn't get in. What was I supposed to do? I pulled the emergency break. Thankfully that stopped the car, but then I looked up and found the car to be inches away from this little tree in their front yard. Then after all that was done, her sister walks up from behind us and says "hi? what are you doing?" All we could do is laugh. Lesson learned never let your 14 year old friend drive the car.

Story #2
I had gone on a double date with friends years back. We decided to go bowling. It started raining on the way, not only raining but down pouring so hard I could barely see in front of me. When we finally found out way and got to the bowling alley, it stopped, of course, just my luck. We go in and it's like a bar, smokey and gross. Unfortunately this is common in Boston. We got our tickets and went bowling and had a good time. Oh by the way, one of the guys who we had gone with just had knee surgery weeks before, so his leg was in a brace. We finished bowling and headed out to the car. I figure I should at least help my friend with a brace on his leg and not make him walk. I pull up and the 3 of them get in the car. I thought everyone was in the car. Didn't really realize that he was only 1/2 way in the car, meanwhile I'm literally pulling away, and all of a sudden I'm getting yelled at "stop, stop, stop"  I look back and I felt so bad. Anyways lesson learned, make sure ALL your friends are in the car before pulling away.


Story #3 (lengthy)
I have such amazingly smart friends. I so happened to always be there to help my friends, no matter what. In May in 2008, friends were flying home from being away at school. One night 2 of my good friends, John & John, one went to MIT the other Harvard, both needed to be at the airport at 3am. I was trying to get some sleep for the next day. I couldn't fall asleep, so I just went to his dorm and thought he might like some help cleaning. Some other friends were there too just hanging out. Walk in, and he was just starting to pack at 1am !!! I walk in and it's like a bomb exploded everywhere. Books, papers, clothing, shoes, notebooks, and little nick knacks here and there, yet he only had 2 medium sized suitcases and a backpack. I asked him, "what else do you have? how much  more stuff do you have?"  He replied  and pointed to his desk(which still had a bunch of stuff on it) then he pointed to the bathroom (and all my stuff in the bathroom). All I could do was laugh and tell him to move it so he doesn't miss his flight.  So all he really did was just shove stuff into his suitcases and backpack. He finally finishes and we're off to pick up the other John, at his place to get them to the airport on time. My car at the time was a little honda accord hatch back. It was used, and worn out, but it worked. Sometimes the lock didn't work right so you had to figit with it. We get in the car and he tells me where to go. When we got there, we could only park in a certain area. On the way he tells me that we have to make another unexpected trip to drop off his mini fridge first THEN go back and get all his luggage. So John #1Harvard, had just enough room for John #2MIT to put his stuff in. So I walk to the back of the car to open up the back, and it's not working. John #1 had to crawl through the back on top of all his stuff, thank goodness John #1 was a bean pole and could fit. So he's trying to help me, meanwhile, I was laughing so hard, I couldn't help him. I said hold on one min for me to catch my breath. I ran up to the front console and grabbed my camera(he didn't know I was doing this) and told him...smile :)  Ha ha ha ha ha. Oh so funny. Ahhh the memories...Lesson learned...ALWAYS carry a camera in your car or purse