Saturday, March 3, 2007

Me shouldn't be alive!
(Check out Discovery Channel's spoofs if you don't get it. >_>; )

Okay, so the title should really be more like, "You should be happy I'm alive!" but that's not true either. Anyways, on with the story!

Yesterday we had some pretty insane weather. The wind was blowing around like crazy, drifting the snow around. The roads were patchy and there were some deep deposits, but otherwise it wasn't that bad.

In the morning, at least.

The first sign that things were bad was the dramatic three-minute early dismissal. >_>; After school, there was a writer's club meeting, but only me and Waffles showed up. We bummed around for a few minutes, browsing the internet alongside our sponsor before the three of us decided to head out. Waffles was like, "I need to hang on to you to make sure you don't blow away..." So we hobbled to the car and puttered off to the open road.

We were fine for the first three minutes of our drive, which only lead us about a (normal) minute away from school. But then there came a white-out and we couldn't see. The next thing we knew, we were going down a slight slope and seeing the back of a truck about fifteen feet ahead. Waffles puts on the brakes, but when we're still going and mere feet away, things aren't good. Waffles jerked us out of the way, off the road, and up into a snowmound.

It was kinda scary (not really), albeit cool to see the snow explode over us on impact. After a moment, I kick the door open to try and push, but we were stuck. A senior drives by, calling out how we'll need to call somebody. But we keep trying.

After a few more second of that, Mrs. Davis, our sponsor, drives by and calls out to me. Waffles pops out of the car and we rush to Mrs. Davis's car, ditching our items and things. The road we were going down had been closed due to accidents and white-outs, but we just got lucky that she saw me in the futile attempt to get the car out of the mound. The wind was constantly blowing and getting worse, so we drove back to the school.

On the way, both of us called our homes. I talked to my mom, who was more worried/upset that I had left my cell phone in the car. Waffles talked to her sister, who asked why she drove off the road.
"It was either hit a truck or go into the snow mound!" she replied, wondering how her sister didn't understand the concept.

We were driven to our friend Rochelle's house (she was mentioned in WaKD 7, by the way) who lives mere seconds away from the school. Waffles and I once again clung on to each other while going to the front door, but I slipped and fell on my back via an ice patch. Second time this week, too.

So we were unexpected guests to Rochelle, of whom we bummed soda, chocolate, and mixed nuts from. (The last is my doing.) For an hour and a half we hung out there until Waffles's dad picked us up and took us home.

School lets out at 2:30. We left at around 2:45. I didn't get home 'til 5:00. Yessir folks, it was a long day.

...And yet...it was kinda fun

As I told her, I have lost no faith in Waffles's driving skills. I may have actually gained some since she opted to for a snow impact ran than that of a truck. But yeah, that was my adventure...I've decided to lay down for the weekend. >_>;
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