22 March 2009

Today was a mix. This morning was INCREDIBLE! I got to work with program, and help lead a hike in the Swiss Alps- a snowshoeing hike! How many people can say that?!? I love it. I love everything here.

This morning I woke up more excited than normal (I was practically buzzing with excitment). Tom, the Program Director, said this was the earliest STS have ever helped out in Program. So pumped. The hike itself was beautiful too, stopping at the ice falls and playing snowshoe soccer. I loved it. I didn`t get burnt (which, for me, is a miracle), and had fun the whole time. It was....yep, awesome.

Then, there was the afternoon.....a little less awesome.
Dave, Kike, Malcolm and I decided to go skiing (As it was the last day for the one resort). But I haven`t skiied in ages. AND, last time I skiied (in fact, the only times I`ve skiied) was at Boler- which hardly compares to the SWISS ALPS. Anyways...the first time down, I missed a tree, and landed in a snow bank. Going for another time, I crashed- no, flew- into a building. Who the hell puts a building on a ski bank? Really! Anways, I crashed pretty good, and possibly blacked out. First thing I know, theres a building coming at me REALLY quickly, and next, Jans is standing over me telling me what to do. My eyes were still closed, but he was telling me to move my arms, and legs and head. I know he was checking for a spinal injury, but I was more pissed at myself. Walking was very painful, but the only way to get off the mountain was the ski (i chose to walk) down, so you could take the lift up, and then ski (I, again, chose to walk) down to the chalet. Here, Jans, Elion and I had a beer. Then, I walked back to the camp. Yep, walked. It sucked. I then had a shower, ate a little bit of dinner, and went to bed. All by 6:30. Even so, I feel like crap. I`m so tired. Everytime I tried to roll over, it would cause a great deal of pain, which would make me WIDE awake. It sucked. I was very uncomfortable. This morning, my neck hurts (maybe because I slept funny, maybe because I have whiplash of some kind.) and my knee is very sore. Even so, I didn`t go to the doctor and still worked. My hip is beyond black and looks quite gross. It`s also swollen to about 3 times its normal size. Hopefully that changes soon.

Along with myself two other STS got hurt. Malcolm almost broke his wrist (and is now wearing a brace) and Ah Ruem pulled a tendion in her leg. I know, we`re quite the group. I now have to go fill out a `Near Miss`Incident Report Form, because it was by pure luck that I didn`t get more serious injured. Although, I didn`t break the window and didn`t hit the rusty nails that was right beside it. I consider myself lucky.

Got to go,
Love,
Creighton