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posted by amanda @ 7:44 PM 0 comments

"As anyone who has been close to someone that has committed suicide knows, there is no other pain like that felt after the incident." ~Peter Greene

Runyon informed me tonight that a girl I had been friends with in college committed suicide this past week. Runyon and I both lost touch with her after leaving EMU. She was originally from New Riegal, so when I moved to Tiffin, we were supposed to get together sometime when she was home to visit family. Runyon recently reconnected with her, and they went to lunch the week before she died. I remember Runyon asking me if I remembered her and that she says 'hello.' I told Runyon to say 'hello' back when she spoke to Erin again. Unfortunately, she was gone when Runyon came back from her cruise. She was a great girl and I'm sad that she is gone. The world missed out on Erin's smile and enthusiasm. You were loved Erin! I wish you felt there was a different alternative. Rest in peace my dear...

posted by amanda @ 9:31 PM 0 comments

Who put that there?

So here's a funny story. Right after posting the post below this one, I got ready to go to the gym. I've taken the last week off to recoop from Mt. Whitney and out of pure laziness. Yesterday, I did a very thorough cleaning of my apartment. Apparently, I got some Pledge on the floor because I stepped on it and fell on my left side on the floor. I now have a skinned knee that began bruising instantly, a skinned elbow, and a split lip. It appears that your lip doesn't withstand your full weight coming down on your front tooth. Fortunately, I did not break my tooth, but I do believe I pushed it back a bit. It is also sore. I am contimplating whether I should go get stitches. I think it should get at least one or two, but it could heal on it's own. So none the less, no gym tonight. I'm going grocery shopping instead with my fat, split lip.

posted by amanda @ 7:53 PM 3 comments

Manic Monday

So today at work was interesting....I didn't have a particularily bad day, but you know that it's not going to be a great day when you're greeted by people already pissed off. We had 6 admits on Thursday and 8 from Friday through Sunday. Low and behold we're still short staffed. Not a single person was scheduled for under 400 minutes (there are 480 in a day). Today we were short 2 PT's and an OT and our boss decided to go on vacation for 10 days and no one knew about it, so then David had to go to all the meetings so we were down another 1/2 staff member. I was scheduled for 470 minutes today. I managed to get 485 done in 480 due to the magic of groups and modalities. The schedulers were going mad trying to rearrange to get everyone treated. Poor David came back from vacation today and you could already see the tension in his face. We tried to call for help from other facilities, because we help them out, and all we got was call registry or work overtime. So that pissed more people off. My day went smoothly because I was in a I-don't-care mood today. I just did it as fast as possible to go home. I can't wait to go to the joy of work for the rest of the week! Tomorrow thus far I'm scheduled for 425, which will be a breeze after today. However, the night is young, and who knows how many admits we'll have. I can't wait for my 3rd vacation this year that's just around the corner!

posted by amanda @ 7:14 PM 2 comments

I would walk 500 miles....

Well maybe not 500, but it sure felt like it at the end. I hiked Mt. Whitney this weekend. Matt and I took the Tioga road through Yosemite to get there. Took 6 hours, but was a spectacular view. We arrived into Lone Pine about 7:00 Friday evening and checked into our hotel. We arrived in town with no clue where the trailhead was, or where the ranger station was to pick up our permits. However, we were hungry, so we enjoyed dinner at a diner on Main St. We talked to a couple guys that didn't make it to the top of Whitney that day, and they told us of their adventure and told us how to get the the trailhead and where the ranger station was. Thank god! We then picked up our permits and were in bed around 9. The alarm went off at 1. Blah! We found the trailhead and started hiking under the full moon at 1:55 AM. Matt was fighting the tail end of a cold and had hurt his back at work on Thursday so he wasn't feeling so swell. At the trailhead, the temperature wasn't that bad, and we were actually sweating as we hiked. However, once we started to climb a bit, we could feel the temp plummet and the wind picked up. It was terrible. My body was warm but my face and hands were freezing. My fingers were turning purple. About 5:30, Matt was too sick to continue. He had been fighting altitude sickness of nausea and vertigo for quite awhile. I told him to just turn back. He said he would be at the trailhead at 3 to pick me up. I turned around the bend and he threw up, so I'm told. So, under the full moon, I hiked by myself. I figured I would hook up with a group at some point. About 6:30 I was walking around the rock ridge below Trail Camp as the sun came up. It was pretty amazing. About 7:30, I hit Trail Camp. The backpackers there were just getting up and starting to tear down camp. I kept trudging on. The rumor on the trail was that from Trail Camp, it was 3 hours from the summit. I don't know who's clock they were going from, but it took me nearly 4 1/2 hours. The switchbacks up to Trail Crest were ridiculous. And what's worse was that I thought that was it, so when I got up there and found that I still had 2 miles to hike, I almost turned around and threw in the towel. I was beat. The altitude had zapped all my energy and I was a little lightheaded. However, It was only 9:00 and it didn't look that bad. About halfway into it I contimplated turning back again. By then it was 10:00 and I felt that I would rather die then finish. I was exhausted. However, if I had turned back that early in the day being that close I would have got an ear full from Jeanine, so I trudged on. I hooked up with this guy Todd from Orange County. We hiked the last leg together. He was behind the rest of his group because he was also getting lightheadedness that slowed him down. Finally, at the top! I made it up there a little after 11. It took me about 9 hours and 15 minutes to get there. And it was so cold! I hadn't been out of the wind for more than an hour all morning. My face, especially my lips, were raw from the wind. My lips were numb so that I had a difficult time speaking. When Todd took my picture at the top I was clenching my teeth to keep them from chattering. I spend a good portion of my time at the top sitting in a cubby in the rock to keep warm. I ate a trail mix bar up there. It was so cold that the stupid thing shattered when I bit into it. It was frozen! Around noon I headed down. I couldn't take the cold anymore. Walking down was much nicer on my body. I was actually smiling! Then I got to the portion where you walk up to Trail Crest. Not even a 1/4 of the way up I started with a headache. I hiked the remaining 4 hours with a pounding headache. Luckily, I met up with a guy from Tehachapi and we walked the last 4 miles or so together to take my mind off the pain. I made it down at 5. Matt was there thank god. It was the first time someone told me I looked like shit and I wasn't offended. My calves started cramping 10 minutes after finishing. I really didn't think I was going to able to walk today. All in all it was a great trail and I'm glad I did it despite feeling miserable most of the day. I will never do it again in one day and I don't recommend anyone do that. I would like to go again, but camp at Trail Camp next time. I didn't take a lot of pictures for a couple reasons...1)I was too cold, 2) I was too much in a hurry 3) just plain too tired to care. All my pics are from the top. Pics are here

posted by amanda @ 12:56 PM 2 comments

Put your left leg in....and shake it all about

Mom wanted to know if i took pics of my legs. The bruising didn't come out well but this is the best I can do.

posted by amanda @ 7:47 PM 0 comments

Put your right leg in....and shake it all about.

The bruising is clearer on this leg. Of course it is also more severe on this leg.

posted by amanda @ 7:46 PM 0 comments

Caving

Bryan, Sarah, Mike, Steve, Felicia, and I went caving on Saturday. It was awesome until we had to climb out. I went swimming at least twice from falling in the river. I swam with a dead fish and scared Felicia when she thought I broke my hip in a fall. My legs from the knees down look like they were 'beat with a bat' as Sarah stated it. My doctor was not impressed by them when I went to my appointment with her today. She told me she hopes I don't again and made notes in my chart regarding them. It was totally worth it. I could have done without the climbing out...which I sucked at. However, Mike didn't leave anyone at the bottom of the cave and we all appreciate that. Thank you Mike and Steve! This week I'm housesitting for David and Russell before I take off for Mount Whitney on Friday.

posted by amanda @ 5:06 PM 0 comments

I found cheap gas

posted by amanda @ 6:53 PM 1 comments