My first ride in a cop car!

Well to start off with, before I tell you about my crazy day, I just want to send lots of thanks to Krista & Rachie. You girls don’t know it but a lot of times your encouragement is a good enough reason for me to smile instead of having a depressed day. It means so much<3

So today started off like any normal day. Kind of. I had to go withdrawal from school finally. The good thing about this was that I learned I can get a note from my doctor and do a medical withdrawal. I’m hoping that will let me keep my financial aid and it will make it easier to start back instead of having to re-apply.

After that I decided to get lunch at my favorite place ever. It’s called Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub. I’m sure you’ve probably seen it on television- home of the biggest burgers. I got a wraparoni & fries + a pickle. YUM. I saved half for dinner 😉

Afterward, I had to go see my family doctor. She likes to keep up with what’s going on with me even though I see Psych doctors and a therapist. She’s the coolest, most sincere doctor ever. I got one of those PPV shots and had to get blood work done. I don’t mind needles anymore since I get poked with them so much. After that, I decided to go hiking for a bit. It was a gorgeous day today.

This is where the craziness starts. I looked up the park map online to find the trail I wanted. It was supposed to be a 2.2 mile loop, close to the dam where I parked. Well, the beginning of the trails are NOT marked. I walked a long while and finally found something that looked like a trail so I took it. It split into two trails, I picked one and kept going. It was ridiculously steep, I got a pain in my side, and I didn’t think I was going to make it. Instead of turning around, I asked God for strength and pushed on. I finally got to the top of a grassy field. You could go right, left, or straight on. I continued to follow the trail, but I was getting confused because there were different color makers on the trees. What?! I’m not stupid, I’ve hiked before. Weird. I got to the bottom of the trail where there was a dirt road. I could go right, left, or straight on to more different colored markers. It didn’t look like much of a trail though, just lots of trees down everywhere, so I went right to hopefully start heading back toward my car. After a long while of walking, I finally came to a steep winding road. I thought when I got to the bottom, I’d take a right and go back to my car.

Wrong. It kept going on and going on. I wasn’t turning around because I would have never made it up the hill by then. I was getting exhausted and was ridiculously thirsty- I’ll take the blame for that- but thank goodness for left over snow. It was great. I kept going and going. It had been about three hours since I started and was getting late. I seriously started thinking I was going to have to spend the night out there. There were no cars, no cell service… FINALLY, I found one tiny spot that I got cell service. I called my mom crying. I wasn’t feeling good, I was cold, and I couldn’t walk anymore. There was nothing around to help her in order to come find me. I told her the general direction to come, shut off my phone to save my battery and continued on a bit more. I found another spot to call my mom, and she told me she called the state police. I started crying again and thought I was going to be in a lot of trouble. My mom was telling them which trail I took and trying to help them out. They sent three cops out to find me before it got dark. Thankfully around the four hour mark one of the cops found me. I’ve never been so thankful in my life. Even if I would have continued on, I would have never made it back to my car. The one officer called my mom to tell her they found me and that they couldn’t believe how far I walked from my car. Scariest moment EVER. My family was all upset and worried too, I felt so bad 😦

So lesson learned: exercise is dangerous. I’m giving it up!

Kidding(althoughIwishIwasn’t).