Saturday, May 2, 2009

Chocolate Bon Bons!!!

I'm a big fan. Trader Joes had a grand opening up here yesterday. This morning I discovered it had opened and nearly went ballistic. Of course I had to buy chocolate bon bons. I've been restlessly roaming the halls of the barracks in search of food I crave, only to settle for a baked potato with cottage cheese on top.... then ran out of cottage cheese....then ran out of potatoes.

Last night was hard to sleep since every position I could get myself in to pushed on bruises I acquired yesterday in Low Angle Rescue training. The first, and worst of them came from going up and down a steep slope attached to a stokes stretcher and 3 other people. I have bruises up and down the outside of my leg and knee from slipping on the rocks (it was raining) and banging into the stokes. Not to mention the pain in my left flank from being strapped tightly into a harness made of tubular webbing. And to top it all off, a rock came loose above me while I was perched mid-slope waiting to be pulled up. Trying to avoid it would've wrecked havoc on the two rescuers and one victim (in stokes stretcher) I was tethered to. I selflessly took the rock to the inside edge of my knee for the good of America. I hope everyone's happy.

It's been raining up here for 24hrs now with no end in sight. Not southern California rain. Northern California rain. Yes, there's a difference. The wind blowing the trees and bushes around makes it look like Hurricane Katrina. I'm bummed that I'm unable (more like unwilling) to grill my burgers I bought today at Trader Joes.

One of the rookie jumpers just came into my room requesting aloe for a friction burn on his butt. I offered him a chocolate bon bon and sarcastically asked if it was from doing too many sit-ups (did I tell you guys about that?). He confirmed it was. Can you believe I'm not the only person who gets severe flesh wounds in unmentionable places due to the simple act of sit-ups?! I'm psyched! So he ate a bon bon and used some of my neosporin, informing me that it's because we have no fat on our butts to protect from injury, and that me finishing off the box of bon bons would be a step in the right direction of injury prevention.

1 comment:

  1. Carrie,

    Great to read that you are out there taking a hit for the team! Hope the Bon Bon help you and your co-worker!

    Love, Aunt Pat

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