... fell off yesterday...
Okay, no, not realy XD But on the serious note, it was rather sore. Well, y'all know how we got about 2 ft of snow around here? Well, before the storm hit, we were parked in the back. My mom was worried just in case anything bad happened to dad, we wouldn't be able to drive him to the hospital. So my brothers and I went out and started shoveling the alleyway. Well, we were just going to shovel a section out near our house, and the boys said "Well, if she gains enough momentum, she can drive right over the snow." so they just dug trenches after a certain point. Pfft, I kknew that wasn't going to work and so did mom because you can do some serious damage to your car that way.
We were actually taking a break before the trenches, or rather, we were going to call it a day. However, at that point, my dad's hand stop functioning properly and it was shaking. We were wondering if this was him about to have another seizure. So thinking about it, my brothers went back out. I stayed inside at that point wondering if I should be helping mom with anything, however, just sitting there while my brothers were outside was bugging me, so I asked if mom would be okay inside and went to join them. Like I said, they were digging trenches and I knew that wasn't going to work, so I took the middle while they did the trenches. Although, I'm small, I have determination when I put my mind to it. Although It was staring to get to be quite a bit... So since my brother's made it to the intersection of the alleyway (both ways were still packed with snow...) They came back to help me with the center. I was joking around saying we should get recognition from the city for doing this. But then I said "Y'know, we'd be out here doing this, but I bet no one would even notice except that someone cleared it out."
A little bit after I said that, a young boy I don't really see ever came up to us with a shovel and asked if we wanted some help. We gladly accepted. He told us his dad saw us and they were going to come out and help and asked if we could help dig them out as well. So I went over to dig them out while they worked on the other end.
We worked at it pretty hard and managed to dig out toward the intersection. At this point, I needed hydration, so I went back inside and got bottled waters for us. I offered to the man (at this point, the boy stopped helping for a bit because his father kept saying he was in the way... Which made me feel bad, but I didn't say anything...), but he declined. After a while, the man kinda disappeared, but another neighbor came outside and started helping. Then another a bit further along. The little boy came back out and was between helping out and playing with the neighbor's dog X3 We were getting so much closer to the end...
At this point, my arm wasn't responding the way I wanted it to... I was tempted to go back inside, but I did not want to be the first to leave. I feel like this would be a semi historic event in our neighborhood, and I didn't want to be remembered as the "girl who almost helped finish." =>_>;= So I kept going. When I couldn't shovel, I used it to break up the frozen snow and just lugged large chunks out of the way to give my arm a break and make it easier for the others to shovel.
We were at the last stretch from the side area to the street and the sun was getting lower and the snow was getting harder to break. But we kept at it. I tried to keep going even though I was complaining in joke form. Just a bit more to go... Slowly, yet it seemed like things were picking up pace, the last bit diwnled down until I realized... there were only a few shovelfuls left...! This lifted my spirits thinking "We're almost there!" So I picked my shovel up again and dug into what I could and finally, we'd cleared it all out!
The man with the dog said he wanted to test it out. He said "If my big van can make it through, ANYONE can make it through." And it was indeed a BIG van... He had to manuever a lot, but he managed to pull it out so he could back into place so it'd be more convenient to pull out later. I was so glad we'd managed to finish!
We headed back home after thanking our neighbors and saying goodbye. At that point, my body was screaming. I knew I needed to soak, but I let my brothers go first, because once I got in, I wasn't getting back out for a while XD The doorbell rang while I was waiting, so I answered it. A lady we'd met earlier that day came to thank us and handed us a card. She said "Please share this with your brothers. I want to thank you so much for what you did out there today. And thank your mother for motivating you to get out there." Lol I took the envelope and thanked her and said goodnight. I looked at the envelope and it read "To The Three Shovelers." We hadn't done any of it for a reward, really, but it felt nice to get that recognition. =3
So, I managed to soak last night and get some rest. Thank goodness I didn't put it off, otherwise I wouldn't be able to move today XD;; Thigns are stiff, but I'm glad we managed to do it =3 Yaay~ I'll be back to normal by next week and I'm looking forward to seeing the igloos they built on campus, I heard. Sweet~ I think I'll start lifting weights after this... I need to work on my upper body strength X3 Well, that's all for this post, sorry for the novel =P lol Ja, mata~
