Monday, August 17, 2009 4:04 PM
Matt and I went down to Mission/Vancouver this weekend to go to Warped Tour. It was my first time ever going, but he's been before. After showing up over an hour late (and missing Underoath!), the day was off to a bad start. We watched a few bands play, and then it was time for our favorite band - A Day to Remember. We were so excited. We pushed our way to the front before it started, and the crowd was already pretty wild. I was surrounded by huge guys who insisted on elbowing me in the gut.
The band starts playing and we are having a blast, it is really rough since we are in front of the mosh pit and everyone is pushing us, but it's still fun. Then about half an hour into the show, I get blindsided in the back of the head by someone crowd surfing, first they kicked me in the head really hard, which got me halfway down, and then they were thrown, landing right on top of my head. I was in a lot of shock, since the person came from behind and I didn't even see them coming. I was crying hysterically (not really like me) and couldn't stand up. Matt picked me up and carried me out firemen style.
He laid me down on the grass and a medic came over, I was still really hysterical at this point, but he calmed me down and was trying to ask me questions. He determined that I had a possible spinal injury, since someone landed on top of me he was afraid of a compression in my neck. So they put a neck brace on me and held my head still until the emergency doctor could get there. Soon I was surrounded by what felt like 15 medics, they rolled me onto a board and strapped me in so I couldn't move. After the emergency doctor did some tests and asked me some questions, she told me I would most likely be fine, but I still had to have x-ray's just in case. Because if you think someone has a spinal injury, you always have to be sure.
The ambulance finally arrived, and the firetruck, although I couldn't see any of this since I couldn't move my head. And two of them carried my board backstage and put me on a stretcher, where I was then put in the ambulance. I was a little less freaked out at this point, the shock was starting to wear off but my head hurt like no other. Matt rode with me in the ambulance of course, which how we got these once in a lifetime pictures. Once we were at the hospital and all the nurses had finished all their questions and vitals, it was a long wait for the doctor. He said I would need x-rays, and about an hour later I was finally wheeled away. After the x-rays it was about 3 more hours until I was released. I was very frustrated and in a lot of pain because my head was in an extremely tight neck brace, and they had molded this board around the back of my head so I couldn't move it whatsoever for about 5 hours. That board was digging into my head making my headache unbearable.
Nevertheless the doctor eventually came over and had me move my neck, apparently my x-ray's had come back with no bad signs. We were finally released after 8pm, Warped Tour was over and we caught a cab back to our car... never to return to Vancouver again!
The band starts playing and we are having a blast, it is really rough since we are in front of the mosh pit and everyone is pushing us, but it's still fun. Then about half an hour into the show, I get blindsided in the back of the head by someone crowd surfing, first they kicked me in the head really hard, which got me halfway down, and then they were thrown, landing right on top of my head. I was in a lot of shock, since the person came from behind and I didn't even see them coming. I was crying hysterically (not really like me) and couldn't stand up. Matt picked me up and carried me out firemen style.
He laid me down on the grass and a medic came over, I was still really hysterical at this point, but he calmed me down and was trying to ask me questions. He determined that I had a possible spinal injury, since someone landed on top of me he was afraid of a compression in my neck. So they put a neck brace on me and held my head still until the emergency doctor could get there. Soon I was surrounded by what felt like 15 medics, they rolled me onto a board and strapped me in so I couldn't move. After the emergency doctor did some tests and asked me some questions, she told me I would most likely be fine, but I still had to have x-ray's just in case. Because if you think someone has a spinal injury, you always have to be sure.
The ambulance finally arrived, and the firetruck, although I couldn't see any of this since I couldn't move my head. And two of them carried my board backstage and put me on a stretcher, where I was then put in the ambulance. I was a little less freaked out at this point, the shock was starting to wear off but my head hurt like no other. Matt rode with me in the ambulance of course, which how we got these once in a lifetime pictures. Once we were at the hospital and all the nurses had finished all their questions and vitals, it was a long wait for the doctor. He said I would need x-rays, and about an hour later I was finally wheeled away. After the x-rays it was about 3 more hours until I was released. I was very frustrated and in a lot of pain because my head was in an extremely tight neck brace, and they had molded this board around the back of my head so I couldn't move it whatsoever for about 5 hours. That board was digging into my head making my headache unbearable.
Nevertheless the doctor eventually came over and had me move my neck, apparently my x-ray's had come back with no bad signs. We were finally released after 8pm, Warped Tour was over and we caught a cab back to our car... never to return to Vancouver again!
I really love this song.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:36 AM
What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged—
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful,
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge—
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged—
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful,
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge—
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.
spontaneity is the best way!
Saturday, August 01, 2009 5:08 PM
So the story goes...
Two weeks ago was mine and Matt's one year anniversary!! [*cheers!*] I was planning a romantic lobster dinner for us, but then Matt dislocated his shoulder earlier in the day, which put all of our plans to a halt. Matt has a really bad history with his right shoulder. He dislocated it a lot when he was younger, and it still gives him pain sometimes. It has been about five years since his last dislocated it, so this incident really set him back, physically and mentally. But he did go to the doctor and he is going to meet with a surgeon to see if he is a good candidate for surgery, which we're all sure he is. He hasn't been able to move his arm away from his body at all or, he says, it feels like it will pop back out again.
Needless to say he was feeling kind of down on himself for what happened, and he had really sunk into sort of a "bummer mood" for the next week and a half. So I decided (since we still hadn't done anything whatsoever to celebrate our anniversary) that we should go down island and stay at a Bed & Breakfast for a couple of days. We could not have asked for a better time. The first morning we woke up and I noticed that Matt had gone back to his old self, which was my goal, I think he just needed to take his mind of his shoulder. Our B&B was amazing, I was kind of nervous about staying at one, because you never know if you'll get the crazies, but we found a true gem. Our hosts, Inge and Jurgen our German (if you couldn't tell) and they had a beautiful house with all kinds of gorgeous art and pottery all over their house. Not to mention the food, they are amazing cooks! The first morning we had poached eggs with panchito on toast, and the second we had spinach kiesh!
We spent two days wandering around Campbell River and shopping. We found the most awesome thai restaurant downtown, we saw Harry Potter and The Ugly Truth in the theater (we never get to see movies in the theater anymore!), and we HAD to go to the lake once we couldn't bare the heat anymore. We even bought an air conditioner before we came home. It was such an amazing trip, and it felt SO long. We were only gone for two whole days, but it went by slowly, which was great. I didn't take very many pictures, but we did stop in this abandoned barn/field to take pictures, here are a few...
Two weeks ago was mine and Matt's one year anniversary!! [*cheers!*] I was planning a romantic lobster dinner for us, but then Matt dislocated his shoulder earlier in the day, which put all of our plans to a halt. Matt has a really bad history with his right shoulder. He dislocated it a lot when he was younger, and it still gives him pain sometimes. It has been about five years since his last dislocated it, so this incident really set him back, physically and mentally. But he did go to the doctor and he is going to meet with a surgeon to see if he is a good candidate for surgery, which we're all sure he is. He hasn't been able to move his arm away from his body at all or, he says, it feels like it will pop back out again.
Needless to say he was feeling kind of down on himself for what happened, and he had really sunk into sort of a "bummer mood" for the next week and a half. So I decided (since we still hadn't done anything whatsoever to celebrate our anniversary) that we should go down island and stay at a Bed & Breakfast for a couple of days. We could not have asked for a better time. The first morning we woke up and I noticed that Matt had gone back to his old self, which was my goal, I think he just needed to take his mind of his shoulder. Our B&B was amazing, I was kind of nervous about staying at one, because you never know if you'll get the crazies, but we found a true gem. Our hosts, Inge and Jurgen our German (if you couldn't tell) and they had a beautiful house with all kinds of gorgeous art and pottery all over their house. Not to mention the food, they are amazing cooks! The first morning we had poached eggs with panchito on toast, and the second we had spinach kiesh!
We spent two days wandering around Campbell River and shopping. We found the most awesome thai restaurant downtown, we saw Harry Potter and The Ugly Truth in the theater (we never get to see movies in the theater anymore!), and we HAD to go to the lake once we couldn't bare the heat anymore. We even bought an air conditioner before we came home. It was such an amazing trip, and it felt SO long. We were only gone for two whole days, but it went by slowly, which was great. I didn't take very many pictures, but we did stop in this abandoned barn/field to take pictures, here are a few...
