An interesting thing...

An interesting thing happened to me just the other day. Tuesday, actually. I'll start at the beginning. ("and when you get to the end... Stop!")
Tuesday morning I got up and went to co op. Classes went pretty well, I was able to pay attention for the most part, and I enjoyed the time with my friends. After classes were over, I talked to a few friends, and somehow ended up with Aaron Morrison in our van with us. (Turns out he didn't want to go to his sister's science class so he was hanging out with us until basketball practice)
Driving along the road, after stopping for lunch, we saw our friend Savannah on the road. Ruth called her and said we were right behind her, so we waved. That's when you realize how long two seconds is. That is, in fact, how long Rachael (the driver) looked away. One second I was happily waving to a friend, the next second, the van was going crazy. Everyone yelled, some people screamed, and no one knew exactly what was going on. Then we figured it out. We had hit the car in front of us. In turn, it hit the car in front of it.
The next thirty minutes were... interesting? Rachael, extremely upset about the whole thing, Ruth, shaking like I've never seen before. James crying just because he was scared. I kept telling myself "Hannah, you're the glue. Hold it together! You're the glue, you can't fall apart now!" Aaron, just there giving hugs and praying for everything.
After that thirty minutes on the intersection on 52 and 26 (that's what my dad said, at least.) Ruth, another lady, and a boy were all taken to the hospital. Now worries, however. It was only whiplash, and the lady and Ruth both came home that day. I don't know exactly about the guy, but we are assuming he's fine.
About when they were putting Ruth on the stretcher (because they were very concerned about this whiplash thing...) I finally broke down. I just couldn't be the strong one anymore when I was so scared in general. That's when Aaron just gave me a hug and told me it was going to be ok.
My dad came over to the site of the accident and picked us up and took us to the hospital to make sure Ruth was ok and to get her. Aaron stayed with us the whole time and just talked. Rachael was silent. After two and a half hours of waiting, Mrs. Morrison finally came to get Aaron to take him to basketball practice because my mom had decided James and I were not going. A few minutes after they left, Ruth came out (perfectly fine, just her neck hurt a bit) and we went home.
It wasn't until that night that I realized that I hadn't really been the glue. I was for a little while, but really I was more like... I actually found myself comparing the people to tape. Ruth was paper. Rachael was paper. James was construction paper. I was scotch tape. Aaron was duct tape. He was really the one who held everyone together. I don't know what would have happened if he hadn't been there for us, just reminding us that "God knew this was gonna happen."
I have imagined an older brother. Not unusual, considering I always wanted one, but I never imagined I would get such a good one.
I just thank God for Aaron, and my family and all the rest of my friends. The wreck kinda made me think a little bit more about the mortality of human beings. I love you guys!

O.O

Well I had a crazy day yesterday! Woke up late so I was all rushed to get ready to go to co op, then I got there and I was late for Drama but that's ok, 'cause everyone else was late too! Lol. Then I was late to Biology because I was talking to Andrew and then Rachelle came and was really excited about this store downtown that she wants so she was talking to me, so then I got in trouble. Hehe. Then I actually wasn't too late for Med. History, I was earlier than I usually am (bio often runs a little late) and that was cool. Only thing was, Rachael and Justin weren't there to cause trouble in my classes! Hehe. So after co op we just went and got lunch and went to my grandparents house and hung around there all day until it was time for basketball practice. SO off to practice where I was late (I was just running about five minutes late the whole day!) and after practice to a 4-H meeting where Rachael, Melissa and I volenteered last minute to do recreation so Idk how that'll go. Anywho, then I got told that Becky and Isaac got engaged Monday night! I'm really happy for them=) It's exciting, lol. That's about it, but still it was an interesting day. I forgot my school books so I couldn't do anything while I was at my grandparents so I'm behind today but I really don't feel like catching up... I might before bed. Yeah.
At the 4-H meeting I skipped out on recreation (bad me!) because they were playing dodgeball, which I hate. So I talked to Andrew and Melissa for a while then Micah and Rachael came over. Rachael demanded hugs and gave hugs to everyone but me, and Micah seemed very concerned until she finally gave me a hug, it was funny.
Now I have to clean my room and do math... But I won't do it! HA! =P

Navy and Silver night!!

So I skipped school today... Bad bad me! First I had to get some stuff ready for tonight, then we went to James' doc appointment which took FOREVER! Lol, then Dad took everyone to see "One night with the King" which was actually pretty good. While we were at the theater, Ruth and Rachael had a colision and Ruth got hurt... Was I surprised? No. Not at all. Ruth is a magnet for getting hurt. Plus she can't handle pain at all. "No pain no gain" definately does NOT apply to Ruth.
After the movie, we went to Menard's where we got Tikvah a carpet for her room. She chose... Well I can't remember what... Oh yes, "Shazam" lol. It's all stripey... Her walls are pink. "Valentine pink" and almost annoyingly so... Hopefully the floor will disctract a little from the glare of the very pink walls. Lol
Finally, NAVY AND SILVER NIGHT!!! Definately the best one yet, in my oppinion. First I got there, right EXACTLY on time, lol, got changed into my basketball stuff and then was stretching and Coach said "Hurry, Hannah, hurry!" lol, so I hurried... did warmups... Oh boy. Then we had about 32 minutes playing. Varsity (minus Abby) against JV (plus Abby!). Varsity one by about 25 points and I felt kinda bad for JV but they did an AMAZING job. They're so much better than last year=P After the game was over everyone pretty much gave hugs instead of high fives but that was cool. Got to Ben at the end and he's like "Good job Hannah, you should be on our team!" lol, I'm like ok... Thanks, good job I should be on JV instead of Varsity=P It was funny, though. Then we had our little meeting downstairs. Then for me, upstairs and changed into my cheer uniform. My skirt is too big... Have to take it in... But that's not important. We did our little thing, they did our introductions wrong... lol, then the GAME! I was changing during the JV boys game so Idk how that turned out, but the Varsity boys game was GREAT! It was super evenly matched... Varsity cheerleaders picked Silver to cheer for, so JV got blue. The game was soo close! Lol, at the end there was a tie, 36-36. So, what they did was had everyone do free throws. That tied, again. So they did free throws again... And it tied again. So they did "Sudden death" where Matt made his shot and Nick missed his. In the end, SILVER won! It was very cool... And I got very VERY into my cheerleading... Like I actually got loud and wanted to be there, which was different from practice=P After that the Morrison's and us went to McDonnald's for ice cream=) A few other people wanted to come but coudln't=(
One bad thing did happen, however. Andrew hurt his knee again. I definately hope he's not out all season like last year, that would stink very very much. Anywho, in the end it turned out to be a pretty good night. Got hugs from people I never get hugs from (Like Abby and the new girl, Amelia, which was kinda strange but still cool) and ended up having a great time. Now my throat hurts and I'm dead tired, but I figured I'd post this bit before I went off to bed. Nighy-night!

Insanity

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four North Americans is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends, if they're okay, then it's you."

Lol, just thought I'd share that with you=P