Friday, April 17, 2015

Just another day at the park

Just another day at the park - well that's where I was headed anyway.  It was Tuesday of the March Break and I had just finished my chores for the day and decided to head out of the house and long board with my cousins to the park to play some ultimate frisbee.  The thing about this day though was that it was the first ride of the season so, I hadn't exactly checked my bearings, truth is I didn't even think about it. I was just happy I was wearing shorts and it was March Break.  Well I don't always make the smartest decisions, that's nothing I shy away from telling people.  And since it was the first ride of the season I decided to take a different route than we usually would have taken since YOLO right?  Well this new route was a hill.  But it was no ordinary hill, see this hill was a hill don't be mistaken but it just didn't turn into a flat grade, it gradually got flat.  So what did this mean, well if you know anything about physics or riding long boards, you get faster as you go down the hill not fast then slow like most hills, this is fast and faster.  Being the leader of the wolf pack, I also decided to go first down the hill.  Well, if you have been paying attention, or good at reading between the lines what happens next ain't so pretty.  You guessed it, I began to speed wobble, which is the closest thing to living on the edge, literally and figuratively.  And you see I'm also not the smartest man, but I sure do know what love is - yes I just quoted Forest Gump.  I decided not to wear a helmet because why not, it was a nice day, and I'm a teenager.  And like any smart person, I was very close to having a seat with the big guy upstairs if things didn't go well.  So, I decided to jump off because I knew if a car turned onto the main road, I would be toasted.  And off I went, tumbling and turning.  It was a garage sale.  I was lucky enough not to hit my head and crawl away only with a broken ankle because I know things could have turned out much worse.  Moral of the story, if you finish your chores early don't leave the house and go hunting for a death wish, take it easy it's the March Break, you're not suppose to be doing those kinds of things at least until exams are coming around.

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