Shnow?

lots and lots of SHNOW!!!

last night i had an adventure with my friend Maya, she was driving me home after hanging out at her house {where i ate her toaster waffles, and slept on her couch like a lame person while everyone else played harry potter scene it. i know right? i totally would have wasted...not. what can i say, i was VERY tired}

{remind! beginning of story.} so sitting there between charlie and craig i realized that my curfew was 11:30 and that i should call my parentals. i got my curfew extended since that was more convenient for Maya who said she'd take me home.

we figured, it's not snowing that bad and her parents' car has four-wheel drive yah? works.

we got about halfway up Elk Ridge Dr., the main road up into Elk Ridge and were just at my first turn when we fishtailed and our back tires got stuck. no matter how hard we tried we couldn't get out. i even went out and tried to push it, which shows how scared we were because for me to push that big of a car...me? where's Seth when you need him, seriously?

so i got back into the car and we prayed. we prayed for safety and to be able to get to my house and her to hers both in complete safety. she turned on her emergency lights and two nice mexican men came to our aid. apparently the four-wheel drive we thought we had...wasn't turned on.

they helped us turn it back on and we skidded back onto the road. Maya was able to call her parents {she'd accidentally left her phone at her house, which is another reason we were so scared} and she was able to calm down from her near panic attack while she waited for her dad to come pick her up and drive with her home.

she got home safely and guess what?

prayers work.

it was quite the adventure...one i think we won't be trying again anytime soon, without at least a phone and a hefty male along with us. and not during the middle of a major elk ridge snow storm. elk ridge snow is different than highland and AF snow...it's slick. the THICK stuff? that you usually can grip on? isn't there. people in Woodlands Hills have to park nearly a mile below their houses during the winter sometimes unless they have four-wheel, just so they don't crash because it's just too hard.

so i'm thankful. thankful for a friend who was determined to get me home and was able to keep her cool, who believed me when i said we should say a prayer. i'm thankful for prayers. i'm thankful for four-wheel drive. i'm thankful for sweet mexican men. i'm thankful for friends who care about me and will drive me home. i'm thankful for Maya...I love her so much. I don't know what i'd do without her. i hope she knows how much i love her.

friends like her are one in a billion.

it's funny...all my friends are. they are all just....diamonds, jewels. rare and beautiful and the miracle is that they are my friends. and all i had to do was be myself.

another adventure...that's just life.