Gosh, I'm sorry! The story isn't nearly as interesting as the teaser. (isn't it always that way?)aideen wrote:Yay! -does dance-sack36 wrote:Jonas running after the car was, for me, the epitome of loving to distraction. I have actually been in that exact frame of mind. Of course, I was in the middle of drowning, but same purity of focus!Ceremonygirldroid
Really? Wow.
Damnit, you can't just give me a tiny bit of a story and leave it there! GAH I'LL GO INSANE
When I was younger I took a canoe trip that ended right before a fairly massive waterfall. We'd been having problems with the canoe bottoming out all along the trip so one of the people opted to get out about a quarter mile from the end and walk the remaining distance. We were used to a heaver load, so when we hit that strong current we weren't prepared and the canoe tipped over.
The water was shallow enough that I could stand on the bottom and just keep my head above water--but I got it in my head that I had to save the canoe too. What can I say? I was exhausted! The current was too strong for me to hold the canoe and stay standing but I just couldn't bring myself to let go of the canoe! People on the shore kept yelling for me to let go and the words just stopped short of my brain. I started to black out before anyone on shore reallized I was literally drowning before their eyes! Finally someone jumped in, took the canoe away from me and I could gain my footing again.
A pretty sorry tale. I really should be called SadSack, not Sack36.