Thursday, April 15, 2010

Camping

I went camping with my family over Spring break (obviously by the post name) and everything was going good, we had some trouble getting up the hill that overlooked the campground but we made it work, we all had sand in our shoes,Everybody had sunburns, It was fun having Abby visit. Then on the second day Cinderella and I went to go hang up signs (which were actuallly just paper plates) so that the other people coming later would know where to go and so they didn't have to go up the hill. We took the go-cart we were borrowing from my other brother who wasn't there, Cinderella was driving and was in the passenger seat. It was a pretty even ride there were some pot holes but nothing to bad we had gone far enough to hang up all the ones that we needed to, I suggested we go farther so that we could check the signs we had put up on our way up the day before and because Cinderella and I hardly ever get along, I didn't want to go back to camp again where she treats me like crap. She said we should probably head back, so we did (she was driving what could I do). We were about 1/4 of a mile away from camp when the go-cart ran out of gas. I suggested pushing it back to camp (it's not all that heavy) but Cinderella said no and she ran back to camp to grab the gas can. Then my brother Shang(:P) and his wife Mulan came up on the four-wheeler that they had been riding, I told them what happened and they rode over to help her get the gas can. They came back and I unscrewed the cap on the tank, by this time Cinderella was back and so she filled it up, we both made sure it didn't drip. After screwing the cap back on I went to sit down, with the gas can on my lap. Cinderella grabbed the screwdriver (to start it you have to use the screwdriver) apparently something ignited because the next thing I know the go-cart is on fire. Shang is Yelling at me to get out, I don't actually remember him saying that, all I remember is knowing that I had to get out. I grabbed the gas can and got out along the way my foot got stuck, I wanted to yell out that my foot was stuck but thought it would make me seem like a baby so I got it unstuck and backed away from the cart. Shang got on the four-wheeler and rode back to camp to get out his fire extinguisher from his truck, then he came right back. Abby noticed from camp that something was wrong, and looked over, and saw the smoke she grabbed the shovel from the ground and ran over. Shang got it out using the extinguisher but something else ignited. Mulan had seen a bucket earlier. So she ran and grabbed and filled it up (thankfully our campsite had a cow feeding place about 1/4 of a mile away) so using the bucket and the shovel that Abby kept filling with sand they got the fire out, while Cinderella and I just stood there. Everybody started pushing the go-cart back to camp, except Mulan who rode the four-wheeler back so it wasn't just sitting there and me who just slowly walked back. When we reached camp various people went to go tell mom what happened, not me though. Brave strong (hah!) me went into my tent and started to cry (that isn't exactly true, I had been crying for a while but I had sunglasses on so nobody noticed) I bawled. The stupid part is I am such a baby.....I have no reason to cry the only thing that actually happened was my hair got singed ooh thats a real basis for sobbing. Later I pretented that I was fine and it was no big deal (I even tried to laugh it off) I even went to look at the damage with Mulan, and seeing the seat where I was sitting almost sent me into tears again. Cinderella's seat looked fine, mine was destroyed. It probably seems stupid that I am putting this here like this but the thing is I just need to get this out I was terrified and I heard how weak they were calling me: Shang said that he thought I was crying in this voice like it was a federal offense, my mom said that she was suprised that I didn't have nightmares that night, everybody was teasing me saying it was my fault, even worse than saying that it was my fault them teasingly talking about how I got out of there really fast with the gas can (that isn't what I remember). I am so sick of this seeing a freaken go-cart on fire basically sent me into a panic attack, what would I do if something really bad happened to me?