I took a vacation from cyberspace

not really, i just have been really busy. and kinda forgot to update my blog. i also fractured my elbow and hyperextended my ucl (tendion in my elbow) 3 weeks ago. i have 5 weeks left in this brace before i either have surgery or start physical therapy. its slightly annoying because i cant use my right arm for almost anything.

anyway, so i am on thanksgiving break in wisconsin. its fun, i am visitng friends.


i had a very interesting trip on the way here. i came here with another friend named andrew. we left for wisconsin at 5 pm in the evening. we didnt leave york until 5:45 because we spent half an hour at a gas station. around midnight in iowa, his windshield and windows fog up in an instant, as he trys to defog, he accidently ends up going waaaaaaay to fast. he got a ticket. as well as a person (unbeknownst to us) who had been trying to pass him and sped up as well.

then at 1 pm, he notices that his car has been sitting at empty for a while. so we take the next exit in iowa to find a gas station. we find it after driving 5 miles away from the expressway.

it was closed.

so, along with a few jokes from me about getting out to push, we drive to the next town 5 miles away. it had two gas stations. one was closed.


one was an amaco station. amaco was bought out by bp years and years ago. that gas station summerized how sketchy the town was.
we drove 11 miles at 25 mph with our hazards on on this highway. find a city whos name i have forgotton. and we got to the station before the car breathed its last. it was a close call because the car had started to die 2 miles before.


we get back on the expressway and proceed to get to an amish store next to a gas station. he pulls over the car and takes a half an hour nap. i sit there wondering why the "amish" store has security cameras and lights. we finally get into black river falls wisconsin at 4 am. i didnt want to wake up the people i was visiting, they live at wisconsin christian youth camp, so i plop (it was a very quiet plop, i was trying to make no noise) onto a pew in the great hall. i woke up around 9 am with the knowledge of why pews are for sitting and not sleeping. i then knock on the door. i proceed to head to rhinelander that day.



its so nice not having to pay for laundry.