So this blog is going to be more of a rant of how bad my
spring break was, because it was pretty bad the majority of the time. To start
off my break, we go to Friday after classes. For some reason it is raining cats
and dogs outside, and it is impossible to find a spot to park my car to load it
up to leave. I ended up leaving it in the Cassell lot and had to run all of my
stuff to the car in two trips. By the time I was able to get into my car I was
soaked to the skin which made the following trip up 81 all the more pleasant.
For those who have never tried to leave Blacksburg when everyone else is, 460
becomes nothing short of one great big backup, with everyone trying to get on
at different points. Did I mention that this time it was still raining
horribly? So after a 4 hour car ride home, one that usually takes 1.5, I was
able to have a nice evening with my family until work the next day. Now I
cannot complain about my job, simply because I have one, but the ideal spring
break is relaxing with your friends down in Florida, not working 9 hour shifts
at a hospital pharmacy for 8 days straight. But I enjoy my job so that is the
only negativity that it shall get. The icing on the cake that is my freshman
spring break is that somehow I managed to be the passenger in a Gator ATV that
was flipped on its side, on Saturday night, 2 days before the start of school
again. Let me explain where I was. I was in Highland County, at a friend’s
house, an hour from the nearest hospital; a hospital that does not even have
the capacity to treat my injuries. So the Gator flipped and at this point I am
going on what people have told me because I received a mild traumatic brain
injury from the wreck. The Gator was lying on top of me, my head to be exact;
the ground was soaked from rain so that cushioned the blow a bit. My four friends
who were with me ran over and proceeded to lift the vehicle off of me. What
happened next I do not remember either, but from what I gathered from them;
there was a very fast drive back to the closest hospital, they would not treat
me so I was then medevac’d to UVa. I later woke up after a 2 day stay in the
ICU. So how was your break?
