And....I'm Wet!

Dating is full of awkward moments that hopefully we're all able to laugh about, and laugh together. After coming home from a mission it was more awkward than usual for a while until I got used to it again, and I had a lot of blind dates and classic mishaps to break me in fast!

On one of these dates, not blind this time, we went four-wheeling to Pack Saddle Lake in the mountains. I was told to bring a swimsuit because we'd either swim there or find a hot spring later to get into. I brought a suit and towel but told my date I was leaving it in the car until we went to the hot springs because swimming in a mountain lake after dark didn't appeal to me with a lot of people I didn't know, for my first time swimming since I'd been back. Everyone else had their stuff but didn't fully intend on getting in either.

The four-wheeler ride was great! It's so fun cruising around in the mountains and it was definitely beautiful! I love the mountains! When we got to the lake everyone split up to go fishing, start a fire, or explore around. My date and I headed over to a rope swing. We took turns swinging out over the lake on the rope a few times and then he decided to make it more exciting. He climbed up on some logs that made the swing from a lot higher and the drop a lot more. Everything went well when he swung and it seemed like lots of fun. Of course, I couldn't be outdone....not smart.....so I climbed the logs to swing from higher too. Right as I was jumping I had the terrible feeling that I was going to fall. Now, I was fully dressed with a t-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes, my swimming attire was back in the car. It was a thrill as I swung out...until I felt my hands slipping at the extent of the swing...so it was either fall in the middle of the lake or at the edge where the possibilility of landing on poky branches was real good. In I went, in the middle, fully under and completely wet.... (this picture obviously isn't me, but it's the same rope swing).

Oh man, I couldn't believe it! I've seen people fall into lakes and stuff before, and I'm definitely not the most graceful person in the world, but clumsiness to that degree just doesn't happen to me! I dreaded facing everyone when I came up out of the water. Of course, everyone saw and was shocked and sooo worried about me freezing, (one girl who had her swimsuit on under her clothes was a sweetheart and said she'd just wrap up in a towel and I could wear her clothes) but I was more embarrassed than worried about that. It was embarrassing but dealing with the wet hair and cold wasn't a big deal...

A good thing was that it broke the ice with the group really fast and because I fell in and was all wet, my date jumped in too and a few other guys did in their swimsuits. After we were all wet we had a great time swinging and jumping into the lake! And I didn't freeze because others had extra clothes they made me wear. I came home in an extra shirt my date had and some extra shorts of one of my dad's employees, who was also my dates' friend.