thrill rides and epiphanies

who would've thought that you get what you wished for.. how fortunate am i to be able to spend another day at kern river! last minute day trip it was.. i was packing at 1 in the morning while on 3-way with ash and bo. yes, 3-way haha. left at 5am got there at 8am. jason needed to pay for his ..slowing ticket.. driving 5 miles underrrr the speed limit. we talked to a couple people at the court also paying for tickets. kern people really don't have anything else to do besides hand out speeding tickets. what was ridiculous was this guy getting a ticket for fishing without a license. $950! he was fined more than people who could potentially kill themselves or others speeding down windy ass roads around the mountain. unbelievable.. we bought fishing gear, a fishing license of course, and floating donut tubes called the river rat and some water shoes which definately came in handy. i walked over sharp annoying underwater rocks like nothing. i also bought a cartoon map of kernville (i've become quite an enthusiast!) i figured it would go nicely with my cartoon long beach map. the weather was actually pleasant..warm with a breeze. floating down the river was theeeee shit. some parts of the river were calm so we would just chill and talk and float. other parts were fast flowing rapids! it was like nature's very own thrilling water ride. our second time going down we tied our floaties together. got caught between a bunch of rocks..so hilarious.. no luck fishing though. while the boys tested their skills and patience in attempts to catch dinner, i set my towel out, put my shirt over my face and took a nap, only to wake up and and realize i just layed out 4000 ft. closer to the sun aand that they stillll haven't caught dinner! haha.. after no luck of fishing we hiked up and went down the river all over again. good times. left at around 5 or 6pm, its hard to keep track of time when your using the sun as a clock. driving home was a drag, tired as shit, dark, motion sickness, dehydration, hunger. our 3-4 hours drive became 6 hours. no worries tho, i slept like a baby right after my head hit my pillow. i'm sad to say that my extended weekend ended with an unfortunate bang. don't wanna get too detailed about that. lets just say i still need to think before i speak.

the countdown before school starts is quickly winding down. i can't believe its already thursday. and theres still so many things i want to do. mostly just makeover the condo. but i know it'll happen. i'm gunna make it happen! even if i have to do it all myself which is totally fine by me.

i saw a shooting star tonight..right in gardena! and i'm glad i was talking to the bff on the phone. i was thinking yesss, free wish! but honestly, i didn't know what to wish for. i always try to wish for something plausible.. nothin like winning the lottery or growing taller or world peace. yeah i wish i had a lot of stuff and i wish a lot of things were a certain way. but i figured, whats the point in wishing when you can just do? wishing is time wasted. that time you use wishing is time you can use to actually make things happen. but then again, you can't do if you can't wish, right? haha i don't know.

i honestly feel so lucky. i have people that will always have my back. always. and they know they have mine. pretty cool concept right? though we may be separated by different schedules, different paths, different interests, i have no right to doubt their friendship and loyalty. but i'm not perfect. i hate myself when i do doubt. but in the end, i always know who will be there.

on a last note, perhaps maybe a note to self.. think before you speak.. and don't take anyone for granted.