BOING

Sunday should have been a normal day

1. wake up
2. go to church
3. hang out with people afterwards
4. eat lunch
5. come home

So how did saving bunny rabbit slip in there?

Duluth

I am, actually, kinda proud of myself. I always told myself I would swim lake Superior, I just hadn't thought today would be the day. Today, my family spent the day in Duluth, after awaking and greeting the day with a wonderful smile, and a joyful attitude(all lies shhh ;P), My family checked out, and went down to lake Superior. Kierra, who had been insisting she had to swim out to this building about 50 feet off the shoreline, finally got her wish, when my parents agreed to her excursion. I, of course, could not let my younger sister swim out, and be stuck watching her, only to be reminded that she could do it, and I didn't, later in life. So, I agreed to join her.

I had only one small issue with this, excursion.

The water was barely 50 degrees.

50 feet, in 50 degrees.

But I wasn't going to back out. I placed a foot in and almost immediately lost feeling. The rocks under the water were slippery, and the waves kept pushing me. I slowly slid in up to my knees, then my waist, until I was sitting down, the water up to my neck. The waves kept pushing me back to shore as I sat, trying to adjust to the cold temperatures. My body quickly numbed, until I felt nothing. Kierra stood beside me, still only up to her ankles, Mitch(some random person who was already at the house) yelled, egging us on, telling us "just go!", so I did! I dove in, and swam, to the house, Kierra, not to be out done was right on my tail.

I hopped onto the ledge of the house, and the first thing I noted was, the cement that should have hurt as I hit and skimmed my legs over, didn't. Thank God for the numbing water =)

Kierra and I got inside climbing to the top of the 15 foot building with ease, meeting Mitch.

We sat on the roof for a while, feeling the sun warm us up with great effort, when we suddenly realized we had to face the cold again, on our swim back. The feeling had already come back to our bodies, and this feat was not looking kind. I looked into the water, and said "I wanna jump off this thing" Mitch laughed and told me he had done it hundreds of times, and so I told him if he did I would, he of course jumped off with no issue, climbing back up the building to make sure I would be following.

Kierra chose to climb down and swim back, as I scooted to the edge. The dark water looked hardly inviting, and the sharp rocks in the distance did nothing to ease my worries. Mitch was telling me to just jump, but Kierra swam directly below me, yelling how cold it was, and refusing to move. I was stuck until she chose to go back to shore, or into the building. Her relentless cries only made me reconsider jumping into the chilling lake all the more, but Mitch wouldn't have it, I was going to go in whether I wanted to or not.

So after 5 minutes Kierra finally decided to go back into the building so we could jump, Mitch went first yelling the whole way down, and hitting the water with an icy splash, and swimming fervently back to shore. I then slowly stood up, the wind blowing from the West with rapid haste . I looked down, sucked in a deep breathe, and jumped before I could think about what I was doing.

It took a second before my feet hit the water, my chest tightened, as the cold overcame me again, racing to the top of the water it felt like minutes before i found the surface again. I began swimming back, reaching the shore, gladly welcoming the warm sweater that awaited me.

This very easily may be one of the dumbest things I have ever done. But I'm glad I did. I overcame lake Superior, and took a leap that my brother nor my sister could take. And bragging rights in themselves are always worth it, kidding. =P The real reason I'm glad I did it, is now I know, I overcame it, I didn't let any fear hold me back, or keep me from doing something. If I had, that would have been a real shame.