today i was sitting in class at Price Lab School - when two girls sitting at my table noticed a girl in a car across the street - who was clearly stuck on a sheet of ice and not going anywhere fast. without being able to see the girl myself, all i could hear were their commentaries:
'OH! so close!'
'keep going! you've almost got it.'
'op. nope. you just made it worse.'
'oh look - there's a guy walking into that apartment about two feet away. he didn't even help her. jerk.'
by the end of the class, where obviously nothing was accomplished, we had witnessed this girl attempting a get-a-way several times - while repeatedly getting out of her car with what looked like a baseball bat to dig herself out.
as we're all gathering our loads of things at the end of class, i look at the girl sitting next to me and say, 'Vanessa, we should go help her. she's already late to wherever she was going. she's been attempting that ice mountain for at least 30 minutes.'
so Vanessa and i proceed to walk out to help this girl. she looked quite young. and real frantic. so with a little bit of a rock and a shove - we had her out of there! it was beautiful.
nearly a half-an-hour later i get a phone call from Vanessa that says, 'Savannah, you will never believe this - i just drove by Price Lab and some guy parked right where that girl was - and now he's stuck. thought you would appreciate knowing that!'
after pushing a car out of an ice pit - i walked back toward campus for my next class. on my venture - i saw two guys wearing shorts. apparently 30 degrees is a heat wave and requires less clothing than 15 degrees. or perhaps people are just ecstatic that today they didn't have to look at the ground and see it moving, to know that they were still alive in the dead of winter.
after class was complete for the day - i was walking back to my car. on the sidewalk this girl, whom i had never seen before frantically waves at me. i smiled. perhaps i looked familiar - or maybe she was just having a really great day! take your pick.
ice pits. heat waves. shorts. friendly faces.
thank you monday.
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Cool! i like that story about the girl in the car stuck in ice. I think we all feel like that sometimes in life, stuck in this or that and going nowhere fast, we can't get ourselves out. Some people just walk by or don't bother to ask a second time or give you a second chance, but then others look into your heart, glimpse the problem and will be there to help. And remind you that you are not alone. And even if they are unable to help you push the car directly, they will be cheering you on from a distance.
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I like the random wave. :)
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