Taylor's camp & yes im a bloody idiot..

Well, on Thursday Taylor had her school camp..

She came home from school as normal and then got ready to go back for camp-out that afternoon..

She had asked Brendan if he'd be a parent helper and help put up tents etc and he said he would stay the night too.. (as they needed 'supervisors' to stay over)..

So at 5pm they were all packed up and ready to head off to school for the night..

I was a little disappointed that i didn't know what was going on or couldn't be there to take photos, but i guess that's just what you have to do..

It didn't worry me Brendan staying over with her, but i just hated not knowing what was going on... lol

I had a lend of Mum & Stephen's car for the night, so i could go up to the school and see what was happening and so i could get to work in the morning..

Even though the kids were sleeping in tents, the parents had to supply there own tents or sleep in there car. So Brendan just folded up our back seats and made a bed for himself in there..

He did park our car under the shelter in the school so that was pretty good...



So at 5pm off we all went to the school..

There were kids everywhere and it was tent city... Im a bloody idiot for not taking a photo of the tent city, grrrr... But by the time we got there Tara, who was the 3rd person sharing a tent with Taylor & Maddy had already got there early and put up the girls tent...

There was probably about 30 tents all up... The school owns them all and it is something that Yr 3 does every year...

Taylor & Maddy picked each other to room with and Tara was 'put' with them.. The girls didn't mind, cause she was alright and she went off & played with her own friends for most of the time..

They played some games and had activities, while some parents cooked the bbq and made dinner..
After they had dinner they got organised for bed, and then went into the school hall and watched a dvd on the big screen..
After the movie they were told they can have 30mins talk & torch time and then lights out..
Taylor said only about 2mins later, one of the 'grumpy' teachers then turned up to the school and said lights out straight away!!!!!!!!!
Brendan went to bed (the car) around 10pm he said, he set his alarm for 3am and got up and did a quick check around the tents. All was fine and back to the car he went...

In the morning the kids were all woke up nice & early (well early for Taylor anyhow).. around 6am.. It was a nice sleep in for Brendan as he always gets up at 4am every morning and heads off to the gym so it was great for him..
They got organised & dressed and headed off for an hours walk....
Came back and had there b'fast and then packed up the tents...
There 2 guys there, 1 from the Country NRL and 1 from the Knights and they did some activities with the kids..
Then around 11am they all got on the bus and headed off to the local pool for 2hrs..
When they came back to school they had some pizza, drinks & lollies, had a short play in the playground and then went & rested in the school hall for another dvd...

That morning, i had mums car, i took Dan to school. I waved to Tay as she was playing and Brendan was just leaving the school.. He said it was a pretty good night, better than what he thought it would be and he survived... (which i worried about as Brendan is NOT a people person and is very quiet & shy)...

I then took Jordan to mums and Stephen dropped me off at work..
Just after lunch around 2pm i was finished with work and thought i might go home, as i work a double shift on Fridays and would be back in a couple of hours...
So at 2.30pm i left work and thought i might walk home... (its only about 3.5klms, but it was really hot)...
Then i thought i might as well just walk to mums (only about 1klm, but up the biggest hill in Kurri.. lol) and then though, nope i have to get the kids anyhow, so i walked to the school.. (almost the same distance to mums and yes, that hill too)...
So i walked up to the school and saw that the Yr 3'ers' were allowed to be 'collected' from the hall. So i went and got Taylor and we went & waited for Dan near his classroom and she told me all about the great time at camp she had...

After the bell went and we got Dan we walked up the main street on our way to Mum's house.. The kids got an ice-cream and we just strolled along the street...
We got to the end of the main street, only a block away from mums and Dan & I decided to have a little race, sort of...
I'd only gone about 2 foot in front when i went CRASH to the ground... yes you can laugh...
I went face first, but luckly i didn't land on my face.. I had actually landed on my left hand & right elbow..
I quickly sat up and pretended nothing was wrong cause i was so embarrassed..
Luckily it was at the END of the main street and not in the middle of it and it was only in front of the CES (even though that is usually full, lol) but there was no one around, thank god!!!!!!!
I laughed & laughed and fought back the tears.. I didn't want to cry incase someone was watching and i looked even more stupid...
I had scraped my leg, but my work pants took the brunt of that and thankfully i still have all my skin there... lol I had a graze on my left hand, but it wasn't too bad..
Then i realised i couldn't get up, i just couldn't move...
I couldn't move my right arm at all. I knew it wasn't broken as i'd be in a lot more pain than that, but i just couldn't move it at all..
I didn't have a clue what to do. We just sat there (like derro's out the front of the CES, lol).. I then rang Brendan, told him what i had done and could he please come and get us..
When he got there he had to lift me up to get me off the ground, i just couldn't move or use my right arm to help..
I got in the car and bawled my eyes out then..
We went to mums, where Jordan was too. The kids thought it was funny and thought they would reinact what i had done, (with Taylor adding a few more spills and rolls here & there!!! OH & laughing LOTS!!!!!!!!) Mum got out an ice pack & put on it and that when i discovered i had taken a chunk of skin off, ouch!!!

I still cant move it much now, it hurts like hell, gosh i hate to know what a break feels like..
Mum & Brendan think i may of chipped my elbow/bone & think i should get it checked out, x-rayed, but i don't know..
Plus im too chicken to go, what if they 'touch' it, OUCH!!!!!!!! it hurts too much........
Sorry about the scary photo...
You can't really tell from the photo, but it is really swollen and there is some bruising around it. I don't think its the scrape that hurts though, it is my actual elbow that is killing me heaps...
YES, i am a bloody idiot....
and yes, you are allowed to laugh, cause i did and still do when i think about actually doing it.. But not when i can feel it.. lol

Ok, i best get going, this has taken me ages to type out, cause of my right arm (yes, i am right handed) hurting so much...
Have a great day..............xx