poor sarah!!!

it was a beautiful day and three students, sarah, molly and jamie went roller blading (with out the appropriate knee pads, elbow pads, and helmets) through golden gate park. i got a hysterical call from jamie, "sarah's hurt! there's blood! come pick us up in the park. hurrrrrrry!" so off i rushed to the park searching for the three bladers. there she was. bloody face, hands and knees. (this is a blader that calls herself a professional!) holy smokes. we got her back to the house and realized that none of us knew what exactly we should do. we didn't think we needed to be at the emergency room but we were unsure. luckily, my new and wonderful friend, pryor, lives two blocks from the house. and, she's a nurse! the southern bell arrived and comforted sarah by applying hydrogen peroxide ever so gently as all of us watching encouraged sarah to scream or yell expletives, but she didn't do either. she just kept taking deep breaths. what a trooper! thanks to pryor for applying her nurse skills and coming to the rescue.

a note from sarah: "don't wear helmets because they are totally uncool. however, when [roller] blading down a hill that doesn't seem steep, veer to the grass asap. if you can't do it asap, you might look like me. try falling on your butt, not your face."




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