I may be a little concussed...

I probably had one of the most exciting rescues ever today. (Personal best guys, don't judge me.) Now, you have to watch the video below to understand the story.

Yes, this is where I work. It is NOT as awesome as it looks... ANYWAYS. There I was, at the top of the slide, doing my usual thing.

Go. Go. Go. Go. NO! You wait. Okay... Go now. Go. Go. Fat person in the back. Take your sunglasses off... Go.

Then my coworker came over and said to me; "Julie, they're stuck." I look to the orange slide where she's pointing and I literally see nothing. This slide looks freakin' empty. I'm thinking she's probably on drugs, but I go and look anyways. Of course, three little kids are sitting in the tube after the first bump on the slide. (Refer back to video.) I radio my supervisor and ask what to do... Really, I knew what to do. I just really didn't want to have to do that...

I was instructed to...
1) Sit on my bum.
2) Slide down slowly to the stuck tube.
3) Push the tube down the slide.
4) Wait for slide to be clear before continuing down to the bottom of the slide.

Easy enough, right?

What ended up happening was that I sat on my butt (in a slide made for tubes... AH) and slid down to where the kids were stranded. As I slid down the first bump, I put my body in a star shape to try to stop myself from completely ramming into these kids. This proved to be an ineffective tactic when my body slid under the tube that had three little bodies inside. As I slid under the tube, I hit my head on the slide, immobilized the "stuck tube" and was now being suffocated/hurtled to my bumpy death. I immediately reached to the back of the tube and slid it back over my body so that I could breath. Then I saw that I was going down the slide with these kids whether I wanted to or not. So, I did what any trained professional would do, I held onto that tube for dear life.

Then I ran back up to the top of the ride where I was supposed to be working... 160 stairs. I was so out of breath and then when I finally got to the top my brain felt as though it would erupt like Mount Saint Helens. I was kind of freaking out because honestly, I could have been concussed and I would have just gone back to work without thinking twice. So, I may be a little concussed from my day's work. Hopefully I don't die in my sleep tonight, or fall into a coma.

Pray for me!

Saving the world, one migraine at a time.