heatstroke.

yesterday there was a big party for the osrda, okanagan shuswap roller derby association. this included a 4 hour float down the river in enderby, followed by a bbq. i managed to convince tyler to come for the float down the river - neither of us had ever done it and i really really wanted to. it was a beautiful day... and once everyone got organized, we started floating! everyone tied together with rope to stay in a big group... but... a little ways in we were kind of all over the place. i have no idea how it happened. tyler and i were grouped with a couple of girls that i know, and a coach from edmonton who is here to help us with drills and stuff.

it ended up being 6 HOURS. and we were soooo ready for it to be over by about halfway. we got back to the house we were having the bbq at around 7:30, and then tyler and i had to wait for the truck with our stuff to come back there. luckily our towels were in tyler's truck at the house, so we had those. we are both burnt (tyler much more than me). last weekend i burned my front. this weekend it is my back. haha. and its only where i'm not already tanned from working with dean... so my lower back, and my thighs. i should be alright now though... for the rest of the summer. by the time we had all our stuff together... we went home. it was kind of a bummer because some of my favourite girls on the team, including erin, didn't come to the float so i didn't really get to hang out with them. tyler and i, as usual, felt a little bad leaving trystan there. i don't know if he really knows anyone. and it wasn't really his kind of scene. it wasn't really mine and tyler's kind of scene either...

shortly after we left, my headache set it. heatstroke. agh. i didn't drink enough water. we got home, i made myself have a shower (because i got swimmers itch last weekend... ew) and just went to bed after chugging some water and filling up my water bottle and putting it beside the bed. i didn't sleep that well. i felt really gross. when i woke up this morning (at 5:10 for work) i thought the headache had left me. boy was i wrong. as i settled in for my shift it hit really hard... i just kept drinking more and more and more water. it has mostly gone away now. i have finished 3 of my water bottles full of water. starting on my 4th.

i can't wait to go home and nap.

remember kids... wear sunscreen and drink lots of water. avoid being in the sun between 11 and 4 for too long. and don't go floating down the river for 6 hours. agh.