Cuts and Bruises are Worth it Sometimes

Today like every other day we got up and started school.  My dad had to go to town to get some groceries while we were doing school and we were finished when he got back around 2.  It has been a little hot in the house since it is in the middle of summer and they do not have air conditioning here so we decided to go for a swim.  They do not have a swimming pool here  so we were going to go swim in a little creek thing.  They do not have really any animals here that can hurt you so you can walk in tall grass and swim in the creeks.  The person who owns the house said the best place to go was at the rock slide.  We did not really know what that was but we went anyway.  So about 5 minutes away there is this creek and it is flat at the top then there are smooth rocks that kind of form a slide into the lower part of the creek.  We were a little afraid to get in but I said who ever slid down the "slide" first would get 5 dollars.  My dad of course went first.(I did not give him 5 dollars) I decided to go and it was a little scary at first because you can pick up some pretty good speed.  We got use to that and it was really fun.  My mom did not want to get in the water because she is afraid she is going to get parasites.  I wore my gopro camera while we were doing this and got some pretty funny footage that I will edit and probably post somewhere.  While we were there the neighbors, 5 miles up the road, came for a slide too.  The only difference is that they brought boogie boards.  When they did it they went really fast and ended up in the middle of the lower pond.  They only wanted to do it for a minute so they left pretty soon afterward.  The only thing is that New Zealanders are really nice and they let us keep the boards.  This is when we started getting cuts and bruises.  When we went on it we fell off a couple of times on the way down.  It was worth it though.  I started trying to do a 360 on the board while going down and I failed a few times.  My mom and brother left a few minutes later only to return when they saw a cow.  They are terrified of cows after what happened on the yellow walk.  They wanted us to get out and go with them.  I was starting to go while my dad and sister got ready.  I still had not completed a 360 so I decided to try 1 more time.  Of course right before we leave I did it.  I got out before my dad and sister still and started walking back.  I got up to where my mom and brother were and there was no cow.  They said it was there a few minutes ago but I think they were hallucinating.  We got back and took showers and hung out the remaining hours.  I never even thought that was going to tire my body but now it hurts to lift my arms above my head.