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I am a thinker! I often say, “What if…….happened” I need to be prepared! When I was a teen, I was walking down the street with a friend and lightning hit about 2 feet away. We both looked at each other in shock. I wondered, what do we do if we get hit by lightning? Would we survive? If you ask these questions to friends, family, or Facebook, you will receive 100 different answers, and some are totally crazy! 
Now that I travel, there are different animals, insects, and creatures that I’m unaware of. Before I go somewhere, I don’t just look for things to do and places to go but I also look to see what kind of weird critters I may come across. We have snakes where I live and I’m not afraid of most (Boas are my friends) but I couldn’t tell you any other snake or if it were poisonous. The last thing I want to do is have someone try to suck out venom from my body (That’s what they do in the old cowboy movies). I also would love to know if I would make it. 
In the winter I freeze! My feet get so cold and I’m always telling my husband my toe is going to fall off. What would I really do if I got frostbite. I would think I would warm up with hot water but I’m not so sure that would do the trick. Ever try to thaw meat quick and it gets gross and you have to throw it out? Well I don’t want to have my toe cut off!
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