Remember that one time on Mt. Fuji?

One time 

my friends and I climbed Mt. Fuji in Japan

not only was it off season, but it was at night so we could watch the sunrise

we got to the top almost 2 hours before the sun was supposed to rise

and it was cold

really really cold

so we all spooned fully clothed

{it was seriously debated if we wanted to get naked to spoon, because apparatently you get warmer that way?}

we were all a little out of it and exhausted.

the trek down was fun and really hot.

I also pulled a groin muscle going up the mountain so going down the mountain was miserable

and when we got to the bottom 

{after getting lost, and the girls crying cause we knew we were going to be lost in that forest forever}

we had to wait for our taxi to pick us up

so we waited in a restaurant

and we all fell asleep

{it's funny to me because in both of these situations I thought I was spooning with my dear friend jason... and neither of those things actually happened with him. I also didn't spoon with anyone when we fell asleep in the restraurant. Staying up for almost 48 hours and climbing a mountain makes you a little incoherent.

The very next day is when we were introduced to our host families.

I was sick and I could hardly walk. 

Plus, I was really nervous about living with my host family and be separated from my Pac Rim family.

This is what I looked like.

This is seriously one of my favorite memories. I wouldn't trade the swollen eyes, stuffy nose, pulled groin for anything.