#TBT

Every Survivor has a story that makes them different and sets them apart from the competition.

This is my story.

When I was ten years old, I broke my femur. I was playing soccer and I went to go shoot the ball when the goalie dove in and her HEAD hit my leg.

YES. Her head literally broke my femur.

The kicker here is that my parents did not think my leg was broken, they assumed I twisted it or pulled something. So I didn't go to the hospital for TEN hours. That's right. for TEN hours I was sitting at home on the couch... with a broken femur.

The only reason they decided to take me to the hospital was because I had to go to the bathroom. I could barely move the pain was so bad. We didn't have a wheel chair, so we made a make shift wheelchair out of an office chair.

Uh huh. An office chair. They decided we should probably figure out what was wrong at that point.

So we drove to the hospital. My parents carried me into the ER, and jokingly they said, "Sherri, when we get in, scream really loud. Then we can get you looked at faster!"

But there was no need to fake a scream because on the way in, my leg caught the sliding door of the ER.

As you can imagine, I screamed.

The ER nurse took me back straight away. They took some x-rays, and came back with the results.

The timeline here is a little foggy for me, the pain (or the morphine) has dimmed down what I remember from that point.

But after they came back with the results, my parents were visibly upset. I'm pretty sure they felt guilty for not taking me to the hospital earlier. The nurses and doctor were shocked that I had dealt with the pain so well and that no further damage had been done in that ten hour stretch.

Not less than an hour later, my father and grandfather gave me a little blessing before my emergency surgery.

I went in to the ER, and came back out with a HUGE cast on my leg. The cast went from the top of my femur to the top of my toes. That cast was put on just in time for summer! It went on in May, and came off in September. #bestsummerever!

Little did I know this would only be the beginning of the drama with my broken femur. Because not only did I break my femur once, four years later it would have to be re-broke.

But that is a story for a different time!

The moral of this is: If I can survive a broken femur with out any pain killers for TEN hours, then I can totally survive Survivor.

Sherri Riggs
-the Survivor Girl

#WCW: Amanda Kimmel

One of my favorite girls of ALL TIME to be on the show was Amanda Kimmel. I was younger when she was she on and I remember thinking to myself, "Wow, she is so pretty" "Wow... she is so athletic!" she was my absolute idol.

Amanda Kimmel was on THREE seasons of Survivor. THREE.

Her first season was Survivor China. She made it to the end and unfortunately received third place. But that didn't deter her from coming on the show two more times.

Her next appearance was on Survivor Micronesia. This was a somewhat bitter-sweet season for Kimmel. She was the first girl ever to find an immunity idol, which is the sweet. However, she ended in second place losing to Parvati Shallow, which is the bitter. BUT, she also started a relationship with my man Ozzy Lusth in this season! Can you say, Power Couple???

In her last appearance, Kimmel had her worst game yet. She was voted out in ninth place which landed her a spot on the jury. Although she was voted out early in the game, she was able to make a record as the first person EVER to spend 100 days on Survivor.

Kimmel paved the way for woman on the show. She is one of the greatest to ever play the game, and that is why she is my #WCW

Sherri Riggs
-the Survivor Girl

#WCW #Survivor

#MCM: Ozzy Lusth

My man Crush Monday is none other than the handsome, the wonderful, the great: Ozzy Lusth

HELLO.

Ozzy was on Survivor: Cook Islands, Micronesia and South Pacific.

He is also the one of the manliest men to EVER appear on the show.

Yeah Ozzy. You hold that coconut.
mmhmmm

On Cook Islands he was the runner up. Jeff Probst was definitely a fan of him saying Ozzy was one of the best competitors and dominated in every aspect of the game. #MyMan

In Micronesia, Ozzy had a rough time. He was blind-sided by the beautiful, and super annoying, Parvati Shallow. He did not make it to finals but he made it onto the jury. And if you can't win the show or make it to the finals, then getting on the jury is next on the list.

Unfortunately, Ozzy didn't ever win Survivor. His last and final appearance on Survivor: South Pacific was not his friend. He had a rough time there, but made multiple moves that will go down in Survivor History:

1. He made one ballsy move by telling his tribe to vote him out to redemption island, where he survived the entire season.
2. Later he was able to re-enter the game, only to be voted out AGAIN. That's twice in one season. but once more, he dominated redemption island, beating everyone who attempted to challenge his wonderful prowess.
3. He later re-entered the game and was voted out one final time. He was the last member of the jury, which rubbed salt on the freaking wound. #ouch. But no one had ever been voted out

   

   Lets all take a moment to revel in this man-bun glory

   THREE times in one season, in that way, he accomplished the impossible.
4. However, his real saving grace was winning the "Sprint Player of the Season" finally winning something!

So unfortunately, Ozzy never won. But fortunately he graced us with his presence on not one, not two, but three Survivor seasons.

So from every person with eyes, to you, thank you. Thank you Ozzy for letting us view your all encompassing glory.

Sherri Riggs

-the Survivor Girl

#Survivor, #MCM, #ManCrushMonday,