polar bear! =)
Not necessarily a lot of writing in here...i just need to write a lot of stuff about the year before it actually happens. I feel like i havent been "documenting" all the cochair stuff like i should becuase in a couple of years i want to be able to read stuff about it and see how i changed throughout the whole thing...this is so freakin exciting.
This weekend was polar bear...lots of words to describe that experience...first thing that comes to mind: want-to-kill-myself-COLD. The first night i was so cold...ive physically never been so uncomfortable in my life...the second night when the temp WENT UP from the insane 28 degrees of the first night to the high 40's we were ecstatic. THis is how freakin tough and amazing staff is this year: imagine 56 people out in BFE (literally the dirt/gravel/brutal road down there was like a 30 minute drive), NO FIRE...YES NO FIRE AT ALL (the burn ban didnt stop us...the wind advisory that was put by the state park for those three days ONLY was our death sentence...talk about BAD LUCK), no real grill (couldnt even use the grills there)...one propane grill to cook 2 hamburger dinners and some hot chocolate for 56 people, one pissed off park ranger whose little trailer home was conveniently right by our campsite, quiet hours that started at 10pm, a nice little hike to see a waterfall (that wasnt as dissapointing as we imagined) that left, at least me, feeling a tad bit sore, AND temperatures below freezing the first night...and we still had one AMAZING time. We seriously underestimated how cold it was going to be and there were a couple of times where we looked at eachother and were like "we look stupid for doing this...who camps like this in january (besides for the families with infants down the river HAH)?!"...but it was that kind of insanity that made us all deliriously happy together. It was fun...lots of memories and i feel so much closer to some people in staff. I CANT wait for friday...nervous doesnt even begin to cover what im feeling but theres some assurance thats gonna pull me through because i know that no matter what im already around 72 awesome people and they arent going anywhere =).
So im supposed to go back to cs tomorrow...but i started getting sick last thursday (oh yeah..that was fun being sick at polar bear...ha NO) so im trying to get better and polar bear kind of set that process back a little lol. Ive had a lot of fun with my family this past weeks, im kind of sad to leave...me and david especially have done a lot more brother sister stuff lately since hes growing up and i distinctly remember a lot of what hes going through now and i seem to be the only that understands him so its been good just really being on each others sides these past couple of weeks. My siblings are just so cool...i wish i was like them when i was younger hahah. This semester i probably wont be able to come down as much to see them so thats kind of sad.
Anyways, this got wayyy pointless...so im done!
This weekend was polar bear...lots of words to describe that experience...first thing that comes to mind: want-to-kill-myself-COLD. The first night i was so cold...ive physically never been so uncomfortable in my life...the second night when the temp WENT UP from the insane 28 degrees of the first night to the high 40's we were ecstatic. THis is how freakin tough and amazing staff is this year: imagine 56 people out in BFE (literally the dirt/gravel/brutal road down there was like a 30 minute drive), NO FIRE...YES NO FIRE AT ALL (the burn ban didnt stop us...the wind advisory that was put by the state park for those three days ONLY was our death sentence...talk about BAD LUCK), no real grill (couldnt even use the grills there)...one propane grill to cook 2 hamburger dinners and some hot chocolate for 56 people, one pissed off park ranger whose little trailer home was conveniently right by our campsite, quiet hours that started at 10pm, a nice little hike to see a waterfall (that wasnt as dissapointing as we imagined) that left, at least me, feeling a tad bit sore, AND temperatures below freezing the first night...and we still had one AMAZING time. We seriously underestimated how cold it was going to be and there were a couple of times where we looked at eachother and were like "we look stupid for doing this...who camps like this in january (besides for the families with infants down the river HAH)?!"...but it was that kind of insanity that made us all deliriously happy together. It was fun...lots of memories and i feel so much closer to some people in staff. I CANT wait for friday...nervous doesnt even begin to cover what im feeling but theres some assurance thats gonna pull me through because i know that no matter what im already around 72 awesome people and they arent going anywhere =).
So im supposed to go back to cs tomorrow...but i started getting sick last thursday (oh yeah..that was fun being sick at polar bear...ha NO) so im trying to get better and polar bear kind of set that process back a little lol. Ive had a lot of fun with my family this past weeks, im kind of sad to leave...me and david especially have done a lot more brother sister stuff lately since hes growing up and i distinctly remember a lot of what hes going through now and i seem to be the only that understands him so its been good just really being on each others sides these past couple of weeks. My siblings are just so cool...i wish i was like them when i was younger hahah. This semester i probably wont be able to come down as much to see them so thats kind of sad.
Anyways, this got wayyy pointless...so im done!