Journal Entry 3

For the amount of work we did today, it was so much fun. We did what were called "staff projects." Freddie, Mendez, Justin, Tony, Sean, Abby, Danielle, Diana, Brittney and I went to go dump a surplus of junk that had accumulated around the dumpster. Granted it was very dirty & demanded a bit of hard work, we got it finished as a team by creating a line formation and some others had fun doing karate kicks to break some of the boards in half so they would fit. It's true when they say that the best way to get to know people is by working with them. After that Andie & Robo Josh sent us out to go paint the "whale watch." It was Dani, Brittney, Abby, Diana, and me. We talked, laughed, hammered, and painted. By the end it looked like a pool table and found it hilarious when Diana got brown paint on her knees. I think I'm going to start calling her "Brownies." Crap, I forgot, before or after that we moved wood into a shed and after we broke for lunch I finally learned how to canoe! It was my first time ever & I loved t! Granted it's not very easy, but eventually you get the hang of it. I think we had dinner after that, and we all went to what was my very first campfire within an actual camp. There were skits (Raisin, Pot holder, Hippo Dance, Arcade Showdown) & we are s'mores in the true campfire spirit. The best part was singing after, going back to the A-Frame, hanging out, and I think I finally learned/understand how to play Texas hold 'em or something like that... This day reminded me of that quote from Divergent where Tris says that if her life is filled with loud noise from the laughter of the people around her & the exhaustion from working a long, hard, but satisfying day, that she wouldn't mind at all and would be content all the days of her life. I finally understand, and after a day like today I can say that I'm truly happy. :)