Wow, so I'm blogging after finally coming to terms that I'm totally not the type of person who is good at blogging. I put it off at camp cause I thought the internet would be too slow and then when we got home I got distracted and now... I have no excuse.
Ok so first things first is we did our billeting at the gorgeous Camp de L'Arche. We chopped firewood almost everyday from around nine after a nice breakfast and ended at 3. We ate really well, I loved the lady who ran the place and campfires were a welcome addition to the starry nights. We spent a lot of our time down at the tiny little lake, playing battle boats (canoes), giving each other ballpoint tattoos, and just enjoying the summer weather. It rained once (I think) when we were there and they let us set up their projector and borrow movies, so every night we watched a movie or had a campfire. Lots of the time at the lake I was worried about the huge leaches we saw (and caught) but that didn't stop us from swimming or skinny dipping one of the first nights, which was one of the best decisions ever lol.
Ok after that when we got home I promptly found the package my mom sent me filled with typical mom stuff. She sent me thank you notes, nail files and a pocket notebook thing, all matching. Included was a handwritten letter that was filled with what she did that day and telling me how proud she is of me and how amazing I am. Needless to say I started crying and wrote a thank you note to the Camp for being so nice to us the past week. Like mother like daughter, except Kathy doesn't cry as much as me.
This week has been kinda weird since we had a temporary Project Leader named Will. He did his rotation in Wolf-ville last year and has implemented some temp rules to help us restrict technology in common areas and last night we played this crazy game that we named Beelzebub. We turned of all of the lights and one person (at first) was designated the Beezlebub. Everyone had to search for the hidden flashlight somewhere in the house to "kill" the Beelzebub before they kill you. It was so fun and scary and I'm going to have to bring it and battle boats back to osoyoos to teach everyone.
Will's leaving tomorrow so tonight we watched Food Inc. to teach everyone about our food industry and encourage us to shop at local food markets. I think it'd be cool to try and reduce our impact on the world and the movie served as a good refresher to remind me that even making food from scratch and not buying packaged foods isn't the only way to eat healthy.
Everyone is hoping that this week will pass quickly because this weekend is our 72 hour leave. Robyn, Brandi and I wrote a letter proposing our need for 72 hours instead of just the regular old 48. Thanks to our superior writing abilities and the fact that our group has been through a lot during the past two months, it was approved and now everyone's super excited. The girls are going to stay a couple nights in Quebec City and do the touristy stuff while the guys are visiting Alex's town which is near Montreal. Boobi's (Robyn) boyfriend George is coming to visit tomorrow from tuesday until after leave so we're all apprehensive to meet the much talked about Jonathon aka George.
Ok well that's everything kinda. I've skipped some stuff because I don't have time/can't remember everything that's happened so if I remember, I'll make sure to let you know.
Have a great day and talk to you later.
XOXOX Marina
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