What a week this has been. I have been on and off exhausted, and most definitely not getting enough sleep. Late nights have amounted to long evening naps, which I don't mind because they feel nice, but tend to mean that I don't much work done. I need to figure out some sort of balance.
Last Friday, we took a school trip into Thunder Bay to participate in the Envirothon. It was an overnight trip, my first ever overnight school trip. The first day we were there, we took a hike through the forest surrounding the lodge we were staying at. It was nice at first, as there was still snow on the trails and it was all quiet. Then the trail just didn't end, and walking became more and more annoying. When we finally reached a sign that showed how far left, we were only 2/3 the way through. It ended up being a 3km hike (around 1.8 miles). It was probably the worst part of the trip, because about halfway through it I must have pulled a muscle, and was limping and dying of exhaustion. Then there was a camp fire that night, which I have nothing to say about because I was antisocial and went back to my cabin to read and sleep early after a half hour.
The next day was when we had all of the activities. As a team, we had to write 4 tests half an hour in length (soils, wildlife, forestry, and aquatics). They all went pretty well, we felt confident in all but the aquatics test. After that we had to prepare and present something about low impact development. I found it to be kind of boring and annoying, as I hate presenting stuff.
As some of you already know from Facebook, it was the first time our school participated in this event. My team did not do very much preparation for it, only two people having read anything from the introduction package. Anyway, in the end we came in THIRD PLACE out of six teams overall. Which was amazing. Until we learned that we were 0.22% away from being in second place. Which would have been so so amazing, since second place gets to go to provincials (first place team was unable to go for reasons). All in all, it was a fun experience, and it makes me sad that I am graduating and won't be able to do it again.
Now to quickly address some things from your posts. I have been living in this house (and subsequently this room) for nearly three years, and I have rearranged the furniture twice. The first time was because I got a new bed frame, so things had to be moved. And I did it again recently, getting rid of the frame because it took up a lot of space. I am not particularly a fan of moving things around. Once I find a comfortable arrangement, I stick to it. Must have something to do with my OCD tendencies of keeping my things in order.
Congratulations Kate on both the District Music Competition and the track meet. I was kind of blown away at your pole vaulting abilities. It looks to be a very difficult thing to do, and I know it is something that I could never do, mostly because of my fear of getting hurt, but also because I fail at stuff like that.
That's it from me for this week. I am doing well in all of my classes (reports came in, I have an 85% average right now). I am doing good mentally this week. I hope your weekends are fantastic! Don't forgt to be awesome!
-Deidra
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