Alright, so overall the retreat was pretty fun and amazing. This year the class was so ... haha smart and super enthusiastic. Sweet huh? Even though I almost lost my voice because I was so loud, I enjoyed it. It was the first retreat where I actually talked a lot and "lost" my voice. So let's start with super Friday Night.
Friday:
Alright, so I packed my things the day before and went off to class at 930am. When school was over, I immediately ran back home because I forgot to pack my talk and do math hwk that was due that day. Ooops. Haha; everything went pretty smooth once 400pm hit the clock. I got on the bus with the confermondi and sat next to Ramylle throughout the whole way. He's pretty cool to talk to, kind, sweet, and funny. Okay well ... not THAT sweet since he frikin scared me to death when we were almost at the place we were supposed to be at and it was so dark. Boom, he starts talking about ghost, zombies, mosters, horror movies. Ahh, darn him. I also do not like the idea where we are in the middle of the woods and talking about ghosts. Although I only believe in Hevean, Hell, and Purgatory, I shouldn't be scared of ghosts, but it just happens. So we got there, it's really really dark and we go to our cabins. I'm with girls who ... y'know are very hyper active. That's not the point though ... let's move on to the actual retreat. Um, for the intro to staff skit ... I had to be a
Hyper Bubbalicious Babe
Whoa, I don't like that role, but I tried my best to play it. So all I said "Oh my gah", "lyke", "yaaah", and stuff like that. Pretty much acting like a SoCal white rich girl. >>; At that point ... I lost my voice. LMAO. Not kidding, my vocal choards began to ... yuck. Hurt. Thus we began to play animal call, once again, voice hurts. >_<; ANYWAY, I love my group. They were really enthusiastic.
John - sweetboy, funny/weird, super cute personality, never afraid to ask questions, kind, and understanding.
Arvin - one of a kind, hyper, like John he was never afraid to ask questions, enthusiastic, admirable.
James - the oldest of the group, sweet, shy, caring, kind, amazing, a critical thinker, a deep thinker, throughtful, he's basically the knowladgable guy out of the guys, understanding, quiet.
Katrina - emotional, caring, enthusiastic, artistic, unique, admirable, one of the sweetest smiles i've ever seen, a giver, shy but she can quickly add on to things, focused, can bring a good atmosphere.
A very unique group I've ever had. I'm actually proud I became their leader even though I feel like I should have done more for them especially Katrina and James. Darn it, should have done more. >>; Ger ... Well Friday Night was pretty awesome overall. I'm glad that the kids enjoyed it and perhaps gained something from it. So ... on the way back to the cabins after the confermindi's were already back in bed and the leader meeting ended... Ramylle and Julio started to go back... nah Julio left me alone with Ramylle ... causing him to talk about mountain lions and stuff like that. >__<; Of course I would scream so I did. I am so going to get him for that ... Grr...
Saturday:
I don't remember who, but someone messed with my phone alarm and caused it to ring at 6:30. Darn those girls ... Who in the right mind would want to shower early in the morning when it's frikin cold. Also I was sweating because nobody turned off the heater.
Sigh ... So morning came, breakfast was alright ... then played taptap and did my talk. I think it went okay, but I think I should have talked a bit louder and put more feelings into it. So, that must be a reminder. Of course everyone starts to cry once the Family segment starts. I really should have put more depth into that section with my group and make them open up even more. Katrina did and I wish I was like a superhero and solve all her problems, but I cant, I just gave her my support. ): Well for lunch I sat with all the guys group table maggier, umm ... I guess I look 14 or 15 to them. They couldnt believe I was like 18, soon to be 19. >>; I look like a kid. Damn it... I will damage my skin and look older! )< But then I won't be able to pay 50 cents for Muni, so ... NEVER MIND! ;D Ahaha, yeah got some arguments ( a funny argument ) with this confermondi Jose, because I said you cannot eat chips inside a sandwich, it just can't be. )< Umm this guy named Chester ... I fell in love with his hair. So long and dark and ... yeah! I love his hair *really REALLY wants to tie it up in a pony tail* ):
So... hours passed and we did the turn around skit for practice... I kept looking at Jeffrey and Julio and somehow I dunno why, I just tried my hardest not to laugh. I dunno why I was laughing... I was basically the happy suicide. Wtf. >>; But during the REAL skit I took off my glasses so I couldn't see anything and well ... I put on a serious expression. It worked. I got my feet wet because it was raining outside, but it worked out well. (: Ramylle, Jeffrey, and Julio did a good job. ;)
Throughout the day it was more emotional than ever. People cried, people laughed, and people just stayed silent. Thus it was time to head back into the cabins. The leaders stayed behind for awhile to sign the graffity sheets and just talk. This time it wasn't Ramylle that scared me but Julio. He jumped on me and I of course being a scardy cat, cried. BUT I laughed at the same time. Jeez, shouldn't have said I'm scared of the dark. Shouldn't have been so honest... bleh.
Sunday:
This time the girls woke up at 5:30. What the eff. Well, I went with two other confermondi to the shower place. I didn't expect some of the girls throw rocks at the boys cabin that was infront of us. Ugh, I apologized to Julio and Ramylle. Too many wild ones in my cabin. /swt.
Well the retreat ends sunday. And we all went to church. We went to confession, mass, and eating. It was an interesting day, I learned a lot. Sure the ending seemed messed up, but ... hopefully we gave the kids some hope to come back and take over. Hopefully...
So ... sorry to Patti and Maru because I was going to call them, but there was NO service at the camp. Literally, NO Service. -sadface- ):