TUESDAY: class all day. lame. other than this, I do not remember what I did. Probably was very anti-social, and did homework.
WEDNESDAY: Last day of classes!! We still have finals left, but no more class meetings. Its so crazy to think that our semester is almost over. But even crazier to think that we still have a month of "school" left, and NO more classes! Life is absolutely wonderful. After class, we....? Went to dinner for Laura's birthday, later that evening. Then came back to have cake with everyone. After this.....? Worked on homework. I believe this was pretty much it.
THURSDAY: We woke up TOO early and made our way down to the college for a de-briefing. We collected our camping gear and walked to the pier, loaded the boat, passed out on eachother during the ride, and hen woke up when we had arrived at the Sheep farm! There were roughly 27,000 sheep and over 2,000 cattle on about 100,000 acres of green, mountainous land. It was completely gorgeous. A picture is worth a thousand words, but a view like that leaves you speechless.
After we arrived we collected our things and set up camp; literally. Rachel and I set up our tent, rolled out our sleeping bags and vua-lah! After those were set up we had a brown-bag lunch. We had some free time and then team bonding inbetween lunch and dinner. We later had dinner and then had one of the biggest campfires I have ever seen! During our campfire we had devo (yes on a thursday night!). Later, a lot of us hung out after that until it was time for bed. We had a lot of fun throughout the day though, I definitely think we felt even closer after all of that. Well, some of us. Anyways, Rachel and I went back to our tents that night, and we slept all snuggled up i our sleeping bags.
FRIDAY: we slept SO WELL in our tents. Well at least I did. I was so warm, and comfy. I definitely did not want to get out of my sleeping bag though, it was a bit cooler in the tent itself. Although it was quite a bit cooler outside of the tent! But can I say it looked absolutely AMAZING, the outside and the suspended clouds and the rising sun. It was so beautiful. After an amazing breakfast we prepared for our 3-4 mile hike. Can I just tell you that the scenery on our hike was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I know it may seem like I say this a lot, and that I say everything it amazing, but once again; God blew my mind. I will have pictures up as soon as I can. It may be a while though! We made our way back to home base with lunch awaiting, and we had a little free time before we had to start packing everything up. After loading the boat we once again piled in and a lot of us snoozed... once again. I was wiped from that hike. Also, most of us were a bit burnt. Since there is a hole in the ozone layer, there is only 8min until burn time. I had sunscreen on and I still got a little pink. Ouch. We soon arrived back at the Queenstown harbour in what felt like minutes (it was about a 45min ride) and unloaded the boat and made our way back to our rooms. Those of us going to Tokyo met for a meeting, I afterwards took a shower, and then Rachel and I traveled to Starbucks for a drink and to study. I actually got a lot done! We walked around a little afterwards before we made our way back o the apts; then it was time fore GLEE! It was a good episode :) After Glee I just chilled in the guys room, did a little work, goofed off a littler, did some researching for tokyo, and headed back to my apt! Sarah and I found leftover pancakes and scarfed them down, after I made chocolate milk. and now, here I sit!!
So basically, it is VERY late here, and I am very tired. At least I dont have to wake up early anymore. I was supposed to go bungee jumping...... but money decided not to allow me to go. I am actually really upset. But you know, I just have to let it go and look past it all. I will have another opportunity someday.
SO anyways! Goodnight all <3
Until Next Time.
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