LOOK LYDA D.R.W.! I WROTE A POST!

greetings, fair bloggers/readers!

i was asked by someone who i will not name *AHEM* when i would blog again. so here i is!

i think about blogging often {ummm probably everyday honestly!}but it's a matter of making time to do it ESPECIALLY if you want to post pics and ESPECIALLY if you're slightly picture snobby and want to edit them before pressing that magical upload button. i'm just gonna stick em on here. they aren't that great anyway and besides, i don't have much time before class begins.

so anywho.
our camping trip was da bomb dot com. LOL!

 it was! it was grand and fun and awesome. friday night, many many cookies were baked at mich's house. some of which were BURNT! and she made me take them anyway! so embarrassing. ughhh!

while at her house i discovered that i had forgotten my camera's charger {with barely any battery life on the camera}.  noooooooooo! and a sheet. and a pillow.
THIS is why i always make a list of everything that i'm going to pack. obviously, i failed to make a list this time. :(

so we went to walmart at like, 3am which is always a good time, no matter what the circumstances. my hatred for walmart turns into insane love during the early morning hours. i can't explain it.

then we got breakfast tacos at taco cabana! :)

then i tried to sleep for like 30 minutes till sis. menzies told me to wake up.

the next few hours were filled with the longing for a nice bed and the annoyance of having to sleep in a van. or at least, attempting to sleep.

but, we made it there! there were squatters at our campsite *GASP* but they would be gone in a couple hours or so. it wasn't too bad and they were really nice after the initial stand-off.

so we ate and set up tents and took beautiful naps. ooohhhh, that was some good sleep under a canopy of trees.

my front view from my nap! the lake!

hello, odd grin.

the dinner team made dinner and we ate! then we went off for showers and such. some hung out at the table to keep talking. jennifer went to her tent. still rather tired!
ok, so i was talking to someone and then this BUG fell on me. ew. ew. it was a somewhat paralyzed roach. yes. i am still amazed at how calm i was at the time. the peace of God passed alllll understanding, ok?

rhonda bravely disposed of that nasty thing and the group chatting at the table were now sitting on top of the table because mr. pepe le pew {the skunk} and swiper the fox decided the make their first appearance. they wanted into the eating area bad and the humans were in the way. so yeah. needless to say, paranoia began setting in strongly during the first night. :)

star and i made breakfast the next morn and our group had devotions. then some of us hung out by the lake and had a picnic during lunch time. yay!

 afterwards, we went to watch people jump off a really high rock, which was really cool! most of our guys who tried to get there almost died. so {potentially} tragic. so they didn't get to jump.

we girls left the guys and went swimming. we had a blast!

then there were long lines for the shower and dinner and discussions/debate. funny how our lightheartedness can make such a serious turn! oh and pepe le pew showed up with an armadillo and they were staring at us! that skunk had a lot of friends.

it was around 3am or so when i finally got in my tent. i was so sleepy and wanted to go in earlier but i remember thinking that i love being with my bestest friends in the world and i wanted to stay up forever!

that night, cool and amazing breeze flooded the area. it was awesome. i woke with slight chills. and when i opened my eyes, a little herd of deer were near our tent!

monday was boat day. we ate breakfast and went out in two groups to ride. very nice!

annnddd yeah, that's pretty much it! what a great group and a fun time!
mich has a way better summary on her blog ---> http://shelleydianne.blogspot.com/2011/09/me-and-my-gang.html