Blog #2

So Tired That Everything is Funny
 

            This is a recurring incident in my life that mainly happens at sleepovers, late nights, and choir camps. I call it “tired hyperness.” One incident was when I was in Eugene, Oregon with my choir where we were invited to sing at a Bach event and a choir convention. At the choir convention we learned two songs that we sang at the end of the week with some other choirs at a concert and had a lesson with the conductor. My choir soon learned that it is much easier to learn songs with about 50 people rather than 400. Every day we were getting up at 6:30 and going to sleep at 11:30 and had practises with the other choirs throughout the whole week. By the end all of us were falling asleep whenever we were not standing. One night while we were in our rooms one of my friends started laughing for no reason. Just hearing her laughing made me start laughing hysterically. It felt so good to laugh, so we both started to try and make each other laugh harder. Consequently we took my other friends stuffed penguin and pretended to make it fly, while she watched on with confusion. This made my friend laugh even harder and she fell head first off the 3 foot high bed but caught her hand and foot on the other bed holding herself up off the floor. She was laughing so hard that she could not pull herself back up on the bed and I was laughing on the ground uncontrollably. I eventually managed to pull myself up and help her back onto the bed. Now both of us were doubled over in pain as a result of laughing too hard and tears were running down our faces. Once we finally laughed ourselves out we were breathing so hard that it sounded like we had run a marathon in record time. This is one of my experiences of being so tired that everything seems funny.

Blog 1

Best Camping Trip Ever

 

The whole grade drags their huge duffle bags, sleeping bags, and lawn chairs up to the front of the school creating a pile the size of Mount Everest. Everyone jumped on to the buses, excited to take a break from school and go camping. The bus ride was about an hour long, but when you are with friends and a good book time flies. When we got to the high ropes course we were split into two groups via the one two method. Everyone tried to organize themselves to get into the group they wanted. My group gets to take the leap of faith first, where one person climbs to the top of a wiggling pole wearing a full body harness attached to three ropes. If they get to the top they “take a leap of faith” and jump off trusting your friends not to drop you 20 feet. Then we moved on to the high ropes course where you move through obstacles 15 feet in the air hooked to a cable. When you get to the end you zip line to the bottom. Then we went on a hike. It was super muddy from the snow, but the view was stunning. When we got to the camping site we put up the tents with no instructions, which was interesting. Afterwards we had dinner and hung out until it was time for camp fire. With the bonfire raging we toasted our marshmallows to make ooey gooey smores. The next morning we woke up sore from sleeping on the ground and hungry for pancakes. Our bellies full of pancakes, we went to the rec center to go rock climbing, swimming, and for the girls to take showers. Rock climbing was awesome and terrifying. We learned bouldering and how to belay. For lunch we got to roam Canmore and find something to eat. This was followed by more swimming and rock climbing. Back at camp we had a dinner of ham and grilled cheese sandwiches and the smoke of the bonfire followed me everywhere I sat. That night the wind howled and most people woke to the sound of their tent flapping in the wind and some tents did not make the night. The next morning we had muffins and bananas for breakfast, and packed away our stuff while the boys helpfully pulled up our tents while we were still in them. When the bus finally came I knew everyone was planning to have a nap when they got home.