Day 63: Car Seat

Finding a new car seat for Nathaniel.

Day 62: Work In Progress

Need to go over other areas later.

Day 61: Moviedome!

Watched HP7 at moviedome with my friends. Honestly? It was sort of disappointing. I waited for something good to happen or some intense scene at least. Maybe that will be on the second part? Probably.

Day 60: Drop In Center

Today we went to the Drop In center in downtown. This was my third time volunteering there. Hero Project sang songs and it was a really nice experience to sing to the people there. If I haven't mentioned already, the Drop In center is where people go when they don't have a place to stay. Those who have problems with themselves and with their lives (drug addicts, alcoholics etc..) are allowed to stay (there are exceptions with their conditions) as long as they don't violate their rules.

I became upset with myself today because during lunch, I felt grossed out. I didn't have the appetite to eat and I didn't want to use the utensils. I only enjoyed the pudding they provided. Why? A thought came to my head that those utensils were used by the people there. And all these thoughts about whether or not they wash the utensils good came to mind. Then I lost my appetite. I mentioned this to my friends and one told me how "closed minded" I was. PSSH WHAAT? I knew just how stupid I was acting towards the food and I knew I should feel blessed, but no offense, when you see people whose faces and whole body are covered with dirt, there's just something about the human nature that makes them feel grossed out. I bet you felt the same. I was upset that I thought that way but I bet I wasn't the only one who had that in mind.

This doesn't mean I hated being there. Don't get me wrong, it was a good experience to have because it reminded all of us just how lucky we all are. I'm grateful that they have the Drop In Center. Being there was a little hard, because I know someone who went there one night. And seeing the sights again and thinking about the thoughts and emotions that person had that night? I was nearing into tears as I sang. It's not a pleasant feeling to see so many people having no place to stay. I didn't come to judge, it was just a thought turned into a feeling I couldn't control.

Day 59: Bus Doors

I haven't seen this type of bus with this back door in the longest time! OH GOSH I MISS THIS DOOR! I hate the other bus back doors which are opened by touching the surface of the side of the door. It sucks because they don't open right away. You have to touch it several times delaying the time the buss should arrive on other stops. I hate those doors. I love this one. GOSH I hope they stop making touched doors, so stupid.

Day 58: Self-Portrait Progress

Still needs a lot of work. OF COURSE.

Day 57: School Again

The weekend was so much fun it felt like I went on vacation. Though it was a short one :( Anyways, homework/studying tonight. Great. I miss the weekend already..

Day 56: An Awesome Last Day

-SIGH- Today is the last day for Camp Chief Hector. The last session? I totally forgot what it was called, but this included everybody in one place instead of in family groups to different sessions. Because this camp was about diversity, we all had to make a scene with our family groups. We had to act it out and we would perform this twice. For example, if ours was about discrimination in race, we would make a situation where one is making a racist comment towards another and blah blah blah. The second time we act it out again, anyone can shout FREEZE on the parts that they could change. If an actor said a racist comment on the first act, on the second act someone in the audience can yell FREEZE on that same racist comment moment and tag that actor out then UNFREEZE and say something else instead of a racist comment, changing the whole situation around. Does that make sense? Anyway, I loved it. I got to make so much input in our group's scene which was about racism and also got to know Jen who taught us the Spoken Word session! She's amazing at it!

Before lunch, we all got into a circle. They called it the hugging circle. The first person to hug went to the left and hugged the person next to him/her then that person in turn goes left and hug the person next to him/her. This went on until everybody hugged everyone. I got pretty excited, this meant I get to hug him! WOOOHOO! But so much people had come my way and hugged them that by the time it was my turn to turn left (he was just a few individuals away) I got nervous and said "Hey Ukrainian accented guy"! OH GOSH, I slapped my self once again with my imaginary hand and told myself whether I learned anything during the weekend or not. Omgoodness. -sigh- I think he knew I had a crush on him. After a friend of my friends asked him his name (to find out if he was my cc)he started looking in my direction during our sessions. *BLUSH* And when it was my turn to go left to hug? I looked at him and he was smiling looking back at me. Then I was like OMG I GETS TO HUGS HIM! LOL. Okay enough about that.

This weekend? I LOVED IT. I wish it was a one week camp instead! We are all planning to come back next year, but I'm not sure if that would be possible since this is for high school students.. maybe there are exceptions! Ahah.

Day 55: An Awesome Unexpected Day

I think this was the first time ever I've been near a horse! Or petted it! The surface texture covered with hair felt rough but it was awesome patting my hand on his/her face! I even got a picture with me and the horse!

OMGOODNESS. I could go on and on about what had happened on this day. But one of the things I'd like to talk about was how I stopped expecting too much. I didn't want to be disappointed. So this morning when we were called into our "family groups", I found that I wasn't with any of my girl friends! John and Chris were in my group though but still! So I thought it wouldn't be as fun as I hoped it would be. Then I slapped myself in the head with my imaginary hand and turned things around. Instead of fussing over the fact that my friends got a friend to be with, I decided to participate a lot and meet new friends. And you know what? I don't regret being in my family group. There I got to do so many things I've never done before. There I got to be myself and express my opinions. There I got to read a "poem" I wrote to everyone during the Spoken Word session. I got to have so much fun and even got a new camp crush! HAHAHA. It was so sudden. In one of the sessions I just started to notice him and BAM, I had to tell my friends so they could stop teasing me with my other camp crush from last year. This new guy is now my Calgarian BB BOO. LOL. ANYWAY, we also had the open mic that night. It was awesome. So many from Bishop YMCA got to perform to show their talents, and MAN what talent we have! I wish I could've recorded the whole thing.

On and on and on, I hope today's memories will stay in my head for a long time. Today was definitely the highlight of my days as I haven't had a day like this for the longest time! WOOOHOOO AWESOME DAAAY! OH and cheers for the food too! lol. I guess I'll add when I remember which memory was on which day ahaha.

Day 54: First Night and Performance

This morning I took another route to go to my school. It was cold, but music helped my start of the day! I felt like in one of those movies where the main character is feeling joy while listening and singing along to music as she walks. I love music :)

So today was the first day/night of Camp Chief Hector! We got to perform our Extreme Leader's song Price Tag by Jessie J. Two of our boys made a rap part of the song and it was AWESOME! Excitement for the weekend started building up on this first night and everyone's just looking forward for what's to come!

P.S: You guys are bums for calling out my Saskatoon BB BOO (LOL) when he was near. To be clear, he's not my camp crush anymore bahaha.

Day 53: Social Homework

Doing homework then start to pack my things for this weekend's Leader's Conference Camp!

Day 52: YMCA Practice

TODAY was a fun practice! GOOD JOB ERRRBODY! Wow, our first practice and we're already rockin' it. Just make sure you all remember your lyrics and make movements, we'll rock out the stage if we keep it up! Ahahah, wooo! Yup, Jessie J's Price Tag will get errbody singing! Hopefully most will know the song :)