D of E

Remember the picture of my boots a few posts ago? Well they still look as good as new. I also wore my bright white marshmallow waterproof -- which later became how my group was distincted. And my Dad got me a cool sunhat. It was reversable.

Katherine had previously done the same walk that I was about to do and she assured me of how easy it was. 'Oh, you're gonna die! That walk was so hard, I couldn't move for a week. It was harder than my bronze walk, harder than my silver walk and harder than my gold.' I stopped her before she could go on.

When my friend Bethany and I had arrived in the parking lot, our teachers had to check our bags and confiscated anything that they thought was useless ie. tubs of chocolate cake and tubes of pringles... They also 'weighed' our bags by picking them up. I decided to take advantage of one of the teacher's stupidity when he asked me...

'So what do you have in your bag?'
'Baked beans'
'Baked beans?? Your not supposed to have cans, they're far too heavy.'
'Oh it's not in a can.'
'What's it in'
'A ziploc bag'
'Ewww, gross. That will leak everywhere.'
'No it's ok, I duct taped it up around the edges.'
'You're weird.'

Later we told him that we, in fact, did not have baked beans in our bag. A look of relief passed across his face, but to cover up his gullable-ness he said 'I wouldn't put it past you.'
Sure.

The teachers gave us the basic safety talk. What to do if someone falls over. Not to talk to strangers. You can't buy anything from the shops. And don't get a cake from the nice old man in the caravan.

As we were told we could leave, we set off feeling good. 10 minutes later, we were all scratching our heads wondering where the heak we were supposed to go. We were looking for a reservoir and we were right above a hill and couldn't quite see what was over the top. Bethany said 'I'm pretty sure the reservoir is right there, right where we can't see anything.' She said it in a completely serious tone and she seemed to know what she was talking about, so kept going. Oh what fools we were.

Finally we figured out that we were not going the right way. We turned around and I decided to have a go at navigating. We saw the resevoir about 15 minutes later, approximately 7 minutes from our starting point... We all had a 'Wahoo' session and carried on. Little did we know that that would be the easiest part of our walk.

About an hour later, we stopped for lunch where all the teachers were. We sat down to our squashed sandwiches, warm water and bruised apples. And 10 feet away, the teachers ordered a burger I'm sure just to rub it in our face. After finding out that 2 groups had already passed us we set off again with instructions from Mr. Burger Breath.

Then came the woods. We thought we were lost right as we got to a huge hill. So we went back down an immensely steep hill only to find 20 minutes later that the huge hill that we stopped at, was the one to go up. So we had to go back up the immensely steep hill and the huge hill, and a few more after that. Everyone hated that forest afterwards...

A few more hours of getting lost, groups over taking us and constantly eating chocolate (for energy purposes) we came to a sign that said 'Gradbach.' Our campsite. Another 'Wahoo' session. Only, there was no campsite. There were 2 tents in a tiny field and because we all go to a private school and had the mathmatical knowledge that 87 people would not fit in 2 tents and not make a sound, we were befuddled once again.

We turned back to find another group approaching us and told them we had no idea what to do. Boy were we wrong to say a word to THAT group. They were all the glamour chick/ popular/ never had to do anything themselves Grumps from Grouchville. As they came up to the tiny campsite we said to them, 'That's not it.' One of them turned around and said 'YOU'RE the ones who are following US!' After a lot more of guiding them to the position we were in then and huffy girls being huffy girls, one of them turned around and whispered 'Sorry' to us.

30 minutes later we collapsed on the campsite. We tried to set up our tent, but the wind was blowing so hard Bethany practically got blown away. The group of idiots next to us (they really are idiots) pointed and laughed at us. What kind of people do that? One of the nice ones came over and helped us after so we forgave him.

Everyone had brought flip flops with them to bum around the campsite with, but because it was so cold we all wore socks with them. It's an attractive look. We visited our friends down the hill and such. And a few hours later we 'went to bed.' Around midnight we got out of our tent to see some other friends and we were about to go see the group down the hill when we saw a green light heading towards us. Bethany said 'Mike, you're hurting my eyes put your flashlight down.' Then an angry voice said 'GET TO BED!' We were one of the first to get told off so we scurried back to our tent and listened to him getting more angry. Teehee.

6am start. Made oatmeal. I had to clean the pots. Enough said.

We were the 2nd group to set off (we decided we needed it or else we would surely be last). But the teachers didn't stagger the groups very well and within 8 minutes a group of guys passed us. It was The Idiots. As they stopped to take off their jackets one of them said, 'You all look like s***.' We thanked him dearly and carried on.

When we were walking through a couple of fields a sheep started baa-ing at us. Then the one next to it did. Then the one on the other side of us did. Pretty soon the entire field was booing us away. As we were heading out of the field we noticed a particularly bold one who was right near the gateway we had to get through. At that point we were in 2 groups about 10 feet apart. The sheep's head followed the first group as it passed. Then as we were coming past, its head couldn't decide which one to follow, so it went back and forth then settled on following our every move. We were very glad to get out of that field. But it wasn't over yet...

Just outside of the gateway, we were looking at the map deciding which way to go. Everyone had their back to the wall and as I turned around to face where we had just come from, the sheep was standing in the gate way. It was like a scary movie. My mouth dropped and I pointed. Everyone turned around and the sheep started to charge. We all did a bit of a squeal and jumped back. The sheep got scared and ran into another field.

THEN (!) As I was peering through to see the evil sheep, I saw another running in our direction. I assumed it was running to see one of it's sheep friends. But it kept coming. Eventually after it passed all of the sheep and I knew it was running for us, I went behind the wall and everyone else went in the opposite direction. The sheep's head popped out. It turned it's head to me and gave me evils so I jumped up and ran before it could eat me. I guess it thought we were a bit boring and turned around. It sounds a bit pathetic, running from a sheep. But it was SCA-RY.

After the sheep fiasco we discovered it was the EASIEST WALK EVER. You couldn't get lost if you tried. It was basically: follow the path, cross the road, follow the path and voila! It was a bit boring and my feet were killing me. So to cheer myself up we all sang 'She'll be comin' round the mountain' for half an hour. We got to the carpark EARLY!! And because I called my Mom on my phone --which is still lost by the way-- and told her we would be early, my Papi was already there. Then during the car ride home he couldn't get me to shutup about everything.

And that was only a practice.

GEEZ THAT WAS A LONG POST

Note to Self:

When making to-do lists, don't be vague.


Within the last three days I have realized that I have misplaced my mobile phone. I brought it with me to D of E (more to come on this) and had it right to the end. I checked my school bag, my blazer, my charger, my dresser, my coat pockets, my parent's cars. Then I noticed a small 'To Do' list on my desk.



It said 'Hand in phone -Check'



The only problem is, I have no idea what that means.



For the past 2 days I've been trying to say 'Hand in phone' with different emphasis on different words/ syllables/ beats. I've been looking for a hidden meaning. I've studied the handwriting to see if it really is mine or if i did or could have mispelled or missed out a word.



Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. Zéro. Diddley-squat.




Am I blonde? Check.

I'm 15 What do you expect?

I just listened to 'Drops of Jupiter.' LOVE that song. Loveitloveitloveit. Anyway, this week was interesting. Here's my story.

Monday morning my class was told that we were going to have a sex ed lecture/ activity day on Friday. Of course being 15, everyone was really excited. Later that day my form teacher put up a list of our specific groups for Friday. I noticed one name, Sara, who I was really good friends with and decided to go downstairs and tell her (he form teacher isn't as overly efficient as mine). As soon as I opened the door, I saw her and without thinking, yelled REALLY LOUDLY,

"SARA, I'M IN YOUR SEX ED GROUP!!"

The second I said that I slapped my hand across my mouth, partially because there were a lot of people in there that heard what I said, but mainly because there were 2 camouflaged teachers sat down in front of me. Luckily they were the type of teachers that had got used to all of the retarded stuff that came out of the younger generation, and frankly didn't care.

After that, I laughed at myself for about 10 minutes, then went across to the other side of the room, where 2 of my friends were sat in the corner with their mp3 player on full blast. They said they heard me. I think it was a 'had to be there moment.' But still, I'll remember it forever and ever if I blog about it :-D



K is ordering a bunch of t-shirts for a holiday with her frieds, so I got an idea.... Now Gina and I are getting big, pink, rave t-shirts saying 'GEEK IN THE PINK.' If we're feeling really obnoxious we might wear them to the airport together :-D Heeeeeee. By the way, if anyone is unfamiliar with the term 'Geek in the Pink' go listen to Jason Mraz, we're obsessed with him. OBSESSED. In a good way...



Math. Math is probably my most boring subject. Due to the teacher who forces us to sit and do algebra for an hour straight. I had some cordial stuff in a bottle on my desk the WHOLE lesson and about 10 minutes before the end of the lesson she says to me, 'Katherine, put that juice away it will spill all over the desk.' I thought to myself EXCUSE ME? a) My name isn't Katherine and b) I am not 5 years old. I felt like saying 'It's cordial ACTUALLY' but I didn't. Although I said it to Gina when she walked away. Which made her laugh, so my teacher gave us evils again :) She's a lovely woman I'm sure.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to watch MONK. Then Dr. Who. Then Pushing Daisies :)