Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Back to continue!
So Friday night we had to be in our rooms by 11:30 with lights out at 12...well yeah, that didn't happen lol. Melissa and I haven't really had a long talk in ages...we definitly drifted a lot, though I think we've gotten to know eachother better again lately. Anyway, she and I stayed up really late talking about things...broad range of topics. That was nice...until the next morning when we had to wake up early lol. Dianne (the leader that roomed with us) came in at 7:40 and told us to be up by 8...lol Melissa's a heavy sleeper so I knew she hadn't heard that, so I made myself stay up until 8 because otherwise we'd never get up! haha...and then I woke her up with some random phrase about how she should tell me when my words began to enter her sleep-filled mind or something like that, I forget, but it was really weird. I had a really weird dream that I told her and Corey about...something about how Melissa was really hungry and so Dianne took her to this carnival/festival thing...of CHEESE lol. There was one of those things that looks kind of like a sideways farris wheel, like the Dumbo ride at Disney...but instead of cars to cary people, it carried giant cheese wheels. There was a long line and when you got to the front you'd tell the person what type of cheese you wanted and they'd spin the thingie around until the right kind of cheese got to them, and they'd cut you off a piece. Yesh. Very odd. Especially considering one thing I found out about Melissa during our long talk was that she doesn't like cheese...go figure.
Anyway...we got up and had breakfast and got ready and then went to get to work. There were a few different places that our group worked on, but only one required more than two people, and since Corey, Melissa, and I didn't want to be separated, we went to that site. The others were fixing a birdhouse, a door, and a leaking roof. We, along with some of the others, went to an elderly lady's house to help clean up her yard. Her house caught fire a while ago, so she's been living in a trailer beside it for a while, and the yard was a mess from the fire, Hurricane Isabel, and because...well, as she put it, she was definitly a nature lover! Wow. At first she refused to let us take anything that was still alive out of her yard. Eventually the leaders talked her into letting us take the thorny vines, a few tree branches that looked like they could easily fall onto her house, and to trim the ivy. However, we didn't realize that we'd have to leave all the driftwood because she liked it, or that we'd need to put some rotting logs that we'd put into the pile back into their places...apparently she thinks they'll stop a car from running into her house if there's an accident there. I really don't think they were big enough to do that, considering Melissa and I could pick them up together without too much trouble...they just wouldn't be heavy enough to stop a car. We had to listen to her though...so we put them back...And later we got to fix the fence! I don't know why, but the three of us are really proud of the fence...all we had to do was screw in some boards that had fallen off and patch a few that had snapped (it looked kind of odd, but she said she'd rather have them patched for now and get it fixed later, since we couldn't find a place to get lumber on the island)...but we were proud of it!
Oh yeah, somewhere in there we took a lunch break...where I was stupid and ate some fries and a little bit of ketchup...so I felt pretty bad later...but it was my own fault >< bad Jen.
We went to see the lighthouse on the way back to the hotel...which was pretty cool, since I don't think I've ever seen one before. Two of the leaders went up top and waved at us, but all of us decided we didn't want to go up that many stairs lol. Then we went back to the hotel, and most people went to the beach again...and again, Corey, Melissa, and I decided it wasn't worth it...so we spent a while talking and then wanted to play cards...but it was windy...and so we spent forever looking for a way to be able to play cards without us being inside since Corey couldn't be in the same room with us...Melissa wanted us to sit inside and Corey to sit outside the screen door and us just open the door whenever we needed to lol...but the wind still would've blown the cards around so we didn't do that...why we never thought to put rocks on the cards is beyond me, but oh well. Then some people came back to the hotel, including Dianne, who said it was ok for Corey to come in our living room area...so he did and we played cards for a while :-) and then went out to dinner. We went to a pizza place (I brought a peanutbutter sandwhich...but that was okay since I don't like pizza all that much anyway...I'll eat it, but I'd rather not unless I'm at a party or something) and ate and then went into the arcade thing in the back of it...watched/played some games...I made one of the leaders crack up when I jumped as the band started playing something really really loud lol...and then back to the hotel! We watched the end of Ms. Congeniality (sp?)(poor Corey! The last two movies I've seen with him have been chick flicks!) and I think that was when Melissa turned the TV off in hopes that we'd play cards again...but we didn't so she read while Corey and I sat there for a while...people randomly came in and out to get food since our room became the food storage area when the leaders found out they'd been given the wrong room and didn't want to have to move the food far and we were next door lol...hey, works for us hehe...and then at 11:30, Corey went upstairs to his room and Melissa and I fell asleep really fast because we were really tired lol.
We got up at 8 again on Sunday and got ready to leave...We had a whole discussion about how a rabid raccoon supposedly attacked Melissa's bag...yesh. Then we took some pictures at the beach, and left. I slept part of the way, did my homework a lot of it, and of course talked plenty too hehe...Oh and I just have to say this because I never knew this and so this is for Rachel if she didn't know: The Bojangles we stopped at had veggi sandwhiches! I haven't been to the Bojangles by our house in years, so I dunno if they have them, but this place did, and big salads too. Yumness. It was kinda like the chicken-twister minus the chicken idea...Lettuce, tomato, cheese, and a bun. But heck, for Bojangles it's a big difference! It confused me for a minute though...I couldn't figure out which side was the top! Then Corey and I figured out his sandwhich had two tops of a bun and mine had two bottoms lol...yeah I'm rambling allll about this trip, I bet you guys are really bored by now! Anyway...Corey discovered that straws zoom around in empty cups if you blow on them...and so between that and Melissa putting salt on everything we got some pretty weird looks!
Argh, still not time to finish recapping! I've got to go to dance...so I'll either update when I'm back or tomorrow hopefully! bye!
So Friday night we had to be in our rooms by 11:30 with lights out at 12...well yeah, that didn't happen lol. Melissa and I haven't really had a long talk in ages...we definitly drifted a lot, though I think we've gotten to know eachother better again lately. Anyway, she and I stayed up really late talking about things...broad range of topics. That was nice...until the next morning when we had to wake up early lol. Dianne (the leader that roomed with us) came in at 7:40 and told us to be up by 8...lol Melissa's a heavy sleeper so I knew she hadn't heard that, so I made myself stay up until 8 because otherwise we'd never get up! haha...and then I woke her up with some random phrase about how she should tell me when my words began to enter her sleep-filled mind or something like that, I forget, but it was really weird. I had a really weird dream that I told her and Corey about...something about how Melissa was really hungry and so Dianne took her to this carnival/festival thing...of CHEESE lol. There was one of those things that looks kind of like a sideways farris wheel, like the Dumbo ride at Disney...but instead of cars to cary people, it carried giant cheese wheels. There was a long line and when you got to the front you'd tell the person what type of cheese you wanted and they'd spin the thingie around until the right kind of cheese got to them, and they'd cut you off a piece. Yesh. Very odd. Especially considering one thing I found out about Melissa during our long talk was that she doesn't like cheese...go figure.
Anyway...we got up and had breakfast and got ready and then went to get to work. There were a few different places that our group worked on, but only one required more than two people, and since Corey, Melissa, and I didn't want to be separated, we went to that site. The others were fixing a birdhouse, a door, and a leaking roof. We, along with some of the others, went to an elderly lady's house to help clean up her yard. Her house caught fire a while ago, so she's been living in a trailer beside it for a while, and the yard was a mess from the fire, Hurricane Isabel, and because...well, as she put it, she was definitly a nature lover! Wow. At first she refused to let us take anything that was still alive out of her yard. Eventually the leaders talked her into letting us take the thorny vines, a few tree branches that looked like they could easily fall onto her house, and to trim the ivy. However, we didn't realize that we'd have to leave all the driftwood because she liked it, or that we'd need to put some rotting logs that we'd put into the pile back into their places...apparently she thinks they'll stop a car from running into her house if there's an accident there. I really don't think they were big enough to do that, considering Melissa and I could pick them up together without too much trouble...they just wouldn't be heavy enough to stop a car. We had to listen to her though...so we put them back...And later we got to fix the fence! I don't know why, but the three of us are really proud of the fence...all we had to do was screw in some boards that had fallen off and patch a few that had snapped (it looked kind of odd, but she said she'd rather have them patched for now and get it fixed later, since we couldn't find a place to get lumber on the island)...but we were proud of it!
Oh yeah, somewhere in there we took a lunch break...where I was stupid and ate some fries and a little bit of ketchup...so I felt pretty bad later...but it was my own fault >< bad Jen.
We went to see the lighthouse on the way back to the hotel...which was pretty cool, since I don't think I've ever seen one before. Two of the leaders went up top and waved at us, but all of us decided we didn't want to go up that many stairs lol. Then we went back to the hotel, and most people went to the beach again...and again, Corey, Melissa, and I decided it wasn't worth it...so we spent a while talking and then wanted to play cards...but it was windy...and so we spent forever looking for a way to be able to play cards without us being inside since Corey couldn't be in the same room with us...Melissa wanted us to sit inside and Corey to sit outside the screen door and us just open the door whenever we needed to lol...but the wind still would've blown the cards around so we didn't do that...why we never thought to put rocks on the cards is beyond me, but oh well. Then some people came back to the hotel, including Dianne, who said it was ok for Corey to come in our living room area...so he did and we played cards for a while :-) and then went out to dinner. We went to a pizza place (I brought a peanutbutter sandwhich...but that was okay since I don't like pizza all that much anyway...I'll eat it, but I'd rather not unless I'm at a party or something) and ate and then went into the arcade thing in the back of it...watched/played some games...I made one of the leaders crack up when I jumped as the band started playing something really really loud lol...and then back to the hotel! We watched the end of Ms. Congeniality (sp?)(poor Corey! The last two movies I've seen with him have been chick flicks!) and I think that was when Melissa turned the TV off in hopes that we'd play cards again...but we didn't so she read while Corey and I sat there for a while...people randomly came in and out to get food since our room became the food storage area when the leaders found out they'd been given the wrong room and didn't want to have to move the food far and we were next door lol...hey, works for us hehe...and then at 11:30, Corey went upstairs to his room and Melissa and I fell asleep really fast because we were really tired lol.
We got up at 8 again on Sunday and got ready to leave...We had a whole discussion about how a rabid raccoon supposedly attacked Melissa's bag...yesh. Then we took some pictures at the beach, and left. I slept part of the way, did my homework a lot of it, and of course talked plenty too hehe...Oh and I just have to say this because I never knew this and so this is for Rachel if she didn't know: The Bojangles we stopped at had veggi sandwhiches! I haven't been to the Bojangles by our house in years, so I dunno if they have them, but this place did, and big salads too. Yumness. It was kinda like the chicken-twister minus the chicken idea...Lettuce, tomato, cheese, and a bun. But heck, for Bojangles it's a big difference! It confused me for a minute though...I couldn't figure out which side was the top! Then Corey and I figured out his sandwhich had two tops of a bun and mine had two bottoms lol...yeah I'm rambling allll about this trip, I bet you guys are really bored by now! Anyway...Corey discovered that straws zoom around in empty cups if you blow on them...and so between that and Melissa putting salt on everything we got some pretty weird looks!
Argh, still not time to finish recapping! I've got to go to dance...so I'll either update when I'm back or tomorrow hopefully! bye!
