I didn’t get up until 10:45AM today, which was glorious. When I did get up, everybody else was already out on the lake but they had left me some bacon so I ate that and some toast and then sat on the end of the dock and drank tea. They all came back very shortly after but I sat on the dock watching the fish and basking the sunshine for as least an hour. After that me and Nat went on another little paddle because Nat wanted take pictures of the frogs (which were plentiful). We kinda didn’t do anything else until lunch which was pizza and veggies and Gilberte took me and Nat into the little town by the cabin. It was very cute but there wasn’t much there so we went into one store, got some ice cream and they went back to the cabin. When we got back Gilberte and Nat and I went down to the little beach type spot on the other side of the road. It wasn’t really a beach but there was a small amount of sand and some water so there you go. We went for a very brief swim but got out almost immediately because there was lots of stuff growing on the bottom and touching our legs. We hung around for a bit longer and then paddled back and packed up our stuff. The ride back was much quicker as there was less traffic. When we got home, we unpacked the car and had tortellini and sauce for dinner. After that I had a shower, made my lunch and went to bed. I had a really good time at the cabin, I wish we had had more time there! It was very relaxing and nice to have a break.

Not the usual morning routine. I’m trying to keep you on your toes. This morning i didn’t get up until 9:30AM ish. When I did get up, I packed my stuff for the cabin and then us and Gilberte’s family had a family breakfast of tomato omelette, bread and cheese and fruit. After breakfast we finished getting ready to go, said goodbye to Gilberte’s family (who were all really nice) and then headed to the cabin. The traffic was pretty bad so it took us about 2 hours to get there but we did stop at a roadside market (kind of like sliver rill) and got fruits and vegetables and cookies. When we got to the cabin, me and Nat needed a moment to get over how cute it was. 

Apparently they were on a TV show awhile ago called chic shack where they redo your cabin/chalet whatever so it’s very nicely decorated. After we unloaded the car me and Nat went on a paddle boat ride and toured the area. The lake that the cabin is on is quite small so it didn’t take us long. There were tones of frogs though! We were actually afraid they might jump into the boat but they didn’t. After our boat ride we had dinner corn on the cob from the maker and then i read my book in the hammock that had a view of the lake (rough life. I know). I finished my book so I relaxed in the hammock and listened to music until I had an unintentional nap. When i woke up again, we had a snack of fizzy lemonade and salt and vinaigre chips and sat in the sunshine. For dinner we had salmon, rice and green beans. After dinner we started a fire in the fire pit and sat around the fire talking and laughing and occasionally singing or making fun of the music coming from other cabins. We sat around the fire until after it was dark and looked at the stars drank tea. We even saw a shooting star. Also the bull frogs were making a lot of noise. When we finally went inside, we proudly partook in some pecan pie, did the dishes and then brushed our teeth and went to bed. Today was a very relaxed kinda day which was really nice. Even the weather was perfect, sunny but not hot and it cooled down in the evening giving me a reason to wear my new sweater! 

Wow! What a month! Usual morning routine except condensed cuz I was late getting up (haha, woops). After work today I came home and showered and then got to meet some of Gilberte’s visiting family. Then me and Tae made our way to Montreal. We took the train part of the way which was really fun. 
From there we took the metro into vieux port where we met up with both Natalies and Kaila for dinner. Me and Tae shared a Swiss cheese fondue with bread and apples and grapes for dipping and we each had a sweet crepe for dessert. My crepe was filled with strawberries and bananas, covered with chocolate sauce and severed with vanilla ice cream. 

Ya, me and Tae had to work at the whole cheese thing. After dinner we wandered around vieux port, which is startlingly similar to downtown Victoria in parts. I got a Montreal hoodie as did many of the others. Then Kaila and the Natalie (that doesn’t live with me) went on the zip line that goes over the water. It was cool because it was night and it’s all lit up. While they were doing that me and Nat and Tae wandered around a bit more. We even found a Mimi restaurant!
Like what?! I didn’t know I had a restaurant! Nobody tells me anything. Then we found the zip liners and made for the metro. Me and Tae got off before the others and took the train the rest of the way home because we wanted to see what it was like at night. Dark the answer in case you were wondering, but I really liked taking the train because it’s much quieter than the metro. When we got home a bunch of Gilberte’s family that is visiting was still up so we chatted with them for awhile. We talked to her sister and her brother (who is quite funny) but her mom had already gone to bed. Shortly after that, we went to bed as well because it had been a long day and we have a busy day again tomorrow. It was really nice to go to Montreal and not have a fixed schedule and I’m really glad we got to try the train out. 

Usual morning routine. At work today, it was ” Mexican fiesta” themed so we dressed up (I had a scarf that I borrowed from Gilberte) and there was chips and salsa and stuff like that. We also made pear/cranberry crumble in my group. After work, i showered and braided my hair. For dinner we had burgers and fries and then Tae’s family picked us up for bubble soccer. 

The first game we played was a free for all where you just want to stay upright (easier said than done). You are all in a circle and you just run into other people and try to make them fall. Next was a football like game where you have one person from each team who’s trying to get from there end zone to the other teams end zone in a certain amount of time. Basically half the team stays with the runner to keep them from being knocked over by the other team and the other half goes and beats on the other team’s runner. We did that twice and then played soccer. It was like regular soccer except you can’t your feet and take up a lot more space. The only thing was that could only knock over the person with the ball. I was defence at the beginning then I was in net. After that we took a group picture and went home. When we got home I ate one of the freshly made doughnuts with powdered sugar, made my lunch and went to bed. The Mexican fiesta was kinda fun as was the bubble soccer, but running around in a giant ball gets pretty hot after awhile. 

Usual morning routine. At work today we made peach, banana, chocolate chip muffins and tomato soup (i don’t know that I would eat them together). There were some extras, so we gave them to the other camp leaders, but we couldn’t give them to them normally of course. For one we just walked in, all of us staring at this guy and had to chase him around a bit to give him his muffin. Next we came in on alI fours and then we were spies so we hid behind everything. After work we went to Eliza’s house for tacos and swimming. Her family made us virgin margaritas too. I felt so fancy.

After that, we came home and made our lunches and went to bed. It was really hot today and I’m very tired but it was a good day all the same.

Usual morning routine. At work today we made dip for veggies and fruit and yogurt jelly. Also it rained while we were at the pool so it was cold and wet, but whatever, we were wet anyways. After work I kinda just hung around and read my book. Dinner was pasta with sauce and carrots, and then I watched a movie. After that I made my lunch and went to bed. Really uneventful day, but honestly it was nice have a break. 

Usual morning routine. It rained pretty much all day today. I was with the healthy cooking group today and we made mini asparagus quiches and chocolate cookie ish things. After i biked home in the rain and had a shower, I read my book until dinner, which was home made tomato/basil and coconut milk sausages (which were really good), cucumbers picked from the garden at Gilberte’s school, salad and rice. After dinner i practiced my piano and Gilberte showed us some scrapbooks of trips they’ve been on. Then I made my lunch and Skyped with the family at home (but like a good bunch of family because aunt Corrine and grandpa and Penelope and Elizabeth were there too). After that it was pretty much time for bed because I’m still tired it from the camping trip. It was really nice to talk to all the family today, which contracted the weather. Also Shae-Linn got her L today so that’s exciting, even if she’s bad at parking.

We woke up at 8:30AM today, but we didn’t actually get up until a bit later. Breakfast was a rather large banana chocolate muffin and a sad banana. Then we packed up our wonderfully set up tarp and tents (even though we didn’t have one of the tent bags), and went down to the beach. The beach was really busy today because it was a nice day, unlike yesterday. We lay on our beach towels for awhile (I may it may not have fallen asleep) and then splashed about in the water for a bit. Then we got back on the bus and went back to our campsite for lunch, which was sandwiches and carrots and cookies and a granola bar. After lunch, most people went home, but Sylvain and Gilberte wanted to spend some time at the beach and we weren’t complaining. I read my book in the sunshine and me and Tae went in the water and me and Nat and Tae got ice cream. Then we went home and unpacked all of our stuff (not that there was much cuz we were only there one night). Next was a shower and then dinner which was pasta, chicken and beans with what we are now calling “vvvv” for dessert. Long story short, the machine that Gilberte has that makes frozen fruit into sorbet makes a weird sound when it’s working and when she was first describing it, she made the sound, so ya. Then I made my lunch and went to bed early because I was very tired. Today was fun even if now I’m bug bitten and sun burnt. 

Didn’t have to get up until 9:30 AM today which was nice. When I did get up, I braided my hair and packed my stuff sir camping. Then I had breakfast which was Montreal bagels. Then we picked Tae up and went and got snacks for camping. Then we picked up Natalie and set out to find our campground. When we got there it wasn’t raining, but that didn’t last long. We got one tent up and started putting up a really big tarp that covered almost the whole site, when it started pouring. Like really pouring. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen it rain that much before, but it was pouring for about 3 hours in which our host families and coordinators and and us fought with the tarp. In the end, there was one super campy family that did most of it but ya, lots and lots of rain. Then we changed our of our soaking cloths and hung about until we went down to the beach. There’s a bus that runs every half hour at the campsite so we took that down to the beach. Then we had about an hour and a half to walk about the beach before dinner. It’s a really nice beach with shallow water. Dinner was hot dogs, salads juice boxes and cup cakes. After dinner, we were supposed to have a campfire but it started pouring again so we didn’t go. I think there still was one later on, but by that time, we had set up our campsite up so that we could all sit around and played games and talked into lights out. It was really wet today, but we still had lots of fun.

Officially three weeks since I left home. It feels both like I just got here and that I’ve been here forever. Today was kind of interesting in that at work i went on a field trip with my group. It was 6 campers plus me and the group leader as well as a small group from another camp. After the hour long bus ride, we arrived at the site. Remeber when I was talking about the mud run I was supposed to do? Well this was it, but as it turned out, it was more of a dirt walk. When we got there, we did the “practice course” which we just walked through and did obstacle course type things (crawling through tires, jumping over hurdles, climbing over structures, etc.). I participated in some of the activities but others, the shorter kids needed help with, so I didn’t do them. After that we did a group course that involved more tires (swinging and not), working as a team to get from point A to point B by stepping only on the pieces of wood that we had and then climbing up and coming back down a mountain of yet  more tires. Then there were a few more activities that the kids did before we had lunch. After lunch we did a bucket race where you had a bucket of water and had to do a bunch of obstacles with it without spilling the water. For that one I was actually just making sure the kids didn’t kill themselves when climbing up and down the fireman tower, but the view from the top was beautiful so I’m not complaining. After that, we did the actual course. It was kind of similar to the first course we did but more of a hill. The catch was that one of the girls in my group twisted her ankle so I did it with her on my back. After the course, we had freezes and then got back on the bus and went back to camp. When I got home from work I showered and then braided my hair. I had dinner of pasta and sauce by myself tonight because everyone else was out. Then around 8 I went over to Tae’s and we went to a drive in movie. First we stopped to get snacks and then we saw Ice age 5 and Tarzan. Both of them were in french, but I got most of it. When I got home I went to bed pretty much right away. I’m a little sore from the running and climbing but the movies were fun.