Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was tons of fun. We got Good Friday off, which I spent at camp. It was spent mostly reading, taking a nap, and doing a little bit of work on the construction project I'm working on  in my free time. That evening, Eli left for the weekend, but a few hours later, Kristjun showed up. He was planning on proposing to Sydney on Saturday, and wanted to borrow our speaker. (His idea was to dance to "their song" in a park right before proposing.) We ended up talking into late hours of the night. I told him changes the camp had encountered since he left, and he updated me on his crazy life. Eventually, I gave Kristjun a speaker and an umbrella (in case it rained), and I had the camp to myself. In all honesty, I hate being alone at camp, because there are a bunch of noises at night that I can't justify. So, because of a combination of hanging out with Kristjun and being terrified of every little noise, I didn't get much sleep that night. 

I got a text Saturday morning that said Mike would be picking me up by 10am. When we got to his house, I helped the kids fill hundreds of Easter eggs. They were having a party for their homeschool co-op that day, which started with an Easter egg hunt. The high schoolers and I hid all of the eggs at a nearby park so that the younger kids could find them. I really enjoyed meeting the teens. Of course I already knew the Solmen boys, but I also met their friends Shon and Angel. There were some other teens too, but they didn't spend as much of the day with us. 

After the Easter egg hunt, we went back to the house for brunch (even though it was already after noon!), followed by lots of games of cornhole, sitting around talking, and making one of those desserts that are supposed to represent Jesus' burial and resurrection. A few hours later, everyone that was still at the party loaded up and headed to camp. We did the zip line and big swing, but we all probably had the most fun playing Nine Square. After we got the game, it sat in boxes for about a week, so I finally set it up on Tuesday. (The instructions said it took three people to set up, but I set it up all by myself, which I'm sure means I'm pretty awesome.) This was the first time we had enough people at camp to play the game, and we played for hours. I think we only stopped for two reasons: 1) It got dark, and 2) It gets dark at 8:30 and only then did we realize we only ate one meal that whole day and we were hungry! I was really glad when Shawna invited me to sleep on their couch; it meant one less night alone at camp! 

After eating some leftovers and watching a bunch of episodes of Psych, everyone got real tired. I also realized that I was mildly sunburned on my face and lips, which I'm actually surprised it wasn't worse since I spent the whole day outside without sunscreen.

The next day, we went to church at Fremont Alliance. It's been awhile since I wasn't working on a Sunday and had the availability to go to church, and I really don't know what church I would go to even if I could. I've been going to Relevant all year, but since so many people quit working here, no one goes there anymore. Most people who work at camp go to Fremont Alliance, but everyone at camp under the age of 30 (i.e. Eli and me, although we also have part-timers who feel the same) doesn't really like to go there for several valid reasons. But, needless to say, I went to the church for Easter, had some breakfast, went to a decent service, visited a few people, and that was about it. 

After lunner, Mike and his kids went with me back to camp. This time, we did the high ropes first. (I finally tried the pamper pole and no longer have any high-adventure tasks left to try at camp. Well, at least not any camp-sanctioned high-adventure tasks to try!) Then we went to the climbing wall. Owen and Lyvvie decided that climbing wasn't the fun part, just rappelling. After that, they went home, and I started studying. I've got my EMT National Registry exam on Wednesday, and I am super nervous. Everyone in our class who took it has passed as far as I know, but that doesn't make me any less worried! I just really want to pass on Wednesday and not have to worry about it ever again (or at least not for the next two years!).