I've been working at the High school Mira Loma the past two weeks. Last week was Labor day weekend, and I went to the Bay Area YSA Camp Ritchie trip. I had thought David was going to go, since on the facebook event page, he said he was, but it turned out he didn’t have any money for it, so didn’t end up going. I was really sad about that. I didn’t have a ride, and didn’t want to go by myself because of the gas, but at the last minute Michael Colvin and his sister Linda responded to my facebook post on the event wall and they came from Newcastle near Auburn to pick me up. They were from San Jose and were going too, and I was on the way. I was very glad to meet them and Linda was very friendly. I made a few friends while at the camp, four actually including Michael and Linda. The other two were Sarah and Aaron, a couple who were there. Aaron recognized my sluggy freelance shirt, and Sarah was a very short girl with something wrong with her legs. I asked her about it, and she said that she had cystic fibrosis. I got sore legs and shoulders from the wooden plank beds and all the hiking to get from cabin #2 to the lodge or the bathroom. I had fun on Saturday going rappelling with some friendly people who asked me to go with them. I had never done rappelling before, and the only rock climbing I had done was on the REI wall and in a gym. It was really fun. I wonder if I'll ever get the rappelling picture Diana took. I don't know her last name, so I can't really look her up.
I went to Ross's Deadlands RPG on Saturday, and then to Greg's 26 birthday party at his mom's house. I got there kinda late because of the deadlands RPG. Only Greg was swimming. He couldn’t convince Amber, Alex, or Roger to swim. Dave Humphrey went swimming with him though. But he had gotten out by the time I got there a little after 6. I decided not to go swimming and have it be just me and Greg in the pool. Since I dated him last year that might be even more awkward than it normally would be. We had fun inside eating the snacks and talking. Greg’s brother Joe and his baby son was there too. We ate the tasty banana cake Greg made from his mom’s recipe and then we played Munchkin the card game. All in all, a fun day.
My room was kinda messy on friday. I hadn't put away my shirts in like a month. I just kept being too tired or whatever, not caring about it. I ended up putting my clothes away and cleaning up my room Saturday morning. Mom left Thursday evening for a job interview near LA, in Compton. It would be cool if she got the job. Even cooler if the rest of us could get permanent, well paying jobs, right? Randy finally paid me back for the computer he bought from me, but he over paid by $20. Now I can pay my tithing. Or my credit card and gas and give some money back to Greg. David’s sister Kirstin sent me a paper letter with stickers all over the envelope. It was cute. She said we could be friends, so that makes me happy. I had written her a paper letter and an email already to introduce myself. Yesterday at the end of the day, my throat felt a little funny, but I dismissed it. Today when I woke up, I felt my sinuses all clogged up, and then my nose started running, and my throat felt scratchy. I tried to get up and eat breakfast, but ended up deciding that I shouldn’t go to church if I was sick in case I could spread it to others. Kelley Williams from David’s ward in Napa was visiting, and I wanted to be there to say hi and introduce her to people, but oh well. I made some food for Mom when she got back. We only had 5 eggs left, but I made an omelet with what we had. One for Mom, one for Randy.
