a week's worth of adventures...

i've officially lived at camp for a little less than a week now (and by less, we're talking about just a few hours less) and it's been quite the eventful week. Check it out:

Tuesday:
The morning started out with an adventure to Duncan with my lovely sidekick/counterpart Andrew. We decided to purchase a few supplies for the lovely Green House. Apparently we think that a pound of Starbucks coffee and a plant that fish nibble on are essential components of our CIT ministry. Yeah, don't ask, we can't really explain it either. After lunch we started cleaning the Green House. I guess when I say cleaning, I mean screaming because the majority of what I did involved me shrieking. So I go to open the cupboard and take out cleaning supplies to scrub the toilets in our house. To my surprise, a furry beast of some sort scuttled into the corner of the cupboard. I just about lost it! I mean a big furry brown beast!! It could have been a hairy spider (and it doesnt help that Andrew keeps telling me about these crazy furry spiders - yuck) and I was freaked out at the possibility of it. Andrew tried to coax it out of hiding, and I screamed and screamed and screamed. Then he pretended to throw it (which we figured out was a little brown mouse) at my face. Ask Andrew about the reaction, but I definitely ran screaming onto a nearby stack of chairs and hid my face until I could calm myself down enough to realize that the mouse had indeed not been thrown in my direction. After chasing the mouse (which I named Peter to keep Andrew from squishing it) between the random stove and fridge located in our house, we finally managed to shoo him out the door. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done... I'd allowed Andrew to see me be absolutely petrified of bugs. Shoot.

Tuesday also involved a suprise party for Kim & Kim (yeah, they're married and both named Kim) and a trip to Nanaimo with Andrew, Ryan, Elise & Kiki to watch XMen 3. And yes, I did see Scotty Martens up on the screen - what a star!

P.S. Somehow I acquired the nickname "Beef". What the heck! I think i'm going to beat Stevie G, Jonny Mo and Colin with a stick... Beef! Who calls anyone Beef?

Wednesday:
What a glorious day for window cleaning and weed wacking! Or so we decided.... I must say, the Green House sparkles a little bit more because of our efforts. Heck, who doesn't want a shiny green house? P.S. Never throw egg like objects at a house and let the goop settle there for days and days in the sun. It makes it incredibly difficult to clean up... the bottle of Comet & I became quite close.

As for later that day, Andrew and I went for a little jaunt around camp, trying to track down all of the things we need in order to paint a banner. You know how long that took? Till Dinner! Ahhh. We worked till 9:30 at night (when most people quit at dinner) in order to accomplish something on our CIT Banner. Let me just tell you, it's one good looking banner so far. It was a good day overall, that was topped off with a little bit of the movie Rent.

Thursday:
So this morning Andrew and I started work at 10am up in the good ol' Green House. We meant to start off the day doing a whole ton of discipleship questions, but the internet connection was sketchy, and we weren't able to get much done. Instead, we poured our heart into designing our banner and planning a few things for the summer. Once again I must mention that the combined creative talents of Andrew and myself has made for one pretty sweet banner. I hope that it's appreciated by all of the CITs out there... plus the CIT staff shirts are going to be incredible. Oh just you wait - it's glorious! The day was followed up with a staff bible study on Gal 2:20,21. Good times...

So there's so much more that I could have typed, but I'm having the hardest time actually concentrating on what i'm typing. Bah... I give up and I shall head up to my room.