Start of a New Adventure!

Heyla Everyone!

I’m in Minnesota! Holy cow! I kind of have the feeling of ‘how did I get here…?’ except that I vividly remember the plane rides, the book I read during them, and the gross breakfast I subjected myself to in the airport. (Burger King: Fruit & Maple Oatmeal, apple juice, and water)

Now I’m sitting around at the airport, waiting for 2 p.m. to roll around (I have three more hours) so I can leave and see the new place I’ve assigned myself to for the next month and a half. I suspect that the other young adults in my vicinity are here for camp as well, but I would be deathly embarrassed if I were wrong, so I’m not going to ask! ….Until I get too bored. I see one of the other girls looking at the site, so I rather think she’s also one, but still….I can’t just up and say “I was glancing in your business, and noticed we’re here for the same business! How do you do?”

Speaking of speaking: They talk so different! I’m really excited. I want to hear them talk a lot more, so I can listen more and make mental notes on exactly what’s different. :3 It’s so cool! I feel like I’m back in Canada, when there was just a slight flavor difference, but this is still the U.S. so it’s even more interesting.

I have already spent 15 dollars on food (airport=sucks your money away) and it’s not even noon yet here.

Waaaaah…. The girl that was sitting behind me walked off without her bag, and I got asked if it was mine. >.< I tried to explain that she had literally just walked away, so the lady waited for a minute, but she ended up calling it in. Then the girl came back, so I felt even more awkward. Admittedly it could have been a bomb, so I understand the edginess and the caution, but it’s still very awkward. Especially since I have four bags and would love to be free of them for a little while. I’m actually quite worried that I’m gonna have to tote all of them around, like across the entire camp site or something. It’s a huge strain on my abdomen and my back.

So, I woke up around 3:30 or 4 a.m. today, woke up my husband (yeah, I really need to post on that, don’t I?) and we got ready and went to the airport. It was one of the least romantic drop-offs you can imagine, minus a small kiss and a hug. I was a little disappointed because I always admired the touching departures I’ve seen in movies, and even in real life. But it was super early, and we were both tired from all the moving and driving and lack of sleep we’ve had lately.

So being online costs money here…. So I’m writing this in a document, and then will post it when I have free Wi-fi.

An interesting note: Two girls (that I suspect are comrades) have taken up posts at one end of the seats. Three guys were on the opposite side (that I also suspect) and they have now gone off to explore. Interestingly, a new guy, by himself, that I suspect, has taken the exact same spot the guys had. Where did I choose to sit? Completely by accident, I’m in the direct middle. Does this threaten my status as a girl? Solidarity and all that. :x Hopefully no one will blame me for my caution. The urge to talk to ppl has substantially increased!

I gave in to the urge to talk to someone, and I was right! :3 On all counts! We all chatted with each other, then silently grouped ourselves off into our villages as we found each other. It turned into a big higgly mess of people, and then my group got lost when our ‘leader’ didn’t come up with us/didn’t wait for us. :/ But we got things sorted out.

Then we had a five hour trip, with thirty minutes at a McDonalds for dinner, and we all tried to sleep. Except for some Portuguese councelors that didn’t understand that some people can’t handle loud noises while sleeping (i.e. me). So I woke up annoyed, and stayed annoyed until a random guy helped me carry my bags to the dorm, and chatted with us the whole way. He’s a Japanese teacher here, and I want his knowledge!! X:

I met up with Alekins! We hugged and chatted, and talked, and separated so he could call Caitikins, and basically hung out. I felt a little bad that I didn’t get to incorporate my new friends with the conversation with Alekins very much, though we both tried to include others. *tilts head* Just one of them things, I guess.

I had some cup ramen, and some cookies, and then got told to go to bed by a blue-eyed guy whose name I still don’t know. It threw me off balance. Now I kind of wish I had just answered “Yes sir!” and gone…. Cause I don’t think he would have known how to answer that. But instead I floundered through arguments about how I don’t need sleep and just now asked about him. Apparently he’s an “equal opportunity mean….something.” That tells me how to respond. Flippantly. =.=;;; Duly noted…

Eventually I was really itchy, and so I suggested to my new friends that we make our way back to the cabin we’re staying at. Then we came back, unpacked, talked with our senpais, and took a shower.

I tried to talk to my husband, but he didn’t answer, so I think he must be watching a movie. I bet its battleship. So now I’m going to bed. G’night!