100th Post!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It seems fitting that my 100th post is on a day when I've taken a leap and done something crazy!

I know some of you are scared/doubtful or the opposite and excited/"you go girl" attitude, and for both I appreciate. I appreciate the encouragement and prayers because its good to have support, but then its good to have the doubters because its an extra push to prove that I can handle myself! And if I can handle myself in this atmosphere, I can handle myself anywhere!

I will give you a run down on the last 22 hours of my life:

Got to the greyhound, and ended up being stuck in the second last row from the back, AKA toilet row... and sat in front of this native gangsta, who tried to sell me his ipod for 'cab fare' and since I said no, he proceeded to rap for the next 2 hours to his LOUD 'awesome' ipod. I just turned up mine even louder. Jerk boy. Therefore, I hardly slept... I need silence...so the ipod volume competition did wonders for my REM cycle.

Got to Fort Mac, went up to this girl that I knew was a summer student, and asked if she wanted to share a cab, and then a guy came up and asked if he could too. So we three newbies went to the Drug Centre together, I paid the cab all of $8.00 for the three of us, it was locked so we walked to A&W. We were there at 5:30a.m. And then we waited until 8 and went across the street to the drug center, we all did our pee tests, it was cute cause Jerome (said boy, I will give further details in a moment, patience is encouraged!) was sooo terrified because he drank 1 lite beer on Saturday. I kept laughing and giving the whole pep talk "You two will be fineeee it will be okayyyyy! And if not, BUH BYE!" I'm so nice, at least he got my humor and laughed!!

So, we went back to A&W and then our shuttle guy came to us at 9:30 and said he was our driver, Jerry. He was supppper friendly, and soo nice, and so we all chatted the whole way to camp (2 hour drive!). He answered questions and just eased us into the situation. It was awesome! Fort Mac, is actually not what I imagined. I pictured a bad western movie with saloons and hookers in a straight line surrounded by brown and grey with a single oil rig turning in the distance. Ahhh yeah... it's lush and green (minus the smog!).

Now, camp is not lush at all. It's hard to explain until you see it in real life. Its stacks of trailers connected by hallways. Its actually really nice in here though, leather (or probably pleather) couches and chairs in the lobby and it's just friendly, the place looks inviting, even if its full of dirty workers!

So as for my friends, Jerome is 32, short, black, wee man from Jamaica, but has lived in Canada (Kelowna) for 8 months! I adore him, we have so much fun, always laughing and joking around. He looks like he is 24 but he is indeed 32 LOL. I think he is going into housekeeping so we might not see much of each other which is a shame because he is just fun! And then there is Jessica who is 22, almost 23, grew up in Edmonton, but she is half from Chile half from Trinidad...but she looks like...mix of white and black to me. Anyways, she is...nice. I don't have much in common with her... so hopefully I make other friends and I'm not stuck to her... we will stand in silence when we are alone and there is never a quiet moment with Jerome. So I dunno. She will be in the kitchen too. She told me that: You def look prettier with your hair down and straight and no glasses. Not that you were...like...ugly" I was like um thanks? Jeez, who says that! Oh and at dinner she said that I look exactly like her dead friend. I didn't even know how to react to that. It was kinda sketchy. I was like...um...sorry. Maybe you shouldn't look at me if its hard? AWKWARD!

Few side notes: We have swipe cards to sign into the dinning room, and to also get into our hallways and stairwells, and rooms. Anyways mine worked for everything but my room. So all my stuff got locked in my room. I had left my cell and everything in there! I didn't know what to do! So I went back to reception and Jerome was there (thank god!) and we got escorted with security who decided the door not the swipe card was broken, so she put me in my room and said to stay till maintenance came. So that took like...4.5 hours so i sorta slept but i wanted to shower so bad. It was muy stupid! And then he came and had to leave again. So I waited some more....but it finally is fixed! However, he said my lock is sorta broken so he is sending in a carpenter tomorrow to fix it. Yay me. LOL. Also, the girl i share my bathroom with locked the inside of my bathroom door so I couldn't get in!! So I was like dying with pee pressure and having to wait and not being able to get into my bathroom...so I called reception and she said "q-tip". Sure enough, I peed! So happy!!!

I also didn't own an Internet cord so I finally bought one at like 7:30, hence this blog post, AND my battery in my camera died after I took pictures of my room, and I forgot my charger!

All in all its actually been a really good day, and nothing stressful or anything!

Mom put together a great little package for me, and I can open 1 a day for 21 days (I love the creative Stewart minds!). She said I could grab whatever one I wanted, so I did, and it was SO perfect for today. It said: The journey, not the arrival matters. T.S Elliot. Enjoy the journey, Mom

I love you all!! Until tomorrow!! Wish me luck!!

xo

rs