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Our senior field trip was last week, and might I say it was awesome.  We didn’t leave Texas (come on you could drive all day and not leave Texas), but you don’t need to leave Texas to have fun.  We went to a camp that had a bunch of team building games, rope courses in the air, and just a lot of fun stuff.  One must actually experience the camp to know exactly how fun (and tiring) it is.  The first day they had us work on team building games including skis that we have to walk with together, mazes with blindfolds, figuring out how to get from one place to another… yadah yadah.  We then played with fire, looked in the river for different creatures, and then a hike in the afternoon that involved walking in the rapids before going to the mammal room.  The second day we did rope courses in the air including jumping off this 23 foot pole trying to grab a trapeze.  We didn’t have anything under us but rocks, however, we did have harnesses on and were attached to ropes… still pretty scary stuff.  I did it all though.  Then that afternoon we went kayaking and relaxed in the rapids again.  After dinner we played with snakes.  I held several snakes and put a boa around my neck.  I’m rather comfortable with snakes… unlike jumping off the pole (which was shaking in the wind), after which I was shaking terribly.  Thursday (the third day) we rock climbed, went on the zip lines (those were fun… high up, but fun nonetheless), and then we did the Big Gulp.  For the Big Gulp, you are harnessed in, pulled up 50 feet, and then you let go of the rope which allows you to swing around.  I did it twice.  It was awesome.  We went to the rapids again and played with the snakes that day too.  We left Friday.   It was all a big adrenaline rush.

My friend and I had our teachers drop us off in a town not to far from the camp so that we could catch a bus to Austin.  We got there around 10 and the bus left at 2, meaning we had some time.  I called my grandparents and we ate lunch with them.  When it was close to two we went back to bus station.  My grandparents stayed with us, to wait for the bus… good thing they did too.  Although the bus station was rather nice, not all the people were.  This real creepy guy kept trying to join in on our conversations and then when the bus was like 40 minutes late he said the creepiest thing… “Hey girls!  Hey babies!  Hey!  I know you’re probably listening so I just wanted to let you know I’ll be watching you.  I’ll sit right by you, so that if anything happens I’ll be there.  I’ll keep an eye on you.”

Yeah… about that time my grandfather got up, went to the counter, and got the refund forms.  He then grabbed our luggage and we all went to the van.  As we were driving away we saw the guy take down my grandparents’ license plate number.  He’s probably just really mental instable and doesn’t know how to get information from a license plate, but still… creepy.  Two or three hours later we were in Austin.  Let me tell you now, Buffalo Exchange is an awesome store.  It’s on the drag for anybody who wants to go.  The clothes are great and cheap.  But anyways… I don’t really like Panic at the Disco, but they were doing a signing at Waterloo so I went with my friends (Blake and my best friend’s sister drove up with her dad Saturday) and got a record signed.  We then went to Stubbs and watched Phantom Planet, the Hushsound, Motioncity Soundtrack, and Panic at the Disco play.  They were okay, but I really didn’t know the bands beforehand.  I just went for the sake of going to Austin and staying away from hope longer.  Sunday we drove all the way back home in a car without air conditioning.  Mucho fun.  ‘Twas all quite an adventure.