The next day me and my dad woke up at six thirty fully rested. For breakfast we had pancakes, eggs and sausage links. I am not a big fan of eggs but everything else was pretty good. You can tell you're eating good pancakes if you don't have to pour suryup on it. Afterwards, all of kids headed towards the pavilion to play a game. It was kinda funny watching them because they looked like a bunch of dorks! Next they went to the field and played sharks and minoes. All I did is just watch them on top of a hill and honestly I so wanted to say "run Forrest run!" every time someone ran past me trying to get to the other side of the field before a shark sees them. The funnest activity my group did is the tug a war. As soon as I found out that we're going to do tug a war, I said to myself, "Hey, maybe I can pull the rope with my mule" (my power chair). Mike (one of the teachers of the group) somehow read my mind and tied the rope to the back of my chair. Unfortunately, he tied it to the left side of the chair instead of the center and the chair was skidding on the pavement! Also the boys were outnumbered by the girls. It was like six boys to eight girls. In fact, the girls were actually pulling my chair! Ms. Jeanne was worried that the chair might flip backwards and I could feel the chair starting to go backwards but I don't think that it was even close to tipping over. The day is jam packed with activities, worship, eating, examination of conscience, adoration, mass, confession with Father Tom, dancing and a lot of prayer. We had a 2 hr downtime and I was so exhausted that I just took a nap! The best part of the day for me was probably the worship. When the music came on I was looking around to see if anybody was watching me and thankfully nobody was. For me that is my que to start singing. It takes a lot of confidence to sing because I don't like people hearing my dull voice. I think that is probably the most out of my comfort zone. The last thing my group did that night is read letters. Some of the letters I received mentioned how great of a smile I have. All and all, they were all very nice letters and I enjoyed them, especially the one from my mom. She also sent a little gift of a necklace with my new patron saint Blessed Herman the Cripple to protect me.
On the last day, my dad and I had to leave early so that my dad can go home and pack the rest of his stuff for the flight to Colorado for his first day of his new job; but before that, the whole campus watched a slide show. I was in two photos and each time a photo of me came up, the crowd roared! I was like, "Am I really this special. Boy, thank goodness I didn't startle or even have a heart attack! That would be embarrassing!" After that, all of us came together for a big group photo. Next, we took another picture with just my confirmation group. Sadly, I didn't really feel like smiling, so my smile was kind of fake. Before I had to leave, Ms. Jeanne, Mike, Kaylie, Amanda and Ethan wanted to take a picture with me. Now this time my smile was better. When my dad and I drove out, I felt sad because I had a little crush on Kaylie and I absolutely DO NOT want to repeat this sentence ever again! Even though I knew I was still going to see her every Wednesday night. I was impacted by the retreat because I didn't really feel like playing iPad after school for three or four days! I have never done that at home, only at Camp Blessings! I'm kinda disappointed that I can only do this once in my life because the whole experience is just amazing and I will probably never forget this moment in my life.
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