Friday, May 6, 2005

8th grade retreat
kk...we left early this morning to go to...i think it was called St. Joseph's youth renewal center....yea...on the busride over there i played cards with a girl named xochitl an we had lotsa fun trying to make trucks honk and juss waving at random ppl....oh yea...we also played this abc game where you have to find a word that begins with an "a"...den find a word with a "b....den c, an d, an so on....yea....den lyk an hour or so in the bus....we got there....the father guy....father bill.....greeted us an we entered the room....it was pretty different then last years retreat....last year's topic was making new friendships...this year's topid was saying goodbye respectfully.....at the beginning we played a game called postmaster....ok....dis is how it goes....there is bout 39 ppl....there is 38 chairs...one person says..."my name is ______....i am the postmaster....i have a letter for people who_____...den you name something...an the ppl who fit in that catagory run and try to get another seat...whoever is left standing is the next postmaster....den.....other stuff....den he started to dissmiss us for reccess...first goes the ppl who came in 8th grade...den 6, den 5,4,3,2,1....den finally...wen it was juss the original 9 of us....he talked bout some stuff...den he dismissed the guys...and den followed the girls....after recess....we dis sum art stuff...and we did this thing where u schedule appointments with ppl u dun rilly talk to....din rilly actually talk....den we went to lunch...nuthing special....den after lunch.....we went into groups and answered sum questions...den we did this thing there we tape a big piece of paper on our backs...and ppl go around writing bout wat we're gonna miss bout ppl on their backs....chantal started crying during that....den we sat down an read wat ppl wrote bout us....den taylor and shareens started crying...den mikki started crying....den i began tearing up....an i looked across the room at jonny...he was starting to cry too.....den more of us started crying....an our prinvipal started to pass out tissues.....den they played the stupid titanic song...an a lot more of us broke down....den we took pictures....still full of tears...an then the busride home...it was pretty quiet at first...den sum idiot guy named mario yells out why is every1 so quiet...or started rapping...or sumpthing rilly loud....den xochitl yelled out...WE'RE IN A SOLEMN MOOD!!.....hehe...den we stared singing sum songs....den we got there at bout 3:30....an i found out that our volleyball game was cancelled....den i went home...talked with akim...she watched the rest of season six of buffy....an den i went to the mall for sum dress pants for our class pics tomorrow...i bet ppl r gonna cry then too....o well...this is definetly the longest post i ever made...im tired...so bye...!!...
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