Are You Wise?

I am now officially without wisdom. Yesterday morning at seven I was dragged off to the Dentist to have my wisdom teeth taken out. It was quite an ordeal, first I was given a sedative pill, I began laughing at my heat beat on the monitor, but as soon as the dentist began preparing for the IV needle, the sedative wore completely off and was replaced by my fear of needles. But the operation must go one, so the IV was put in and the Narcotic was pumped into my arm. Last I remembered was crying on my mom's shoulder waiting for the Narcotic to start.

About two hours and four wisdom teeth later, I woke up from my pleasant dreams into a doctor's chair! At first I was confused as to where I was and the world about me seemed to be constantly moving. The first few moments of being awake I don't remember clearly, just the vague recollection of the doctor and my mom asking me how I was and if I felt dizzy. I just wanted to get home and sleep. I was helped into our car and home where I slept, watched about four movies, and relaxed with cold packs on my chipmunk cheeks (sorry, definitely no picture provided of my chipmunk cheeks :P)

It is now the next day after my operation, seems that I will have to be spending the day lying on the sofa though I don't feel sick. My face just feels like it will explode, that's all. I will get my stitches out on Thursday, then it will be all over.

Aloha, It Is Time for a Luau!!!

Aloha, I have turned Hawaiian after a weekend full of Hawaii themed activities. My church again had it's Sunday School camp. It is hard to believe that at last year's Sunday School camp I began this blog, now a full year later I am still keeping it going and actually have readers!!! This year's theme at camp was getting wisdom from the Bible, focusing on different "Jewels" from the book of proverbs for our treasure chest. With the idea of treasure, we had all our activites relating to treasure, island, and Hawaii. Even though I was a staff, I enjoyed the camp just as much as the children did.

My favorite part of the entire weekend was Saturday evening, our Luau (Luau, as I was told, is a Hawaiian Party).

Everyone made grass skirts and were adorned with flowers necklaces. We enjoyed the evening of food and games.

Here is me in my Hawaii outfit with my friend, Karina.

I mentioned that we had games at the Luau, this is not a game of wresting. It was previously a parrot piñata that was demolished then attacked by the children for the many treasures contained within. Amazing how something that takes a process of several days to make can be destroyed in a matter of minutes!

Me, yet again, with Karina.

I was able to share a room with Karina and Heather. Two of the campers joined us afterwards for one night of staying up late so that we would be able to wish Karina a happy 19th birthday at midnight.

I have just told about my favorite parts of camp, there are many more activities we did. I would like to hear from all of you who were at camp. Tell, in the comments, about your favorite part of camp, even if you just came on Sunday for the grill, you can still give your opinion.

From Six till Twelve

Weekends usually bring thoughts of sleeping in late, casually meandering around the house all day and crawling into bed at the end. That was not the case for me last Saturday! Life began at six in the morning, too early for my brain to function completely but I  managed to survive somewhat. By seven I was in the car with four of my Judo friends, headed towards Sierre, in the southern French speaking part of Switzerland. What was so important down there that I would actually wake up that early on a Saturday for? Another Judo competition!!!

I went up against the same opponent as in Bellinzona, but this time did not go down that easily. I managed to stay in for forty-one seconds! I still lost but I was a proud loser. To boost my pride even more, I was able to have another fight with a different opponent, this time I lasted an entire minute and twenty-eight seconds! Such an improvement from my competition in Bellinzona!!! I headed back home feeling like a winner.

Arriving home, I had not a moment to spare, there was a concert in Holderbank and I needed to be there, especially since I was participating in it! Hurrying down town, I arrived to play, literally, two notes of warm up with my band before we entered onto the stage and began. Still giddy from the excitement of my "successful" turnier, my mind barely stayed on the notes. The concert just flew past and before I knew it, it was over.

Yet again, not a moment to relax, for that night was the final of the show "Britain's Got Talent." My dad picked Rebecca and I up and we headed to some friends house to watched the suspenseful, exciting end. We were elated to discover our favorite competitor, Diversity, won!

Happily satisfied, I finally crawled into bed at about twelve. What a day!!!