My vacation began Friday. I packed up my stuff and headed to Gimli for the Islendingadagurinn.
We arrived and set up our tent. It was a lot easier than I thought, I will definitely be able to pitch it myself at the end of August. Can't wait! That night we went into town for the rock the dock event, but it was moved to the pavilion. Once we arrived there we saw people leaving and the music wasn't playing any more. So we went on our quest for a big rock to put under my collapsible BBQ. We found this great rocky area and ran into some drunk lady. She told us how she lost her cell phone the other night because she was so wasted that she woke up in the water. As we just about escaped this silly girl the cops pulled up. They approach us, flash their light on Benji's drink asking, "What do we have here?" It was just a Coffee Crisp flavored milk. They then asked what we were doing there, Andrea being the honest lovely person she is explains. I was wary about admitting we were there for a rock, is that not stealing public property? I guess it was nothing to worry about because once we explained what it was for they let us search. Benji had a nice chat with them while we found it. I wonder what drunk girl was doing while this was going on. We began heading to our car and she followed us as the cops left she told us she was pretending to be with us because there was a warrant out for her arrest. We quickly jumped into the car and locked our doors. Why do cops stop to talk to people like us and let the bad guys go under the radar? When we got back to my grandparents (willow creek) we began our bonfire. I like hot dogs!!
It is weird how times have changed so drastically. How my grandparents grew up to now. My Amma was upset that I didn't have two tents like I had originally said I would. (one for the boys and one for the girls.) It's not my fault they couldn't bring another tent. It just irks me that they don't see me as a responsible adult. There would be no way I would bring a bunch of people in their yard so they could have sex, and drink. It annoys me that they don't know me well enough. I'm a good girl. I hate that people from previous years have ruined it for me.
I hate guilt by association. Just because my cousins are like that they assume I am. Just because most teenagers are like that they assume I am. Prejudice is a funny thing. Once a Jehovah's witness approached me at the bus stop, to get her to leave I told her how I go to church on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday's and she was shocked. She said, "You don't see that too often." I see it all the time. It's because I'm in that life. I see tons of young people in churches. Were not all crazy teens who need to be saved.
Saturday was a lovely day. I got to see Fred Penner. I was reminded of how cool he was. I really want to continue singing those songs with Naomi, they are fun. It was on again, off again rain that day. I got to see all my family. I miss them. We headed to the rides. Where Sarah and Chris went on the Zipper. I totally would have had a freak out on that. Never mind, I went on the Ferris wheel with Chris to use up the tickets Sarah had to buy and got so nervous from being so high. Looking around was not fun! That night we went to rock the dock for a second and sat on the beach for the fireworks. They could have been better.
The next day was gorgeous. So sunny and delightful. Hence my burn. I really didn't feel like I was burning on the beach. Then again I left the beach soon after arriving and went to see some frisnok with Jaclyn and Sean. It's a really cool game. Jaclyn says she has some poles set up in her back yard we should have a frisnok party dear! That would be barrels of fun. We headed back home and stopped at a beach on Willow Island road to take a quick swim. So nice. I like the seclusion. We then played some Frisbee with Noami and had a BBQ with Tanya and family. We took our tent down because Afi said it would rain tonight and could sleep in the camper. Next was the Alternative Folk Festival. We missed our chance to see Fred Penner again. I wonder if he does music for the older crowd? There was some good tunes. The last group played some rave music had some flashy lights, smoke, wore masks and beaks. We quickly got up out of there. Weird!
The next morning we woke up and slowly got ready, made it to Gimli just in time to see the parade while ordering some Subway. I felt bad eating while they drove by, they all wanted a bite. lol I said bye to my relatives, Benji and I headed home leaving Sarah and Mom there for the week.
On our way home Benji's parents asked if he wanted to go to Lower Fort Garry. So we joined our big church group. They are such lovely people. I had fun and it was cool to see Meghan in her work setting. I saw Neil there. I was too lazy to say hi and was contemplating just snapping a photo of him to have proof that I saw him there. Instead of being creepy, I sucked it up and said who cares if you haven't showered in four days and look like crap, It's just Neil. I poked fun at him for being at this kind of concert. Definitely would not peg him as a fan of this kind of music. lol. He was there with his sister and family. Very cute!
We then went for some ice cream at half moon. I ordered some fries and a burger. People always comment how I eat so much and have this great metabolism. But I don't! The times I eat lots it's because I'm hungry. Sometimes I order lots and don't eat it all. My gut is coming back too. I gotta start eating three meals again and eat some yogurt and apples. no more chips and fast food! *slowly drops handful of "munchies snack mix"* LOL
I was so glad to come home and shower. I'm clean now! yay! Now it's almost three i should go to bed. Why did I fall asleep for six hours after I got home a six thirty?
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