The next day, I went with Jessica and her
ward to badger creek. We did four activities. I think that the first was a
little ridiculous. We had to swing with a rope to a two foot square "raft
because we were being attacked by pirates." Another thing that made it
ridiculous is that we could not talk to each other because we did not want to
get the attention of the pirates. We had to fit as many of our group as we can
on the two foot square "raft". I thought that it was weird how the
girls had a very hard time swinging. It is like they don't understand physics.
They could barely hold themselves on the rope and get enough momentum to get to
the raft. People thought that this was a leadership game, but the not talking
rule made it lame; plus, additional rules were given limiting the suggestions
that were given. A girl suggested that we do a big doggy pile. Another
suggested that people sit on each other's shoulders, but both of them were shot
down. The situation was too ridiculous for me to care. If we were attacked by
pirates, we would not try to fit twenty-one people on a two foot square raft.
We did do it; although, I saw one person with only one foot on the raft, which
should have obligated us to restart. It was more of a trial and error unifying
than a leadership and communication practice. Someone tried to lead the people
as if she figured out how to fit everyone on the raft; however, the people did
not follow her instructions well. There was a knot high in the rope, and I
thought that it would be fun to swing two people over to the raft as once. The
other activities were more logical and challenging. I think that it is weird
that I only want to write about the ridiculous activity because all the other
ones were logical. We did rock climbing, a gigantic swing like thirty feet
tall, zip lining, and slacklining. I fell off the wall a couple times, when I
rock climbed. There was a safety system, so I did not fall far. I felt
out-of-it after being in the sun for so long, and did not care to do the swing.
Badger Creek is interesting. It fulfills its role in the school well.
This week has been productive somewhat. I gave blood on Tuesday, and Jessica and I received our Valentine's Day packages on that day too. On Wednesday when Jessica and I began to Skype, a thought popped up in my mind, saying "You should not be dating her." This is not the first time that this happened, so I gave it some thought. Today is Sunday, and Jessica and I are fasting to confirm this prompting today. Pondering the thought that I should not be dating Jessica was unbearable last night, and I expressed it to her. Also on Wednesday night, I prayed for a missionary opportunity, and the next day my work situation changed. I did my taxes on Saturday. The opportunity to give blood became exciting on Tuesday, when I found out that my blood type is O positive. I was told that I can do a special donation where I give double the red blood cells. They said that it was actually easier on the body because they only take the red blood cells, and put the plasma and ever...
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