Also tragic is the fact that I'm leaving for La Vida tomorrow in the wee hours of 5pm. While I've been excited about this little wilderness expedition for weeks now, the tragic part is that I have massive amounts of nasty poison ivy on my legs, I have a weird rash on my thighs (this can be attributed to my allergies/cold, according to my doctor). Apparently my body didn't know how to handle my allergies/cld so it decided to backfire and give me a rash. While I'd like to say I'm tough when it comes to these things, I've been laying around in my room watching Glee quite pathetically.
Thankfully, I have efficiently packed up all of the 5 things I will need for this trip, including the following: hiking boots ($90 of waterproofed durability), running shoes for the ensuing 8 mile run, 3 pairs of wool socks, 3 sock liners, 4 pairs of underwear for 12 days (..............), especially stylish hiking cargo pants, my wind pants that go up to my belly button (not sure why everyone laughs when I wear these...), Underarmour pants & 3 shirts, 2 t-shirts, winter coat, rain coat, fluffy beige wool sweater thing, gloves, a plethora of tie-dye bandanas to conceal my 12 days of greased up hair, Bible in a bag, water bottles, Michael's head lamp (LOL), plenty of bags to put my garbage in, sunscreen, insect stuff, my numerous medications thanks to my body backfiring on my these past few days, and CAMERA to capture all the beautiful moments I shall have on my journey.
Did I mention that I'm not shaving my legs for over twelve days?
Good news: I will see Julie on the first day of the trip and the last day! (assuming we're not in the same patrol)
Bad news: not eating every hour of the day and night
More good news: It will be an ADVENTURE! :)
No worries, I will be writing of my trials and tribulations in a neat lil journal so that will be posted here when I arrive back to the real world on June 3rd. I know, you're anticipation will be heightened by that point as I could be eaten by bears by that time. Or my poison ivy has possible taken over my whole body. Or I've decide that I love the wilderness so much I want to live there for the rest of my life, sacrificing all comforts including hazelnut iced coffee and sleeping comfortably (just kidding on this last scenario).
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| I'm mostly just being dramatic. I really am excited for this! :) |
