Orientation Day 1

After a good night's sleep, I knew that it was the day I had to leave my dad for the real world.  Laura's family took us out for breakfast and then shortly after, it was time for me to leave for orientation at 1.  I had repacked my bags and my dad and I reloaded some things and I was able to leave a few things at Laura's until Saturday.  Leaving my dad was so hard and so sad but I realized once again how supportive my family and friends are of me today.  I called someone as soon as I got out of Laura's driveway so I wouldn't keep crying and drove to San Pedro retreat center.  I only made one wrong turn. That's good right? In the 25 minutes I was on the road though, I did go through 3 toll booths.  Definitely not like Kansas. 


I got to the retreat center and was warmly greeted by one of the director's and off the day went.  There are only 13 of us in the program this year.  There is a girl placed in Jacksonville, 2 girls in Tampa, and the rest in the Orlando area.  I learned a lot about the others in the program today and I'm sure there is so much more about them that I will learn as the week goes on.  We played some ice breaker games, went over our schedule for the week, and went on a scavenger hunt throughout the grounds.  During one of our ice breaker games, we played something about where the wind blows but it was pretty much the same as "Do You Love Your Neighbor" that we play at Camp Hyde.  After we finished that game though, we played something called "I Bet I'm the Only One..." I was up first and I knew I had a good one up my sleeve.  I had said, "I bet I'm the only one who has ever been bitten in the butt by another human." Well, I wasn't the only one.  3 other people got up to move and I was so shocked! So Camp Hyde friends, guess it's not as rare as I may have thought. :) 


We have some down time every night so that is when I will be updating my blog this week.  It's very quiet and peaceful out here.  It would be even nicer if these bugs weren't eating me alive at this moment.  Once I start taking pictures, I will post them as well.  See you later for now!