Okay, so things got pretty interesting yesterday. Our new team, composite Earth 45, had our briefing in the morning. It went pretty smoothly, so that's good. In the afternoon, I went to the team leader meeting with Kevin. During the meeting, he got a call from Chad saying that Paul was definitely getting called up to go out with the Alpine Hot Shots and that he needed to leave for Ned that evening so he could head out the next day. After Kevin droned on and on, I left the meeting and went to inform Paul. It was decided that Joanna, Scott and I would drive Paul up in one of our trucks and then return after dropping him off. I called the work center and left a message for Chad to call me back and give me more info for Paul -- when he had to be up the next morning, what he needed in addition to his gear, etc.
So we loaded up the truck with some stuff we wanted to take up to Ned before we go back in a week (though Jo and Scott would be working as of Monday because they've got the other break). Room inspections took a while, so we decided to get dinner before leaving. Around dinner, I got a call back from Chad. He said that he managed to get Scott called out with Alpine as well, so now Scott also needed to pack up. I called Kevin to let him know and he decided that Joanna would have to move up to Ned with them because she had no other way of getting there over the weekend to go back to work on Monday (don't authorize her to drive the truck by herself or anything ... *rolls eyes*).
Needless to say, Jo was upset. She's going to be up there all weekend and all week by herself (unless Ervin returns from his dispatch some time next week). I called the other bunkhouse and talked to some of our Forest Service compatriots and asked them to look out for her and make sure she wasn't feeling lonely. So she left Thursday evening and then I had nothing to do. I had no team left, pretty much.
I ended up hanging out with Jane from Earth 7. We went for a run together, then went out for a little bit. It was fun, nothing big, but it was nice to spend time with her and Nicole because I don't normally hang out with them. So yay to new friends.
Today the entire corps went to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. We used their obstacle courses for leadership and team building activities. Originally I was dreading it, having gone over stuff like this multiple times in college for my major. But it was surprisingly fun. I enjoyed both parts of the obstacle course. I have to say, though, that my fingers are killing me. I have so many splinters in my hands, I can't even count them all. So they're really tender right now.
Okay, that's all for now. I should shut down because we should be boarding soon. I'm taking a red-eye home tonight. A little nap, a little repacking and then it's down the shore! Yay! I'm going to sit on the beach every day and read for hours.
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