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teddogI have foooood. Looks like my brothers ate almost all of my dinner, so I needed to make some of my own. Mom's blueberry tart/sponge things are good and nobody likes them, so more for me! I want lemon poppyseed cake, but we have none. ;_;
Today was the day of the big, 'ol high school science class field trip. I still had to get up and slug papers in the morning and ended up getting only a total of two and a half hours of sleep before I had get up. Waking me up in the morning was a challange...
7:00 am
Jen: "Rachelle, you getting up?"
Me: "Give me a little while longer..." (falls back asleep)
7:30 am
Mom: "Rachelle, it's seven-thirty."
Me: "Still sleeping..."
Mom: "Okay. What do you want for lunch?"
Me: "Cheese and lettuce sandwich and water." (falls back asleep)
7:45
Jen: "Hey Rachelle, are you even coming on the trip?"
Me: (shoots up out of bed) "I'M GOOD!"
Mom packed my lunch today. Now, I love my mom and all, but she packs way too much for lunch. I was fine with just a sandwich and water (I'm tough), but she packed us all these snackies and stuff. The problem was that I was lugging lunches in my backpack. I put on my bag and almost fell backwards from the wieght. I consider myself to be "okay" as far as strength goes. 0_0
We got dropped off at the school and before we went to the science classroom I managed to bump into my old marketing teacher and the teacher I had a student teacher class with. After chatting them up for a while, we went to the classroom. I met Jen's teacher, but I thought she was a student at first. She's so young.
That was kinda a problem with me too. Students in the class would ask "So, what grade are you in?" and I'd reply. "I'm in college." This either resulted in strange looks or people demanding to know exactly how old I was. Many people are surprised to learn I'm almost 21. I don't act it, but then I've never felt it either. You're talking to a person who takes home movies of her foot because she thinks it's cool.
At about 9am we headed out to Mac. Because we be a poor, inner-city school, we took the city bus. The group managed to fit onto two King 1A buses. The bus ride over wasn't so bad, although I stood up the whole time to give Jen a place to sit. We got to Mac gates at aroung 9:30, but we waited until 10:00 am when the teachers finally decided to show up. That was odd.
With the teachers finally back, we walked to the edge of campus and jumped into the woods. The wooded area around Mac is very swampy and muddy after the rains and flooding we had in the last week. There were more than a few "fluffy" kids in the class who wore sandles, tank tops and hi-cut shorts ON A HIKING TRIP and whined about the mud and bugs. Gah! After about 20 minutes of hiking, we reached the first test site.
When we reached the first test site I just had to kick back, relax and watch the freaky kids eat worms. I find the research interesting, although most of the students thought it was boring.
The hike after the first test was rough. We travelled down some oddly miskept trails that went straight up at some points. It was so rough that a few students couldn't finish the climb and had to take a different route out of the woods. When us in the main group reached the edge of the forest, we found a delightful little sign that explained the path:
"Trail closed. Please use other trails"
A great deal of good that did us then.
We then broke for a quick lunch and I learned why some students couldn't make it to the top of the hill: They eat garbage.
Now, I'm a college student and as such, I've eaten some pretty rough stuff for meals. However, I'm not so brainless that I pack pop, nacho chips and cheese dip and piles of candy bars on a hiking trip. The pop alone would be enough to nuke a person on a hike.
Bleh. At least the remaining length of the hike was on roads and paved walkways for their sake. We followed the roads down to the main Cootes parking lot and the kids did their second test.
The geese at Cootes had their kids out in a field. With several dozen baby geese feeding at once out in the open, it looked like a goose farm. It was so cute. Baby geese! ^_^
After discussing the marshlands and the fish gate at the mouth of Cootes, we started for Bayfront park on the Waterfront Trail. The Waterfront Trail gets very boring after you pass under the bridges. Just train tracks on the right and technocolour water on the left. The path picked up around Bayfront.
The class stopped at Hutches for ice cream and were dismissed from the park. Poor me got stuck having to making sure that several kiddies could home alright. We hiked over to James in order to catch the Barton 2 bus. This led to the worst event of the day.
We got on the bus and there was this chick standing in the middle of the bus. This chick was dress in a pink skirt and top and wearing sandles. She had no sense of balance, so she had to hold onto two bars on either bar of her.
This made it so that the only bar I had to hold on to was the horziontal one that runs the length of the bus. Since I'm pretty short, I couldn't reach the bar easily, but I've praticed keeping my balance on moving buses ("bus surfing"), so I didn't need to hold on to something.
The problem was that this girl blocked the path going to the back of the bus and acted as if it was her right to do so. It wasn't so bad when we first got on, but after the second stop, we had to move all the way to the back to fit everyone. With said girl blocking the way, we had a lineup going out of the bus of people waiting to get in.
The bus driver told everyone to move back to fit the people. We tried but the girl wouldn't move. I asked the girl quietly and politly to either move or step aside so we could make room.
You know what happened? This chick took a fit on me! She said something along the lines of "You're lucky I'm not in a bad mood or I'd bash your head in." If I wasn't looking after the high school kids, I would have punched her then and there.
Let's look at the facts, shall we? First, she was taller than me, but I was heavier, putting me at an advantage in the small bus because I can hold my ground. Second, I had way better in-bus balance then she did. She had to hold onto two bars so she wouldn't fly away. I can self-balance myself and handle a good amount of a ride without support. Third, t-shirt, jeans and sneakers beats skirt and sandles in a fight. It's just common sense. Fourth, why should I bother with a powderpuff chick who looks very lost in the downtown core. Sure, you act tough, but I've lived in -40 weather. Fifth, I had the right of way. It's not your bus. I've got you beat.
Therefore, A WINNER IS ME! I need a car. :-\
And then stupid girl left the bus and I was happy again. Jen and I went home and got Neopets toys from McDonalds. I got a yellow JubJub and gave my TCG card to Katie.
Brian Linehan died today. He went to my high school so it kinda hurts, in a strange, disattached way.
Today was the day of the big, 'ol high school science class field trip. I still had to get up and slug papers in the morning and ended up getting only a total of two and a half hours of sleep before I had get up. Waking me up in the morning was a challange...
7:00 am
Jen: "Rachelle, you getting up?"
Me: "Give me a little while longer..." (falls back asleep)
7:30 am
Mom: "Rachelle, it's seven-thirty."
Me: "Still sleeping..."
Mom: "Okay. What do you want for lunch?"
Me: "Cheese and lettuce sandwich and water." (falls back asleep)
7:45
Jen: "Hey Rachelle, are you even coming on the trip?"
Me: (shoots up out of bed) "I'M GOOD!"
Mom packed my lunch today. Now, I love my mom and all, but she packs way too much for lunch. I was fine with just a sandwich and water (I'm tough), but she packed us all these snackies and stuff. The problem was that I was lugging lunches in my backpack. I put on my bag and almost fell backwards from the wieght. I consider myself to be "okay" as far as strength goes. 0_0
We got dropped off at the school and before we went to the science classroom I managed to bump into my old marketing teacher and the teacher I had a student teacher class with. After chatting them up for a while, we went to the classroom. I met Jen's teacher, but I thought she was a student at first. She's so young.
That was kinda a problem with me too. Students in the class would ask "So, what grade are you in?" and I'd reply. "I'm in college." This either resulted in strange looks or people demanding to know exactly how old I was. Many people are surprised to learn I'm almost 21. I don't act it, but then I've never felt it either. You're talking to a person who takes home movies of her foot because she thinks it's cool.
At about 9am we headed out to Mac. Because we be a poor, inner-city school, we took the city bus. The group managed to fit onto two King 1A buses. The bus ride over wasn't so bad, although I stood up the whole time to give Jen a place to sit. We got to Mac gates at aroung 9:30, but we waited until 10:00 am when the teachers finally decided to show up. That was odd.
With the teachers finally back, we walked to the edge of campus and jumped into the woods. The wooded area around Mac is very swampy and muddy after the rains and flooding we had in the last week. There were more than a few "fluffy" kids in the class who wore sandles, tank tops and hi-cut shorts ON A HIKING TRIP and whined about the mud and bugs. Gah! After about 20 minutes of hiking, we reached the first test site.
When we reached the first test site I just had to kick back, relax and watch the freaky kids eat worms. I find the research interesting, although most of the students thought it was boring.
The hike after the first test was rough. We travelled down some oddly miskept trails that went straight up at some points. It was so rough that a few students couldn't finish the climb and had to take a different route out of the woods. When us in the main group reached the edge of the forest, we found a delightful little sign that explained the path:
"Trail closed. Please use other trails"
A great deal of good that did us then.
We then broke for a quick lunch and I learned why some students couldn't make it to the top of the hill: They eat garbage.
Now, I'm a college student and as such, I've eaten some pretty rough stuff for meals. However, I'm not so brainless that I pack pop, nacho chips and cheese dip and piles of candy bars on a hiking trip. The pop alone would be enough to nuke a person on a hike.
Bleh. At least the remaining length of the hike was on roads and paved walkways for their sake. We followed the roads down to the main Cootes parking lot and the kids did their second test.
The geese at Cootes had their kids out in a field. With several dozen baby geese feeding at once out in the open, it looked like a goose farm. It was so cute. Baby geese! ^_^
After discussing the marshlands and the fish gate at the mouth of Cootes, we started for Bayfront park on the Waterfront Trail. The Waterfront Trail gets very boring after you pass under the bridges. Just train tracks on the right and technocolour water on the left. The path picked up around Bayfront.
The class stopped at Hutches for ice cream and were dismissed from the park. Poor me got stuck having to making sure that several kiddies could home alright. We hiked over to James in order to catch the Barton 2 bus. This led to the worst event of the day.
We got on the bus and there was this chick standing in the middle of the bus. This chick was dress in a pink skirt and top and wearing sandles. She had no sense of balance, so she had to hold onto two bars on either bar of her.
This made it so that the only bar I had to hold on to was the horziontal one that runs the length of the bus. Since I'm pretty short, I couldn't reach the bar easily, but I've praticed keeping my balance on moving buses ("bus surfing"), so I didn't need to hold on to something.
The problem was that this girl blocked the path going to the back of the bus and acted as if it was her right to do so. It wasn't so bad when we first got on, but after the second stop, we had to move all the way to the back to fit everyone. With said girl blocking the way, we had a lineup going out of the bus of people waiting to get in.
The bus driver told everyone to move back to fit the people. We tried but the girl wouldn't move. I asked the girl quietly and politly to either move or step aside so we could make room.
You know what happened? This chick took a fit on me! She said something along the lines of "You're lucky I'm not in a bad mood or I'd bash your head in." If I wasn't looking after the high school kids, I would have punched her then and there.
Let's look at the facts, shall we? First, she was taller than me, but I was heavier, putting me at an advantage in the small bus because I can hold my ground. Second, I had way better in-bus balance then she did. She had to hold onto two bars so she wouldn't fly away. I can self-balance myself and handle a good amount of a ride without support. Third, t-shirt, jeans and sneakers beats skirt and sandles in a fight. It's just common sense. Fourth, why should I bother with a powderpuff chick who looks very lost in the downtown core. Sure, you act tough, but I've lived in -40 weather. Fifth, I had the right of way. It's not your bus. I've got you beat.
Therefore, A WINNER IS ME! I need a car. :-\
And then stupid girl left the bus and I was happy again. Jen and I went home and got Neopets toys from McDonalds. I got a yellow JubJub and gave my TCG card to Katie.
Brian Linehan died today. He went to my high school so it kinda hurts, in a strange, disattached way.
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Date: 2004-06-05 05:56 pm (UTC)