Last Days

I am officially done all of my exams, and somehow I have not lost my sanity...in fact, some remains in which to pack up my belongings and drive east into my beloved Alberta.

This last week has been one of much adventure, an obscene amount of coffee, and many goodbyes. It all started on Sunday with a wild idea to make our own sauna. We drove out to Harrison Lake where we found a private beach, built a tee pee, wrapped tarps all around it, and built a fire. We put a whole bunch of rocks in the fire and while they heated up, we did as well in a heated game of homemade bachi (baachi? baucci?...you know, that game with the ball that you throw and then the other balls that you throw at that ball...?). Anyway, we found some rocks and we chucked them all over the place. I think the real trick was to actually find your rocks in the midst of all the other rocks on the beach. An incredible feat.

Finally, we enclosed ourselves deep within the tee pee, accompanied by our red-hot fire rocks. Upon said fire rocks, we poured water which created the burning steam. Seriously, it worked so well!! That little area heated up fast and got so incredibly hot!!! After some time, when the heat became too unbearable, we ripped open the tee pee and all ran into wintery, Harrison Lake. We did this many times. Now, I have heard that this is very good for you and can be a way of detoxifying your body...but, I and the others with me ended up quite ill for the few days following the sauna adventure. I was a sneezing, snotting fool. It was worth it though!

Anyway, so I'm done school and am currently in the process of packing up my room and packing in my car. I officially leave Abbotsford tomorrow (Saturday), spend the night in Vancouver, and begin the eastward drive on Sunday morning. So for those that I'm leaving, I wish you a Merry Christmas, and for those that I will see shortly, a big "see you soon"!