This is another multi-part series entailing my life! Except it details only a week of my life... A really eventful week...

So, a bit of back story on this:

Wednesday, 29th of May, 2013.

I say my farewells to you all here and hop on a barge heading to a coral cay in the afternoon. Why was I going to a coral cay? Beyond the fact that it's a coral cay and is, therefore, gorgeous that is. My school decided to take me there to do some field work! But I'll detail that later.

The barge trip: I take 1 sea-sickness tablet, and it's not quite enough. I feel sick. Too sick to rest, not enough to throw up, unlike the 6 other students beside me...thankfully... I just sit there and watch the waves as they toss the boat around.

Thursday, 30th of May 2013.

Oh, hi there! I still haven't slept at this stage! We unload the barge, load the group leaving and set up camp. And then we sleep, at about 3 in the morning...

Day 1 on the island! I'm having personal issues that make really unnerved. We're supposed to go snorkeling today, but I can't. The teachers understand and I end up helping someone with her flippers. We're also introduced to all sorts of safety information.

The sun sets, and we're introduced to the "awards" given out nightly.

"Care Bear" which is not actually a care bear of Hasbro's creation, is a bear given to people who do nice things for others. Remember how I helped someone? Guess who got this?

This was my first trip with this school, and, as such, my first chance to get care bear! Either I'm really lucky, really good at creating positive things out of bad situations, or it really says something about my strong sense of kindness. Or a mix of those reasons, that could work.

One of the other awards was "Princess" which was given to people who squealed, screamed or whined about something. Like not having mobile coverage when we were told there wasn't going to be any. Or knowing there's only one mobile service that can work on parts of the island, and then going and buying a brand new, expensive phone with that service. Or a guy, squealing like a little girl after other guys had scared him. Or someone getting the tiniest cut on her foot and limping and wincing when it wasn't even bleeding! You can imagine the laughter when people were nominated for this award.

The other one was Grumpy Bear/Gorilla/Yeti. It was also known as Duck Up. It's basically for anyone that screwed up. So what things were people nominated for? Spilling their dinner on themselves 3 times, having a voice crack in the middle of role call, nominating oneself for this award... I'm serious, someone nominated their self for this award. Multiple times, in fact. He actually managed to get all 3 awards! Insane, right?

Well... That was the first installment of this!

A note: I have a crush, who was also on this trip. He will be talked about in this blog. If he's reading this... Well, I haven't mentioned anything about him yet, so he wouldn't know... Please don't read on if you think you know me IRL. I doubt anyone does, but I'm just making sure. I prefer to keep online and IRL separate. However, if you think you know me IRL, PM me! We can talk about it!