Today stared off with something that Shads know not of, a morning where we can sleep in. From the time we woke up until noon was our own time, to do with as we pleased. Not only was our morning special, but this afternoon our giant Shad family was split into two separate groups.
Our schedule was altered so that each group could eat supper after our exciting afternoon activity. The first group started with rock climbing while the other had time to work on our projects, the two groups then switched activities. Rock climbing was amazing, it was like a giant trust exercise. We had to trust that our partner would be there to catch us when we fell, and they always were.
The night ended with a tribute to "the book of awesome" by Neil Pasricha, each Shad was told to come up with a list of ten things that they liked about their experience at Queen’s so far. We were then told to narrow it down to five, then three, and then finally to our top choice. Each of us was to write down our one thing on the pillowcases laid out for us, so that everyone would have a pillow covered with all the awesome things about our Shad Valley experience. I will leave you with what I wrote, "Everyone is comfortable just being themselves".
Danielle Livingstone, Shad Queen’s University 2011
Hometown: Fort McMurray, AB
