Today was project day and I can say that now that it’s done, there is a weight that has been lifted off of my shoulders. The morning started off like a normal morning, minus the fact that I was running on less sleep than normal. I ate breakfast and eventually we all migrated downstairs for a lecture which turned out not to really be a lecture. Paul explained to us how the project conference was going to work and then set us free to finish whatever we didn’t get done last night. My group had had some speed bumps which had set us back so we had lots to do. In the end we pulled together and the outcome was a beautiful project. Everyone had beautiful projects.
The rest of the afternoon blurred by. The conference went well and when it was done we ventured off to dinner. During the conference and dinner, some rumours started going around that we might be going to see Harry Potter for our recreation session since the staff wouldn’t tell us what we were doing. This pumped most people up since there are some strong Potter fans here. The bus ride to whereever we were going became somewhat suspenseful in that sense. Of course as soon as we passed a cinema everyone freaked out and cheered. Also of course, the bus drove past it straight to mini golf. Personally, I quite enjoyed mini golf, no matter how sad I was about missing Harry Potter.
From then until now we’ve just been having fun. We came back from mini golf with ice cream and popsicles only to find that snack would be popcorn. There were lots of happy Shads. Now we’re all just hanging out in the cafeteria, waiting to cave into the need for sleep.
Jasmine Mansz, Shad Valley University of Waterloo 2011
Hometown: Rothesay, NB
