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This weekend I had my first "full" day off. I was able to go spend the night at one of my old roommates houses in American Fork and we had a little roommate reunion. It was so great to see everyone!! I got to try Coldstone's new ice cream which is this oreo filling flavor. It probably sounds gross but it is sooooooo good. I have discovered that up here at Apsen Grove I have been doing a lot of things that I never would have voluntarily done on my own. My 12 year olds have this high ropes course that they climb on Tuesdays. And they would always ask me if it was scary and everything and I would always encourage them to do it. But...I had never done it and was basically terrified to try it. I didn't think I would have to until this past week when all of the kids got done on the course really quickly and wanted to see me do it. I couldn't just back out so I braved it. You have to climb up this tall swinging log, and then transfer over to this rock wall by walking on a wood beam that is probably 3 inches wide. Then you have to climb up the rock wall and reach the platform at the top. THEN you have to take your clips and hook them on to a wire. You have to walk on a wire while holding onto the top wire. When you come to trees you have to unhook yourself and put the hooks on the other side of the tree. THEN... you come back to the platform and have to repel down. It is quite the high ropes course. I'm probably making this sound more dramatic then it is but it was a huge step for me. All of the kids were cheering for me and then some of them thought it would be funny to throw pine cones at me while I was on the wires. That was interesting. Another experience I had was playing the piano in church. I actually volunteered and when I went up to play I wasn't even nervous which is huge. It was actually pretty enjoyable. And then next week in church I have to teach a lesson to a bunch of people that are older than me. I'm really nervous but also excited because I'm learning a lot by preparing. I've had more responsibility this summer then I've ever had before. I think it is good for me though. It's given me a lot of life experience that will be really helpful in the future. And that's all fer now :)