CC Cabin!
Leading up to the weekend, Principles of Macroeconomics had been keeping me really busy, so it was really nice to get out of my midterm Friday and know that a weekend of relaxation stretched ahead. So, what did I do with my hard earned free-time? Well, I spent a good deal of Friday evening in a friend’s room, where a large group of us attempted to learn the dance moves to Michael Jackson’s Thriller and then to perform them. Unfortunately, because there was about two square meters of available floor space, I ended up doing my zombie march left into my friend’s zombie turn, and it just turned into a really big, fun mess. We then decided that in order to have more space, we needed to move outside… so we all started doing the moves to Thriller outside in the hall of the dorm. Thankfully, only a few people stopped to watch, most likely jaded by the habitual crazy antics of CC students on Friday nights.
The next day, I checked out the big craft fair happening in Worner Centre and struggled (successfully) with the temptation to buy everything, leaving with most of my money still in pocket. I then raced to my room at about 2:55 to pack for my trip to the CC Cabin, which was leaving at 3:00. Not the most brilliant plan, but I made it. Going up to the CC Cabin was part of my ORC (Outdoor Recreation Club) leadership training, which is something that the ORC (read: outdoors, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, etc etc etc club) puts on to train students who want to learn how to lead trips in the outdoors. My last ORC trip for the leadership training had been out in the wilderness, and I’d spent the night absolutely freezing in my sleeping bag, which I’d borrowed it from a friend and forgotten to check to how many degrees it kept you warm). So, I was really happy to be staying in the warm and comfortable CC Cabin this time. The topic of training was “soft skills”, which turned out to be sort of group dynamics and interpersonal skills, and we did some games surrounding that and talked through some scenarios. However, the best activity was after dinner… we were told to blindfold a partner and lead them outside on a wilderness adventure! When I was blindfolded, my partner had me running, skipping, rock climbing, and leap-frogging through the wilderness, which was absolutely hilarious and a lot of fun. The next day, after cleaning up the cabin, we toted ourselves back to CC, just in time for brunch J.
That is so awesome….I love CC! and I can’t wait to go on an adventure like this.