hello friends!
lo, I have made my glorious return to the keyboard! how I have missed the sweet, sweet clack of finger on keyboard! the supple caress of plastic on skin! the luxurious taste of qwerty!
regardless, I am back, the consciousness is streamy, and the minutes are once again taking precedence over homework. enjoy!
what we done did
- larkin went on a walk in portland and her knee hurt, plenty of pups though
- jackie and soren tried to go sea kayaking but we only saw kayaking
- bald headed steve said it was too windy
- yay safety i suppose?
- bentley’s fam and also dog went apple picking and then got lost in the sunflower maze
- molly went for a run in the arb literally five minutes ago
- anna played hide n seek in the arb
- she found someone but failed to tag them #insta?
- too slippery
- maybe someone fell from the bridge
- grace tried to hike katahdin but the inreach said rain so they returned
- bentley and his family ALSO hiked mt. phillip and saw some nice leaves
- more than six leaves, less than uh 3 billion
- abby went to reid state park to count some barnacles and then someones quadrat got washed out to see and then washed back to shore so #LNT fulfilled
- other grace also went there and then had another ecology trip to giants stairs
- yay geology and yay seaweed
- ben saw autumn, walking in the arb (it’s real)
- julia didn’t do much and walked with a dog on runnals
- russ johnson’s dog pooped on its tennis ball
- megan went to camden with her parents and saw andre the seal in rockport and then went to rockland breakwater light and her dad didn’t like it
- anna part two went swimming at the cabin on friday and there was a fire and it was at the cabin and so was jim from special collections
- yay jim and his bike shorts
- caroline and will and others climbed tumbledown, saw some leaves, but she’s bad at counting and will doesn’t believe in counting
- jackie part two biked to the hume center and then swam after the water spoke unto her and then had a cold bike back
- soren biked down to the oxbow and read a lil bookie book
what we gonna do
- bentley and SJ maybe sunrise french? wednesday?
- jack and maxwell house will summit some mountain (all details tbd)
- caroline is interested in doing something on sunday hit her up
- owen wants to hike sugarloaf and is looking for a co leader (^?)
- soren is going to swan island with anna to peep a 40s ghost town
- grace andrews wants to lead a parents weekend type thing, possibly also not
- maybe chill?
- grace horne and ming will be hiking mt abraham and jakub will shadow
- christina is thinking about a wednesday sunset of french! perfect circle!! watercolor hike? headlamps?? incredible
ltt
- leader training trips! a necessary step in becoming a COC leader
- goes over hard skills (stoves, tents, etc.) and soft ones (leadership)
- first one in two weeks (october 11/12)
- it’s a full weekend – friday overnight to sunday afternoon
- direct questions to jackie or bentley!
- sign ups tomorrow in the weekly email
wfa
- wilderness first aid!
- november 2 and 3
- full weekend, 8-4ish each day
- also necessary step in coc leadership process
- if you lead 2 trips post course, then it’s free! or else we’ll bill you. sorry
- also looks good on a resume
IDs
- if you have unlimited swipes, fill out ur ID here so we can get pizza and stuff from dane train
unrelated but abby knows her acronyms
fall break
- coming up, believe it or not
- three trips going out, sign ups close on sunday night (at 8:30)
- lottery based sign ups
committees
trips
- go see em to find out how to become a leader, or to propose an acronym
cabin, diversity and inclusion, and events absent
gear
- gear exists
- use it
- they love you almost as much as they love gear
sugaring
- these leaders believe in numbers
- ERGO they will inventory the sugarbush
- thursday at 8 am !
- the sugarbush is down by the hill house but they’ll meet in the coc office
POLL
- what is christina knitting?
- a rope to lasso cattle? 3!
- hat? 7?
hot seat – will o’connor!
- arnold palmer
- excellent poll
- neither
- head and shoulders
- since spring of senior year
- yes you can
- no i cant
- i’very day
- lights are nice
- number four
- i dont believe in numbers
- thats personal
- gesundheit
- tumbledown
- weft
- right
- uh uh uhh uh uh uh an armchair like la z boy