Thread:61Storm/@comment-29709319-20190621035327/@comment-29326205-20191012135315

Back from ECO Week. We all survived even though some of the kiddos weren't as well prepared for the weather as I was. On Thursday, there was about 6 inches of snow on the ground in the morning and it was still falling most of the morning. Many students left the lodge without hats, gloves, extra socks, or boots with laces untied. I lent my gloves to a child who had forgotten his in his room and spent way too much time adjusting ponchos over children and their backpacks to keep the snow off. I was usually at the back of the pack both because 1) I've got a bad knee and am out of shape and 2) the kiddos are to be 'sandwiched' between adults at all times. The little girl in front of me had a huge gap between the back of her ankle and the opening of her hiking boot. I tried to convince her to tie her laces but she said it didn't matter. It really did - snow got into her boots and once you have cold, wet feet, nothing is fun anymore. She was miserable on the hike back to the YMCA camp.

Yesterday, when I arrived home, my sister (from Phoenix) and her sister-in-law (from Ecuador) were already there. My sister has a wedding to attend today in Colorado about 2 hours from my house but only 20 minutes from our cousin's house. So I'm leaving home again very soon to stay with our cousins this weekend. I'll be home Sunday night after dropping my sister & SIL at the Denver airport. No rest for me this weekend - straight back to school for a full day of volunteering on Monday. As the saying goes, I can sleep when I'm dead.