6. I've learned that it is possible to coexist with 12 other girls in one room, sharing 1 shower and 2 sinks and not have any drama. Didn't know a realm like this existed, but I love it, new favorite realm that I want all other girls in the world to visit.
Upon arriving to training camp we were given this glorious option of either pitching our tents for the week, staying in a rustic cabin or staying in an air conditioned cabin. I know it's completely unexpected, but my choice was the air conditioned cabin for the week. I thought it might make the GA weather a little more bearable for the week. So I quickly select my bed, it was perfect, mainly because it was a bed. It was one of the beds that wasn't bunked which is glorious for a tall person. I used to be the girl that either fell off the top bunk of the way to the bathroom in the middle of the night or left camp with a bruised forehead from sitting up one too many times on the bottom bunk. Also, I have great placement, it's in this nice corner with lots of shelves and cabinets and next to the sink! Happy day, convenience is all around me!
Just a quick tidbit about me. I've never shared a room before and have only had to share a bathroom for one year (outside of sharing one with the brother growing up). I am the girl that pays the extra rent to have my own room and bedroom. I like my space. I like that I don't have to worry about anyone else's idea of cleanliness.
Back to the cabin. The AC was awesome…for the one whole day it worked. The rest of the week we lived in a cinder block hotbox, there was no escaping the sweat. You went to bed sweaty and woke up sweaty. That's neat right? You get used to it. My absolute favorite part, that I wasn't expecting, was that there were 12 other girls in there. We had one bathroom with one shower and commode, one mirror and three sinks. Did you know that there wasn't a single fight all week? We shared! We all got along, we all really enjoyed being around each other!
I loved the talks we got to have, getting splashed with water from the ridiculously powerful sinks cause it was funny, Jeannie's funk butt keeping my nice clean bed in order, April's stuff slowly migrating over onto my bed, and my favorite was finding someone's socks from the campout in the bottom of my sleeping bag (they were still wet and wow did they have some stank!) when I got home.
You think I'm joking or being sarcastic, but I'm not. I loved being in community with women that are my age and enjoying every minute of it knowing that I wasn't going to have to deal with childish drama or people being inconsiderate or selfish.
I've enjoyed a bed, living in AC and sleeping a full night, but I miss sweating it up in style with my cabin girls!
