TRAINING CAMP!!! Two words I cannot stop thinking about. I leave for training camp in one day. Heading to TN for a week (never been). I have been packing this past week. Trying to fit all my belongings into a backpack. (This may seem okay for a week…but I keep thinking about packing it for 11 months!) It can be done. It has been done, but how am I going to do it? Talk about simplifying life.
Thankfully former racers have made packing lists for future racers (greatly appreciated!), but it has been a bit overwhelming. So many different lists, many visits to REI and Target, and I still feel like I am missing something. I keep running through my list in my head. Did I forget anything?
Nevertheless, my pack is now sitting next to me completely full, unable to get anything else in. I have my tent strapped to the bottom, my sleeping bag and sleeping pad packed inside along with my clothes, pillow, shoes, and toiletries. Who knew I could get it all in there. Yet I still feel like I am missing something.
Now that the packing is done (even though it lingers in the back of my mind), I can think about the excitement training camp will hold. I will get to meet the entire “A-squad” (my team, my family for the next year), meet the leaders, meet the people I have been emailing back and forth with questions, wear green (our team color for the week) and experience God in new ways. I know God will meet us all there and I am excited to see what he has in store!
(shocked, but I did it!….I think)
I will update you after training camp and tell you all about it!
God Bless you! And thank you for your prayers! I feel loved and supported!
