i had an awesome time at my unitarian retreat!!!!

i'm too tarred out to blog much.

but we had us a great time!

yay!

and we had an earth worship pagan service this morning.

and the place we went is the only entirely green built campground in the country. it was hella cool - with signs everywhere and staff who told about the ecofriendly building process.
www.ymcaeastbay.org/camparroyo/

plus it was fucking gorgeous!

and i hiked to the top of the mountain range above it twice! my view at the top was of the reservoir pictured here.
www.ebparks.org/parks/del_valle

i sat and meditated at this very bench.

last night we gathered around the campfire and sang old songs like "if i had a hammer" and "rattlin' bog." and we toasted marshmallows for s'mores.

i missed my boyfriend bigtime! he was always so much fun at our retreats outside of nashville. he always led the band at the saturday night dance. and he usually did the sound for the talent show. and we'd cuddle around the campfire. everyone loved him and i got loved up on by all my friends. i felt lonely the first night at the retreat here in cali missing all my old friends.

last nights talent show was so much fun! the little kids stood up and did simple gymnastics, forgot the lyrics to their songs, played french horn and classical guitar badly and we clapped and clapped for them! we all thought they were just great! it's so great to see kids getting loved up on and receiving praise for just trying. they loved getting up and telling really stale knock knock jokes. the jokes were new to them and they thought they were soooo funny!

i missed my baby bad on friday night but by saturday, i'd made some new friends here. and by saturday night i was having the time of my life and i beat everyone at taboo and helped my team win! yay! i love word games. (and i'd come in last at scrabble the night before - some old guy spelled "treating" and got a zillion points! so i needed to redeem myself!)