Manly Bonding

I'm back, and in a little pain. This weekend was a blast, though.
WE went camping first. It was some farmer's property near a lake that they had gone to last year, so we set up tents and stuff up on a little ridge where the road was. Then we built a fire (bunch of college guys and fire...hmmm) and roasted hot dogs. This all took much longer than normal, because we were also talking and occasionally tackling one another for no good reason. Once it got dark, Matt Podszous, or something like that spelling, led a little talk. Someone else I had never met before gave his testimony, which was good, and then left. We broke up into small groups and prayed for awhile, and then we had the adventure of cooking smores. It was fun, even though i was only really hungry for one. Oh well.
About 4:30am, the wind was HOWLING. It didn't help we were on a ridge, of course. I was afraid the tent me and three other guys were in was gonna fall over. But we survived the night, thankfully. Everyone woke up around 8:30 and we ate "breakfast" which consisted of cheap cake donuts and some cinnamon pastry type things. And Orange Juice. Yummy!
Then we packed up camp and headed to the paintball place. After sitting around for awhile (i don't think anyone really knew what the heck was going on) we got our safety talk, got our masks and guns (which they call "markers") and loaded up. The ref (I didn't know they had refs either) led us way into the forest, and proceded to tell us the rules. You get hit, you call "hit", but your barrel cover on, and hold your gun in the air until you get back to the "safe zone." The first round I got hit right in the goggles. I didn't know what the heck I was doing the first round, so it was a little crazy. After Blue Army (my team) won, then we changed some directions and loaded up. The guns have little hoppers on top where all the paintballs are stored. You pop open the back and pour em in! The second round i played defense so i didn't get hit. The third round, which was capture the flag, was intense. I decided to be a little more adventerous. I was on a hill when a Blue with the flag need some cover fire, cuz he was low on paint. Me and another kid holding the hill went with him, and got pinned down by some guys behind some really good cover. We had squat for cover. I got pelted in the chest and arm 4 times or so, but they didn't break, which hurts even more. He also shot me in the top of the head twice. The second one broke. The fourth round i ran out of ammo. That was dumb. The fifth round was the most fun I had. They had this huge plywood fort thingy, and the Blues were defending it. When i was running over the little bridge to get the fort, i fell flat on my face. That's probably the worst injury i recieved. We held the fort and won the last round!
That about it...lot's of sweating, running, shouting, and wildly spraying an area of moving brush hoping it's a Red, not a Blue.
Exciting, I know.
Now i'm sitting in my room, not wanting to do homework, but just wanting to go to bed for awhile. I might.
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