So I'm finally writing the camping chapter even tho no one actually cares.

So my mom, my sister, Alexandra, my mom's friend and I went camping for three days. Well actually it wasn't really three days cuz the first day we got there at like 6 or 7 and the last day we left at noon. So really it was like one and a half days. Anyway it was v fun a chipmunk came and ate our hot dog buns and I named it Alvin so whenever it would eat our food I'd scream "ALVIIIN" but no one really found it that funny

^ V dramatic picture of Alvin

And we roasted marshmallows and hot dogs and it was amazing. I sang "the campfire song song" from spongebob.

And the second day we went to a lake in the morning an it was so cold but I jumped in and it felt amazing. And my sister and Alex ( ur name is long so I'm writing Alex from now on) went in a canoe and they only had one paddle and they fucking sucked so I grabbed the boat and swam to where we were trying to go. But I didn't realize how god damn hard it is to pull a boat with two ppl in it. And my muscles (what muscles?) were exhausted but i couldn't just give up so I tortured myself. I was really impressed with myself but I knew I was gonna be sore. Also we were going rock climbing the same day and my muscles (I'm literally so lost what muscles r u talking about) were already dying and my energy was drained cuz I was getting kinda sick. Needless to say, I was so freaking sore the next day. But I went rock climbing anyway and it was cool af. I can now say I climbed a mountain. And it wasn't even hard, it was really fun actually. But getting down is the part that terrified me. We had to do this thing called rappelling and ur p much leaning into a rope, walking sideways down the vertical side of a mountain.

I was so fucking scared for my life the entire way down. And my mom said she'd never seen me so terrified in my life. But I conquered my fear so ig that's a plus.

Here are some more rock climbing pics

The view was breathtaking

Also I made a lion king reference and no one laughed.

""What's that dark spot?"

Also at night the stars were so fucking beautiful. I was looking at them and I attempted to describe how it made me feel in words. And it kind if got really deep cuz it effected me emotionally. This is what I wrote in my notes:

I slept outside and the sky was the most beautiful thing. It's like each ball of light captured the essence of pure beauty and all of these lights were scattered over a blanket of darkness to brighten it. It's quite literally breath taking. I gasp at each glance. Every time I look up it's as if it got prettier and my breath is taken away all over again. I feel this burst of ecstasy when I look up and no words can give this feeling justice. The collection of balls of flaming gas freckled across the darkness is the most beautiful thing existing. But beautiful isn't the right word. It's incredible, otherworldly, unparalleled, inexplicable, breathtaking, fascinating, mesmerizing... It doesn't even matter what word I chose because no words can possibly describe it properly. It's beauty is too grandiose to be described with something as simple as words. It's something you have to see to understand. And I realize that even a star is insignificant in the universe, but it's the collection of stars that is so wonderful. I think that as an individual, we can't make a difference in the world and we p much mean nothing. But humans as a collective species can do and mean so much in the universe. Even if one day we're extinct, we as humans made an impact in the space time continuum and left evidence if our existence. I made a difference. You made a difference. We made a difference together simply by living and it's beautiful. And even if it disappears eventually, at least we got to live and see it while we're still here. And maybe in two days I'll go back to my existential crisis state of mind where I'm like "I'm insignificant and I'm gonna die anyway so why bother?" But right now I think that humanity means quite a lot in the universe. Because the world will end one day and we'll be long gone by the time it happens and the entire solar system might explode for all we know. But at least we were a big part of history, even when there's no one to hear about it. It still happened and we should be proud, even if our impact might be negative in some ways.

So yeah that got really deep. Also I slept outside the second night cuz there wasn't enough space in the tent cuz we put mattresses and my sister was spazzing out cuz she's a brat so I was just kind of like FUCK THIS and I brought a sleeping bag outside. But I couldn't sleep cuz I didn't want to close my eyes cuz the stars were so incredible. So I just ended up stargazing and listening to molly and crying. But I was also really happy at the same time bc of the effect the stars had on me. But it was really fucking cold so in the middle of the night I went to cuddle with my mom. Also I got this really weird bite on my hand. It was burning and the bump was growing at an alarming rate so I had to take Benadryl. Oh and the second night b4 going to sleep I went and jumped into the lake and it was really cold but it felt amazing. I was exhilarated. And I stayed there looking at the stars in the water in the pitch black and the silence and it was an amazing experience. And then I went in the hot tub to warm up and it felt so nice. I had so much fun.

And on the way home we stopped at a waterfall and it was so pretty and I got really close to it. And there was a rainbow in the mist

^^LoOk HoW cLoSe I wAs^^

Also guys the fact that the end of the rainbow is like inside the waterfall and is therefore inaccessible makes me think that there might be a pot of gold at the end. I mean u never know unless you actually go check which is dangerous.

Also there were a lot of little waterfalls around it and I got really close. Like I put my hand under it.

(Ignore my face, this is just to show u how close I was)

I enjoyed myself so much I'm so happy I did this. I really like being in nature. I mean I don't like going outside usually but if it's to go somewhere in the mountains or smt I'm all for it.

Also I had so many notifications when I got back that I forgot to catch up on the stories I'm reading. But I can't really do that rn cuz it's really late. But I will tmr.

Mkay goodnight guys :)