BEDA? I'd rather be in bed.

HELLO BEDA POST #3!

It is me again, your currently faithful blogger.

Today was a really long day, I am exhausted.

I awoke this morning and finished my 4H paperwork, I finally left the house around noon, and took the 35 minute journey to National (NAY-SHUN-UL), IA, where our fairgrounds are located. When I got there, it was chaos; crazy parents, screaming children, panting pets, sweating judges, and swarming County Council members.

I was one of the County Council members, noted by my hunter green and white shirt. I went through the judging and got eight of my thirteen held back as possible state exhibits. Although none of them made it on, I still received 8 purple ribbons, and 5 blues. My sister, however did make it on with her light manipulation project. (So, technically, I also did since I took the picture displayed on her cover.) There were a few projects that I didn't expect more than a blue ribbon on that recived purples, so, I remained content.

I stayed at the fair 3 hours after judging to help set up the state fair booth, it was rathed exhausting...and it probably didn't help that I forgot to eat today. I got up at 7:30, and had only had a piece of gum by the time it reached 3 o'clock. Luckily, my friend Lauren was given 4 dozen free cookies, so she gave me two cookies. They were tasty.

Moving on to another subject. I was informed tonight that I have been asked to be Shepard for a program called New Beginnings! It's a spiritual retreat weekend dedicated to youth in grades 7-9 sponsored by the Episcopal Church. I'm pretty excited to have been asked, and probably will accept. Accepting means that I will have to dedicate a weekend in both the fall and spring. Which, honestly, is one of the best things I could have asked for.

Tomorrow is another big day, so I'm off to bed. (So. Tired.) Goodnight Blogosphere.

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