Today turned out to be a bigger day than I expected. Looking back I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. Time will tell I guess. And if I seem to get emotional and reflective it's just because I talked to my mom, and I'm listening to Isn't It Romantic, the CD I made for Jenn and I so you'll have to forgive me.

Well I woke up and went to get Phil and Nina. They were already packed and waiting for me when I showed up. As per the plan, I drove to Old Fort William, they left me there and they picked me up at two.

The fort was WAY cool! You started out at the visitors center and could do either a bus ride of do a nature walk to the fort. I walked and along the route there were signs about the vegetation etc. and how they were used by the natives and the early settlers. The fort was finishing up the Great Rendezvous but there were still some cool activities. I got to see an axe throwing contest, a musket flintlock reliability contest, a few voyageur games and the arrival of the natives tot he fort. I missed the landing of the canoes because I was getting picked up then but maybe next time I'm in the Bay.

I explored a few areas I wasn't supposed to I guess but no one told me I couldn't go there but I went everywhere I possibly could. The realism they try to convey is astounding, right down to the building of what they need or making it. The whole atmosphere is pretty cool actually. I used up 4 rolls of film at the fort. I'll pick them up tomorrow I think.

When I got back, Phil, Nina and I discussed Monday and then Laura came home. She had found a wounded chipmunk in the conservation area and brought it home. The poor little guy seems to have broken his back legs or something like that. She's going to bring him to the vet's tomorrow at lunch. She's not sure how things will turn out but what's supposed to happen will happen. Laura and I went and spent just about all of our petty cash on stuff we need to make it for a while. We also scammed a few freebies at Wal-Mart and Fabricland (Should be called anti-man land. God that place pisses me off sometimes). WE just need to find a few more things and we should be all set. Nina and Phil got the groups ready, chose their groups, did the Swap Shop records and sorted the T-shirts. I think we're ready for bear (I found out where that saying comes from today now that I remember). Loaded for bear comes from the flint lock rifle days. Because you would set your load and shot differently for each animal you were hunting when you hunted grizzly, you would put in more powder and an extra 30 gauge shot. Then you would say you were loaded for bear. I thought that was pretty cool.

When Laura and I got back we started our laundry and figured out the rest of Monday (which had pretty much already been decided with Phil, Nina and I already). Both morning workshops cut to ½ hour each, a break as normal then bridges until lunch. After lunch both workshops again cut by ½ hour then a Swap Shop nature hike. I think tomorrow will go smoother.

I've started to notice the team dynamic shift quite a bit in our personal time. I'm not saying they're rifts but they're the first signs of the honeymoon definitely being over. I don't think that it's bad just because of the situations I've seen with Part II's in Scouting (I've never really experienced it but seen and heard about it). I know that it's normal. Once it starts to affect the way we work together then I'll need to come up with a creative solution to the problem.

I've talked quite a bit about it to Laura and I know that she's trying to avoid conflict. I'm not sure that that's healthy or possible but at least I know that she's aware of potential problems.

We just need to keep one thing in mind as we do this. We're doing it for the kids. The rest is irrelevant. Monday will be hellish so I'm going to sleep. Good night.