Day Five - Friday

We were cave dwellers today! Another great hike with great views. And it was especially great for our group of 4 girls because everyone made it the whole way - that was great.

Breakfast was a parfait. I got there later than everyone else and they all said they hated it. Tons of substitutions in the dining room today. I had eggs again, which was fine because it was one of the higher calorie breakfasts for the parfait. Sorry, no pic of the parfait or the eggies.

Then we had our hike - it was called Boy Scout Cave. Here are some pics. :)

Kim at one of our resting points after climbing up some really steep rocks:

The inside of the cave. Inside there was an opening that had lots of sunlight coming through:

The hiking group for the day:

Looking out of the cave:

After the hike we had Stretch class - love it, especially after a hike. Then we had lunch, which was parsnip soup (OK) and a caesar salad (pretty good).

After lunch we had lecture and those of us staying til next week had a separate lecture. There were only about 15 of us in the room. We had to go around and say what our biggest accomplishment was for the week. A lot of people got pretty emotional about what they've gone through. The staff told us that it was normal to cry at least once a week and that many people cry every day. They said if you haven't cried, don't be afraid to let it out! I thought "Crap, I haven't cried yet, muster up some tears!" I know I will be sad on Sunday when the other 3 girls leave. It was so nice to see them and I'm getting reminded of the fact that I'll be going home alone and to my lonely lil' apartment. It was a little weird to move somewhere and live there for 3 short weeks and work for less than that before going on a 2-week vacation. I'm sure I'll be fine, but that has definitely been weighing on my mind a bit. :( I'm glad we met a friend here, Ann, and she is from Chicago too! She is staying one more week so we'l get to hang out next week.

After that, we had 3 classes (cardio circuit, kickboxing and a pool class). The days are going by much faster, but everything is still very tough! After the classes we had dinner (BBQ turkey burger which I didn't like (sense a theme?) but everyone else seemed to). Then we had NO LECTURE after dinner - awesome! They set up a movie for us on a screen outside. We went there for a bit but them moved over to one of the little pool cabana areas to chitchat. That's about it! Tomorrow we'll be hiking again and then the 3 other girls will go through their graduation ceremony. Hope everyone's having a good weekend - have some drinks for me! :)