The Ransburg I've Always Known

Tonight was the Staff Banquet and in a few days we will all be gone and living our lives outside of camp. I have here below the words to the poem I read this past summer at the Closing Campfire:

THE RANSBURG I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN

By Thomas Decker

There is a place high among the trees,

On the Banks of Lake Monroe.

The Flag of which flies in the breeze,

The Red and White are proudly shown.

This is the Ransburg, I've always known.

There is a place right on the Beach,

Where the Earth and the Water silently meet.

And the Sun sets far beyond our reach,

And in the Sky the Stars we greet.

This is the Ransburg, I've always known.

There is a place where seasons go by,

As the trees stretch onward high.

And in the end the Scene is all nigh,

As the shining Stars dance across the sky.

This is the Ransburg, I've always known.

There is a Fire that burns of red,

With the smoke rising high above.

To every Scout and Friend it is said,

There is a place here that I love.

And that is the Ransburg, I've Always Known.

Here at Ransburg

I am here at Ransburg. Holla to the Firecrafter Board Coordination Blog! It's Raining. Welcome to Indiana.

A Tiresome Time

Yesterday, I just completed ten hours on my Eagle Scout Service Project, which is near completion. Last Saturday, the one before yesterday I had people clean out part of my church which is currently under renovation, and yesterday I had them work on a rod iron fence that will be painted today, also I have a garden to finish, but the hard part is over. Not to mention during all this I have been sick. This basically explains why I wasn't at Fellowship this weekend.

The Pacers, who apparently are now the "Cinderella Team" of the NBA won last night, so now we get to play our most favorite team. My dad's probably going to get some tickets to the Friday Night game so I probably won't be at the staff weekend till Saturday, but I would just love to boo the hell out of the Pistons, that just being me. Well, I have a few hours left before I have to go back to my project to get it finished.

Happy Birthday to Me!

I will be quick, but today is my birthday so I am enjoying today. However my school feels it's appropriate to have their Scholastic Awards Reconination Night tonight, since after all it is April 27th. So I have to go to that. I get to go to the Pacers game tommorow so I'm looking forward to that. That's about all.

The Air of April

I've been busy the last few weeks. Our Speech Team went to State, with me getting nothing, our Brain Game team finally lost to Cathedral, with Scott Pullom on their team (that makes 2 staff members I know that have on Brain Game), and I've started another season with Track and Field and we won our first meet yesterday against Brownsburg.

I finally got my licensce the day before Easter but my sister's car continues to break down, or so she says, so she's taking my car to her church and back every Sunday and Wednesday and I don't appear to be using it that much. This summer though that will change when the car is down in Bloomington for most of the summer. That's about I really have to say for now, I hope to be seeing you guys in another month or so.

A Few Good Days

I'll be quick here. Today I just played the second round of my Brain Game with our team smoking Perry Merdian 52 to 30, so now we will play Cathedral. The meet is on April 10th at 5pm just in case anyone wants to see it. At my Speech Sectional I placed 4th in Radio which means I get to go to State, and our team place 4th in our Sectional as well. Finally, I go my contract and I do apparently have a job as a Field Sports Councilor, however I'm not taking any chances since they screwed up last year on my contract. Well I don't think they did. I attended an Eagle Court of Honor last Sunday for two friends in my troop and Chris Leppard was there in Marine attire, so it was nice to see him again. Well that's all I have to say for now.

A Few Good Days

Feburary

Nothing much has really happened, except I am currenlty balancing about three different school activities at the same time. I just started track last week and I starting to get back into the whole thing, which I haven't done in three years. Also I'm still in Brain Game, which we did beat Center Grove in and now we get to play our favorite school, Perry Meridian. And Speech is doing okay, the next thing coming is Sectionals and I don't have a whole lot to prepare for. Tomorow I plan on finally taking my drive test so I could be a liscensed driver as of tomorow. So that's about all that's happening right now.