Mr. Banana and His Strawberry Buddies

Coincidentally, we got a 69 on this “assignment”. (Just a fun thing we did in study hall, we had to make food look good. Well, I think that was the point… :P). It wasn’t an actual grade :P.

Early Morning Old Port Meetup

I woke up a minute before my alarm went off- 5:29. Jason IMed me and told me he was about to leave. I got ready and around 6:10 he arrived in the driveway. I was already downstairs by then and was just putting my shoes on. In his car, I took his GPS and put in Jake’s address. A few red lights later, we were at Jake’s house. I was about to knock on his door but saw him looking out the window so I just went back into the car. Moments later, he came out of his house and into the car. Off we went- to the State Pier.

We were the last ones to arrive, and boy was it cold near the water. Once we met up with the others, Bob gave Jake the A3000 to use along with three rolls of film.

I am too lazy to describe the rest of the meet up, so take a look at the photos, which are not in chonological order :P.

After the meet up, I went to Deering Oaks park with Jake.

US Coast Guard Helicopter Visits Deering

On the 17th, three US Coast Guards visited Deering (at least one was a graduate of Deering, I am not sure about the other two). They landed their helicopter in the field. During lunch, students gathered around and asked the coast guards all the questions they wanted and everyone who wanted to got to go into the helicopter (although not for a ride, unfortunately :P).

I heard of the helicopter beforehand but didn’t know what they were talking about until I walked around and one of my friends asked me if I saw the helicopter. So I asked where, and she told me. The vice principal wanted some shots of the Longfellow kids that were going to come after lunch at Deering ended, so she excused me from class (well, part of it). She also excused Jake when I brought him to the helicopter after finding him right before lunch ended. We stayed for something like 15 minutes- not long. After taking some pictures, Jake and I decided to run back to the school. No idea why. Then we went to class.

Don’t Fret

Today during study hall (well, most of it) I went to Jake’s guitar class. I had to stay in study hall to “read” for 25 minutes first.

Hello Augusta

The day before, I went to sleep at around 2am and had to wake up around 7am, although I did wake up between 6-7, it was to talk to Jason for a bit. After those short conversations, I went back to sleep. Until 7. Then I got up and got ready. Jason arrived at 7:35ish. His GPS wasn’t working until he found a paper clip or something and poked the reset button. Off to Augusta we go.

About an hour later, we arrived at the State House. It was cold and Jason and I couldn’t find anyone until Danny pulled into the parking lot with his son. I looked back as we headed towards Danny’s car and I saw Gwyn following us. Apparently everyone was out front. Which I thought I checked. Anyway, after talking a bit and waiting, we left and walked around.

After walking down some railroad tracks, we climbed up to a bridge and crossed it, and went to where the Augusta Mental Health Institute used to operate. Of course, the buildings are empty now and boarded up, but we managed to find a way into every one of them and take photos in there.

Soon tired and hungry, we walked around looking for a place to eat. Everywhere seemed to be closed, so we walked some more and found some chain stores. We ended up going to Friendly’s, where I had a holycraphuge bacon cheeseburger. Yes, I finished it, along with the ice cream that Danny gave to me (his food came with ice cream, mine didn’t). Shortly after, (at this point, it was just Jason, Me, and Danny along with Jared) we all headed back to the parking lot. Danny and Jared decided to go into the museum, and Jason and I were about to head home. But we left the car and decided to join Danny and Jared.

After a while in there, we ACTUALLY left and went our separate ways. Jason and I went into a Starbucks/Burger King where he got some Pumpkin Spice Latte thing and I got a Vanilla Chai Latte along with a Whopper Jr. from Burger King. An hourish ride home awaited me, and a bit longer for Jason. It was raining hard the whole way home.