Boy’s State Baby! Part 1

On May 24, the Boys State session was initiated. It seemed a little confusing at first because they really didn’t have much instructions to go where to register and where to park, etc. After we my parents and I found where we were suppose to go, I had no idea where to sit and what to do in the gym. There were names on the sections of the bleachers. I definitely had no clue what they meant. As soon as they called the section we chose to sit at, I went to give up my information to they registration lady. The people were actually quite nice, overall. And during the whole process there was this guy that was talking into a microphone and you could barely hear him over the roar. Soon to find he was the “Kernel.” In the next step of the registration, I obtained my shirts and, not sure of which size to get, I got the large. Everybody was strangers to me, and of course I was a little nervous. Who wouldn’t be right? When I got my shirts, I also got my the name of my city which I was in. That is what the names were on the bleachers I had not what were for. Once I sat in the city’s section and after a couple minutes, I was called my our Junior Counselor, Mr. Bowland. He was carrying a flag in his hand with Reel City on it, which was my city. Calling us to go outside as a group, I followed everyone in a line. Then he told us to go get our stuff, and then go back to the bleachers and wait for him. So I went to go get the stuff, and come to find out my suitcase was A LOT heavier than anticipated. I tried on my right shoulder and that wasn’t happening since that was the shoulder I broke a couple years ago when I fell off my porch. Walking up the stairs, once I got my dorm number, was so terrible for me since our city happened to be on the fifth floor. My dad had to carry it up the stairs it was so heavy. Next time, a rolling suitcase is required. Unpacking everything was cool I guess, but It all had to follow certain guidelines. It was all most like the military, in how they have a place for everything. Once everything was done my parents left after we said our goodbyes. This was the start of Boys State.