Fall is coming!

Well this weekend I got to see some of fall with the leaves changing colors in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was the annual CO Fall Retreat Trip! It was such a needed trip for sure. This year was different from the past, because usually we are with other schools in the Birmingham region for  CO, but all the schools schedules couldn't work out so it was just Troy this time. We loaded up and headed out around 4pm. Making the trip a long one since it was at night, we arrived around 11:15 there time. Our car was some of the first to get there so we would check in then go to the cabin to unpack and then go back to hang out and wait for everyone else to arrive! Majority of the people were there by 12 so we all hung out and played some games till about 1:30am. We were all starting to get tired and I think it was a little after 2 we got into bed, knowing we would be up and at breakfast by 8. After breakfast we would start our first talk. The theme in all of them were about Satisfaction and where ours was. Talking about broken cisterns that we try to fill up with things that satisfy us and ultimately it never would. After that we would be in our groups, the first White Water Rafting group would leave while the rest of us were free to do whatever we wanted to do. Many of us would just go to the field and courts to play volleyball, basketball, football, some hung their eno's and then just chilled. It was a weekend just to rest and enjoy our community. So we would go to lunch and then the second group (my group) would make our way to rafting! It was a beautiful day for it! Myself and 4 Farmhouse guys would be in a raft together and it was a blast, we caught a few good spots that we would "ride" good and get soaked. One of the guides said that we had the best run of the week! We would finish the night with dinner and another talk and then a hangout session. We had the worst dance contest and birthday cake for 3 people that was on the trip and then also the tradition of the Gallon Challenge, this is nothing I wish on anyone. History was made with someone who completed it! What it is, everyone who does it has a gallon of milk and has an hour to drink or chug it and has to not throw any of it up within 5 minutes after completing it. Only one person made it to finish it and hold it down 5 minutes after, and then another guy only let a little bit out and completed it. There was 6 guys who did it total. This may sound nasty and it is, but it is a tradition and it brings our community together, For that hour majority of the group stood around to watch the group try to complete this. Sunday we would close out with our last session and then head back south to Troy. I was so glad that Emily got to go and that we made the trip together! Now its back to research paper, presentations, case studies and all that fun stuff!! Hope that you all have a great week!