Day in the life of a short person

So it's been like two months almost i haven't even thought about this until we started one up for the group that went to New Orleans. I guess nothing huge has really happened atleast not that i can remember. Over Spring Break I went down to New Orleans this was def one of those trips were it's like uhm i saw all of this horific stuff but can even descirbe it it's so bad. We left on Sat morning and 3 of us flew while the rest of the group took a van. The three of us got there and waited for a shuttle that ended up taking us to the wrong camp and so we ended up being put to work as soon as we got there. Then finaly got to this amazingly nice rediculously large tent camp in the middle of a parking lot in Central Park. Sunday was interesting in the morning our group took a trip to the ninth ward which was were the levy broke and it was just absolutely devastated. It is the hardest place to even try to describe because the damage was so bad. Houses were on top of eachother, on top cars, moved off there foundations, they are even still finding dead bodies in the area. Then that afternoon our group (me, Dani, Alyssa, Morgan, Jeremy, Jazz, Jon, Julie, Steve, Spencer and Shelby) went back to the camp we were dropped at the first day and we finished cleaning it up and packing everything away. I am so gladd that wasn't the place we were staying it made the place we stayed at a 5 star hotel. Then Monday are group got split up me and 3 or 4 other people went to this ladies mom's best friends (talk about family ties) home to gut it. It was orginaly going to take 2 to 3 hours but when we got there it was 10 times worse then we thought and we really needed our whole group to do it but instead we ended up working all day on it and finished it and got to know this lady that lives there her name is coni she and her husband actually made us crawfish Tues night for dinner for the entire SV group they are so amazing. Then on Tues our whole group went to Gut our first group house 2nd for me. It was about 3 times worse then the first house we couldn't even walk in the front door cause every room was pilled floor to ceiling with stuff. I got to take out freezer with jon and steve that thing sucked not going to lie it was by fair worse then all three of the fridges we took out in the other house. Once we got it out to the street pretty much got it down and then ran away from it and almost pucked cause the stinch was so bad. Uhm then that night went to dinner. Oh yea almost forgot each night there is 24/7 security guards according to the sheets they didn't mention that it was the guys that did the security so each night me and a couple other guys and some girls stayed up till 3 or 6 in the morning watching the grounds and keeping the drugies and drunk people out of the camp. Then after dinner that night we through a party for Luke who turned 9 and another girl that was there and let me tell you that was the last place i planned on DJ'ing a party. Wed. we went back to the same house to take out all the walls and finish it that mornign then in the afternoon me, dani, morgan, alyssa, and marc went to play with some inner city type children and bring food and juice to them. That was the my favorite part of the whole trip just being able to see the kids eyes totaly light up because they had some that they could play with that wouldn't threaten them or beat them up. I swear some of the parents in that area i just wanted to smack it was so bad. Then that night i really awesome talk with dani and Sharky (the camp manger). Thurs. our group was back at the camp and we worked there all day serving food and doing stuff to make sure the camp was working cause they have a store and stuff and then also serve hot meals to all the homeless people that are living in New Orleans right now. Then that night our entire SV group went out to dinner and then took a walk around the boardwalk. We all then went to the peir and heard someones story about how they survived it was really cool. Then that night we got back and me and dani had another amazing talk with sharkey and it was really cool forming a really awesome bond with the two of them Sharkey is one of those people that you meet and just hits you in the way to were you will remember him for a very very long time. I am actually workin on flying him up to indy so that he can share is story with people because it affected so many people. Then friday we all came home it was so hard to leave i felt tears starting to come on just because i felt like i shouldn't be leaving because there is so much still left to do. Got home and this week just seemed to drag on so fricken slow. I did get paid though and got 101$ back from the goverenment. Well i think this has been one of my longest post but i'm glad i finaly got it all out. I can't wait to go back down anyone up for a fall break trip or something. Hope everyone is doing well. Drop an e-mail or something sometime and let me know how yall are doing. Dani just FYI we are so going to paint your face too don't think you got out of it. Peace Love and Happy Easter everyone. Stay Safe!

Tyler Smart
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Ok so to be honest i don't even know when the last time i update was so i guess will just tell the past month. I have DJ'ed about 8 party's, Went to Fastbreak which was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. So many people accepted christ into there lives is what amazing. Totaly made me look at my life a different perspective. Then we had a the suprise party for Gabrielle and the Carters it was awesome. Uhm lately i have been trying to more grow in my friendships then to grow in relationships and it's totaly awesome. Like it's a lot less stress and much nicer. uhm Last weekend I went on a retreat called Destination Jesus. It was awesome I was able to grow in so many friendships and was able to form new ones as well. I was able to fix a friendship that was in serious need of fixing. I got my contract also last week i am going to be Firecrafter Coordinator. When i saw it i was like HELLO and extremly suprised. I am really nervous about it not going to lie but extremely excited at the same time. Scoutcraft Staff is going to Rock Out this year. The entire staff minus 1 is from Del-mi AKA the golden ghetto. It's going to be so tight. We have also gotten Race for Ray ready to go date is set. I have also gotten my eagle project approved and ready to go now it's just getting 1 final signature and to set a weekend and i am ready to go. I can't wait to get it over with it will feel like the biggest monkey has been lifted off my back. Well i am gonna go hope everyone has a wonderful how ever long it is till i update. Peace and much love to all.
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It has been what now 6 months i think almost since i have updated this idk it has been awhile and thats about all i know. I guess i can't remember where i left off the last time. Hope everyone is doing well. I guess i can talk about break. Got a nano ipod for christmas which i like but i really wanted a video because it would hold all of my songs oh well. Monday was pretty much just a chill day which was nice. Tues i went down to Bloomington and visited w/ Tom for awhile which was a lot of fun. Wanted Mother Bears for lunch but it was closed so went to Scoties instead which is really good. Then went back to his house and got a ton of songs and then just played x-box all day. It was a great day not going to lie. Came home and then went Ice Skating with Chang, Gab's, Grace, Chap, Liz, and Joest. It was a lot of fun. Then wed. i went and started the massive computer project at the Vickery's. I spent more time in a computer store than i have ever done in my life. We were there for 4 hours and spent $5,000 it was rediculous. We upgraded there computers from slowest to fastest though. Then Thurs. I spent the day gettin stuff started up and copying files onto the new desktop then went up to dinner with my grandma which was kinda weir cause it was the first time we had gone up there in like 4 years. Everything seemed so much different. Then on Friday i went back to the vickery's and got all the computers connected to the internet which not going to lie was a pain in the but and then Sat was a chill day cause of my dad's b-day. Had dinner w/ them and then went stopped at the V's fixed a printer went got allie then to Katherines house and then went Marsh went back to Kat's house hung w/ them for awhile then we went to Lindsay's then left and went back to the Carters. Then stopped by Kendals party and then went back to the Carters. Came home around 1 ish. Sunday hung out w/ kara for awhile before she went to florida and cause she was kinda upset i hadn't been over. Then on Monday ortho appointment and got told i get my braces off 9 months early i was so happy. Then on Tues went back to the vickery's and finished networking all the computers to eachother. Today was kinda laid back. Worked on computers most of the morning, went to the lifestyle christian store and got an awesome new sweatshirt then went Rock Climbing w/ joest and shocklee. I love this sport it is so relaxing and gets my mind off of all the stresses and feeling that are around me. Then went to SALT meeting and got some things squared away for the next few weeks. Tomorrow gost to work on eagle scout stuff i need to get my project started and finsihed or some people are going to beat me i think. Hope everyone is doing well. Cya at the staff banquet Sunday i hope. Have a great rest of break and god bless.
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How is everyone doing. I am doin great it's been a few weeks i guess don't even remember the last post. Well i guess it was before homecoming. Homecoming was frickin awesome. Game was amazing friday night and then worked sat and then the dance that night. Dance was pretty sweet I meet the coolest girl ever, Lauren. She is def. the most amazing person ever. So then got home bout 2 and had to work sunday.Week went by slowly then on Friday was the game down at the dome so me Wally, Kara, Sgrass, and Amanda all went to down to the RCA dome and pretty much had a great time downtown except for the whole alley incedent after the game sry bout that KP. So the Saturday we had Kara's suprise party. I got there at about 3 to get everything set up it was awesome she was so suprised. Totaly made my weekend and then we went to starbucks afterwards. Oh ya and tues. we had also woke up at 5 and suprised her at her house. The week following seemed to drag forever donuts and dew was monday but we didn't have the donuts so it was just dew. Still a lot of fun cause they are SOOOOOOOOO!!! Good!! lol (Steph). So then the week was really hard and long I found out that Brent Higgins died that morning so that made my whole week really difficult. Then this we went to Delaware for my cousins wedding it was really nice to see everyone again. The real big thing that ruined the weekend was my aunt, who is an alcoholic got drunk so it pretty much made the night really difficult because she was getting violent and saying things that didn't need to be said and realy degrading her daughter. I just wish people would not get hooked on alcohol and have it destroy there life almost or people around them. The sad part is she won't remember anything she said or did. Then on Sunday i went to dinner w/ Lauren at Steak'n'shake. That was fun. Then we went to mass and youthgroup of course i also bought rufus at party tree (the coolest stuffed rat anyone can buy.). So then Monday we did the actual Donuts and Dew and i got drink another 2 litter it was amazing. Then Tues. Me, Lauren, cassidy and christie went to #1 China Buffet. Then laur had XC practice so the rest of us went to Party tree and Starbucks. Then i took them home and went to kara's to fix her computer then came home and did hw. So pretty much been keeping myself busy. I am out now later peeps everyone have a great night.
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So pretty much been really busy lately. I haven't been sleeping much which is normal but i think it might be catchin up w/ me soon. This weekend was pretty sweet and extremely long. Friday pretty much worked all afternoon and it wasn't horrible. I found that I really enjoy my job and the people i work w/. Then I had to be at work at 6 in the AM on Sat which let me tell you that is an experience. It was def. a crappy saturday though except for the 5k walk. I got to work and started mowing the greens. Somehow i manged to run over a flag and got it jammed in the mower. I have yet to figure out how i did it but i did and it took a 1/2 hour to get the stupid thing out. Then in the process of doing that i manged to also break my headphones so i pretty much was not having a good start. Then i left and went to the bank cashed my paycheck which pretty much made me feel better. I had money! Went and picked up Steph Walstrom (Who is the bestest friend anyone could ever have!)and Amanda and we went to do a 5k charity walk which was ok. I def. did my slowest 5k time ever it was awesome. Then went back to work until 4:30 went to dinner w/ the family. That was ok but somehow i always manage to end up getting in a fight with them. Then came home pretty much did nothing but work on my stupid computer because it had another freakin virus. Then Sunday i spent the entire afternoon clearing the stupid thing of all the viruses that it kept finding. I went to church services on Sunday which was kinda cool cause they had the same sermon which talked about forgiviness and gave this story about how a king forgave a slave who owed this enormous debt and then that same slave went to someone who owed him money and put them in prison till they payed it back. When the king heard of this he was furious and put the first slave into torture for the rest of his life. Ok so that is kinda the story in a nutshell but it gets the point across. So then me, Cassidy, Christie and Michelle went over to Kayzers house and lets just say fun times were had by all. Then i got home watched a little bit of the colts domination over the Ravens and then went to bed. Yesterday was ok Bible Study was ok I have realy got to find a way to concientrate better though. Then SV this morning frickin rocked. So Homecoming is this weekend which is going to be sweet. I am out. Everyone have a great week. I wish I could go to staff weekend cause i still can't even though they moved but I am def. thinking about all of you guys. Stay safe.
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So last weekend was frickin awesome and extremely long. I got there friday and we got set up. Friday felt like the longest night ever. I pretty much didn't sleep like I laid down but didn't sleep. Most of the Trail Guides I had in my campsite were stupider than the canidates. I guess you get what you though. Some of my guides were pretty quality though. Then we woke everyone up at about 5:30am and got them all out of the campsite by 7:45. It was a little late but physical arangements was moving kinda slow on the water. So once i got my campsite pretty much cleaned up I went to breakfast. Then I helped shaun the rest of the day with physical arangment stuff. I really enjoyed it was a lot of physical labor but I love doing that kind of stuff. Hill was the greatest cermony i hear. So mad props to Mike Powell on a fantastic job. I pretty much sat down in the golf cart and fell asleep though and caught a few parts of it i was so mad. So after the hill me, Pinkus, Trevor Griffen, Murph, Tim, and Evan all went to steak'n'shake after the ritual staff meeting which felt like it was never going to end. Election were pretty eventfull. Good luck to all the new officers. So came and pretty much wanted to pass-out but couldn't for some reason. Monday I had school work bible study got cancled i came home and chilled. Tuesday I went out to breakfest w/ Kara and S grace and then we went to SV. Pretty sweet turn out for the first meeting of the school year.Sat through a boring day of school, then we did our ussual Tues. group we went and looked for fish for Kara since she needs to prove that she is responible. Then wed and thurs were pretty uneventfull. Friday I did breakfest with Kara and s-grace and them again and then went to school. Pretty much worked til 8pm friday night. Sat busy cleaned the car, worked all afternoon. Then i went to michelles Bye Bye Birdie performacne. Due to contrary belief that show was hilarous. Then we went out to starbucks afterwards It's so much fun to hang out with Her, Cassidy, and Christie. I can just chil and not have to worry about anything and have fun. So pretty have been doin nothing today just chillin cleaned up room. I am going to go talk to a guy about an Eagle project tonight. So hopefully i can get that knocked out this fall if i am lucky. Well I am out. Hope everyone has a wonderful week. Anyone know when the first Staff Weekend is? Later
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This summer has been one of the best. Feild Sports staff was pretty tite. Lost a few people but we seemed to manage pretty well. I am going to miss you guys. The past couple of weeks have been hectic, boring, stressful, exciting, pretty much any feeling you can think of there was. Week 9 was def. the greatest week for me i wish i didn't have to leave early. I had a 40 person class which kinda took me by suprise becaue personal fitness usualy never has big classes. It was kinda like a blessing in disguise though i got to know so many more campers and got to know campers a lot better. Personaly i enjoy larger classes because you kinda get a variety of people. It makes the class more exciting. I unfortunatly had to leave early on Week 9 to go on a family vaction. Not so great. I don't even get along w/ my dad anymore all we do is yell at eachother. Anything i do pisses him off and i don't get it. Oh well. The only real down point this summer that i can think of is that a really good friendship has been almost destroyed. Time will tell i guess. Ritual is this weekend it's going to be awesome. Ben said there 100 already pre-registared which is awesome. Well i'm out later. C some of you tomorrow and C Alot of you this weekend. Have a wonderful Day.
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