“Come on girls wake up!”
My first instinct was to pull the covers over my head, turn the other way, and get up in ten minutes. When I reached for my blanket I remembered, I was in a sleeping bag in a tent on camp Pendleton, seven hours away from a sand-free warm bed. There was a quiet pause for a few seconds where you could hear the soothing sound of the waves nearby before my friends started to wake.
Next to me Mackenzie groaned and yelped in pain. “Sister Jarvis, could I have the aloe?” She struggled to sit up with more groaning.
“Carlie! Could you get the aloe?”
“ When I’m done with it, just a second.” My fellow camper replied.
Sister Jarvis turned her head to me, “Amber! You should put on aloe too, you look like you were sunburned bad!” …show more content…
I looked at the back of my hand and saw bright red sunburned skin just like my toes and face. Scanning everyone else I saw tired expressions and sunburns all over; faces, backs, arms, and legs. Mariyah was putting aloe all over her back which was red, except for white lines from her swimsuit. I wasn’t the only one with sun problems, but why did my face swell up unlike everyone else?
Sister Jarvis sat next to me. “ I still can’t figure out what happened! Do you think it could be a food allergy or something like that? Have you eaten anything new lately?”
“Well,” I thought. I had tried a lot of new things this exhausting, yet exciting, week. I had done more ocean activities than I had ever in my life like surfing, paddle boarding, kayaking, night walks on the beach, camped on the beach, tried different foods because they were the only thing available, however they were really good. Food! “ I had never had those chicken patties we used for sandwiches before, maybe that was it?”
“Maybe,” Sister Jarvis had a thoughtful pause, “ I’ve never experienced anything like this before,” she shook her head not knowing what to do and got up to rally the girls to get them to pack up their
My first instinct was to pull the covers over my head, turn the other way, and get up in ten minutes. When I reached for my blanket I remembered, I was in a sleeping bag in a tent on camp Pendleton, seven hours away from a sand-free warm bed. There was a quiet pause for a few seconds where you could hear the soothing sound of the waves nearby before my friends started to wake.
Next to me Mackenzie groaned and yelped in pain. “Sister Jarvis, could I have the aloe?” She struggled to sit up with more groaning.
“Carlie! Could you get the aloe?”
“ When I’m done with it, just a second.” My fellow camper replied.
Sister Jarvis turned her head to me, “Amber! You should put on aloe too, you look like you were sunburned bad!” …show more content…
I looked at the back of my hand and saw bright red sunburned skin just like my toes and face. Scanning everyone else I saw tired expressions and sunburns all over; faces, backs, arms, and legs. Mariyah was putting aloe all over her back which was red, except for white lines from her swimsuit. I wasn’t the only one with sun problems, but why did my face swell up unlike everyone else?
Sister Jarvis sat next to me. “ I still can’t figure out what happened! Do you think it could be a food allergy or something like that? Have you eaten anything new lately?”
“Well,” I thought. I had tried a lot of new things this exhausting, yet exciting, week. I had done more ocean activities than I had ever in my life like surfing, paddle boarding, kayaking, night walks on the beach, camped on the beach, tried different foods because they were the only thing available, however they were really good. Food! “ I had never had those chicken patties we used for sandwiches before, maybe that was it?”
“Maybe,” Sister Jarvis had a thoughtful pause, “ I’ve never experienced anything like this before,” she shook her head not knowing what to do and got up to rally the girls to get them to pack up their