The retreat was a success. The kids had fun, I had fun, and everyone was safe. The weather was warm and sunny but really snowy, so we went sledding twice and it was super fun. I haven't been sledding in a really long time, and I forgot how fun it can be. We did several team building activities and had some good group discussions about responsibility, caring, and self image. We played board games, and stayed up really late. The food was excellent and just about all of the kids' parents sent baked goods for us to snack on.
And the $800 bus was worth every penny. First of all, I didn't really consider just how much space all of the groceries and other supplies i needed would take up. I also didn't realize that for a weekend, kids would bring as much stuff as they did. I don't know if we would have fit everything into a van. And then, on Saturday night, we went 10 miles into town to attend Mass. It was a slow drive on the way there, but not too bad. On the way home, however, it was dark (as in, no street lights, really dark) and it had started to snow. The defrost wasn't working as well as it should, so I was partially blind. And 15 passenger vans really are lightweight and I sorta felt like I was flying the van rather than driving it. I was acting like it was no big deal, but it was absolutely death defying. $800 was a small price to pay to avoid doing that ever again.
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