1:34 pm

Oh, come on, I'm journaling in the afternoon again, but here's my reason: I almost forgot about journaling. I was so busy with the rest of my morning routine (slept in till 9:45 am), made and ate brunch, and went out to go workout with Smidge and Poppy. Phew! No, it did not take me hours to do a workout. I would've fallen out by now. I finished like 20 minutes ago. Let me tell you about this morning:

It was hard for me to get out of bed this morning, and like I said before I got out of bed around 9:45 am. I procrastinated on writing in my journal, so I'm writing in it now. It's the last day of daily journaling, and I will like to say that it was fun writing in it. Would I be writing in it more? Hmmmm.....

I'll say yes. Why? Because I would like to see more progress on when I'll be able to express more of my emotions, feelings, and thoughts here. I also enjoy doing journaling prompts (for the LAST TIME Branch, you haven't really touch on journal prompts!!). Oh. Yeah, I should do a journal prompt now then.

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Journal Prompt: When did somebody last surprise you? Was it a good or bad surprise?

Poppy did surprise me today by finally telling me about what she is planning, which I thought it was bad, but it turned out not that bad, I guess. What happened with Smidge and Poppy was during the workout I asked Smidge about this party Poppy's planning to do, but she didn't answer my question and asked about the weather instead. I think she knew what Poppy's party was but didn't want me to know. I felt left out. After the workout, Poppy grabbed Smidge, and they whispered to one another. Hmmm...something's fishy about that.

That's when I couldn't stand it any longer. I came right up to them and confronted them, telling them that they should just spill the beans. Finally, Poppy told me that she was ready to tell me about her upcoming, fun challenge. Challenge? So, it wasn't a party after all? She was planning to do a 24 hours in the tent challenge, explaining that it was supposed to be a fun challenge that she wanted to do with all of us, including me. I told her that I assumed it was a Potty Party for me. That's how weird my mind could go. She said that she is doing a Potty Party, not for me (OH THANK TROLL!!!), but for a troll named Jasmine who just turned two today. She explained to me that she was planning two events in one day, although the 24-hour tent challenge will have to be tomorrow. Now, knowing Poppy, she would try multitask like that, which doesn't surprise me. Ha! Okay, okay. I'm thankful to find out the surprise, which it won't be embarrassing or something.

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Okay, I felt a lot better of knowing what she was doing. Well, I'm planning to go by her pod to help her setup for this Potty Party for Jasmine. Surprising, huh? Well, I don't mind helping others, so that's when my service comes in. Besides, this will be a special day for Jasmine as she reaches this milestone of growing up. 

I'm off to Poppy's pod now and will journal again tonight.

*Jasmine is my OC Character that I created myself.

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11:36 pm

Today, I had so much fun actually. I did help Poppy plan that Potty party for Jasmine, which turned out great. I also went along to meet Jasmine too. She was a light blue Troll with silky, dark blue hair. When I first met her, I immediately warmed up to her as she was the first one to hug me. Aww! Another surprising thing was that I stayed at this party for an hour, but all I did was watch while everyone (the kids and my friends, including Poppy) had a good time. And no, I didn't participate in any of the activities. Why? I guess I was embarrass of being caught in doing them. That is until Jasmine and Poppy wanted me to join them in the game of musical potty chairs. I finally figured out the reason why Poppy made me sit on the potty chair the day before. It was this game. Ooooohhhh!!! I chuckled to myself and eventually joined them. It was a lot of fun, actually and funny. In the end, I won the game.

Another event that happened today was when Laguna came by my bunker. We studied a bit about the rations, including their taste and tried out multiple teas. But what threw me off guard was that Laguna was onto me throughout the day. She kept investigating my face for some reason, making sounds as a doctor would. I don't know what has gotten into her, but when Laguna stopped, she talked to me as if nothing had happened. How weird was that? As I thought she was done with me after we studied more of the rations, she asked me what was wrong with me because she had some intuition about something underneath me has bothered me. 

At first, I wouldn't tell her. After making terrible excuses to avoid talking about it, I told her about Poppy's plan of being in a tent for 24 hours challenge tomorrow. I had such a horrible feeling that it would go wrong, or worst, be embarrassing. Laguna told me not to worry. I disagreed with her as I gave her proof of the items we bought yesterday, plus the fact of being in a tent with everyone staring at me too? Still, Laguna said nothing as she investigated the list I gave her, telling me I must be overreacting. I asked her if she could come participate in the challenge with me. She wasn't buying it, thinking it would be a waste of her time and life. I begged her. Just kidding! I didn't beg her. Do I look like that kind of Troll who would do that? 

(Me begging Poppy, 5 years ago)

Okay, okay. Maybe I would, but it had to be important. All jokes aside: I did beg Laguna, but it didn't work on her either way. After giving her my reasons of why she should come with me, Laguna finally agreed to go. I'm feeling quite anxious about tomorrow, which Poppy is planning to do this challenge. What will happen if I do this challenge? How would I feel if I have to do something that I would never do in my life? Okay, calm down, Branch, maybe it wouldn't be that bad. Don't be such a baby! I'M NOT!!! (I'm taking a deep breath now.) I don't think I should worry about that now because it's late. I must go to bed now, and I hope to at least try to have a good time doing this challenge tomorrow, and Laguna will be there too. I also hope she will come back and visit me soon, so we can spend more time studying together. She is my study, hangout buddy.

*I'm thankful to be able to post this entry early because I'm planning to go out in the afternoon, so better early than ever, right? Will go back to my usual afternoon posting tomorrow. Have a great day, and don't forget to vote and comment!