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I reached the water and stepped onto a rock in the middle of the shallows. I wasn’t allowed to take my boots off, and I didn’t want to get them wet. Unfortunately, I was going to get the soaked the next day. But I didn’t know that, and I didn’t want to get them wet in the river.

There was a deep hole a couple of feet away from me. It looked like it would be the perfect place to wash my hair. There were shallows all around it, so I could stand without getting the inside of my boots wet. But it was deep enough for me to get all of my hair in it.

I started walking through the river to get over to the hole, and almost slipped and landed face first in the water. I could feel my foot slipping out from under me, and I knew it was coming. But my knee hit the bottom first and I was able to do a weird pushup and keep the rest of my body out of the water.

“Thanks, Lord!”

When I slipped, I had slipped right next to the hole. I figured I might as well stay where I was – I did a plank and from there lowered my head into the water. The water was freezing, but it felt really good on my scalp. I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to do a one handed plank and stood up, hanging my head so I didn’t drip water all over myself.

I wrung out my hair and put it up in a rough bun, trying to ignore the freezing cold water that dripped down my neck. I shivered as I scooped up a handful of water and rubbed it down my leg. Once I had rinsed off all of my limbs, I turned around to find a spot to sit. I wanted to just sit by the river for a moment.

There was a nice sized rock right next to the river, so I sat down. I got right back up when three large crayfish came out from a couple of rocks in the area, and started coming right at me. I wasn’t going to stay around and fight a bunch of crayfish! Those things are nasty, and it hurts when they pinch you.

I headed back up the hill to my campsite and went straight to my backpack to get my long sleeved shirt. I sat down on my mat and opened my journal. It was time to knock out those assignments!

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