October 22, 2014

We were sitting in a large outdoor amphitheater in daylight. People were leaving and going upstairs into an indoor theater. I followed them and sat down in a seat in a dark room scattered with chairs and CRT televisions. We were here to watch a documentary with seventh graders. There must have been at least 200 of us in total in the room. The chairs were arranged in clusters and faced towards the closest screen.

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I was on a one month vacation and I was trying to look for my room. I went through a large complex while looking at a map. Among the many things I passed by was a lone treadmill in the hallway and a chapel full of students writing their exams. When I got out of the building, I was at a river of cyan water. The water left a layer of grainy residue on the rocks it flowed over.

I walked over the river and into the resort. I paced back and forth at the entrance while the bartender looked at me. I walked up to him to ask when rush hour would be and he said it would start in about three minutes.

I went into the lobby to check in. Apparently all I had to do was to sign a piece of paper, the rest was optional. Instead of a tip, one could make donations, and there was a suggested amount of $10. However this was a donation not for charity, but for sports teams. I wrote down $5 and told them that I didn’t know any teams so they suggested that I write down “Coastal”.

I was then presented with a booklet of photos, some with white borders and others with black. Apparently those framed in black were challenges that could be achieved over my stay for rewards. One such challenge was a competition with a roommate that you got matched up with through an online service called “Broomie”.