Life After Camp

I could say so much about camp but I would cry.

People from Bunac always told me that the time travelling after camp was the best part of the summer. I'm not so sure. Camp was amazing. Alot of things that I would rather forget, alot of drama, but so much fun and new friends and great memories I don't ever want to forget. Don't get me wrong, time after camp has been good also. Just different.

The day after camp ended, I got on a greyhound and travelled 14 hours to get to Akron, Ohio. Speak to any american and they will say "Why on earth are going to Ohio?" But it was really good fun. There's not much to do in Ohio touristy things wise, this is true, but I don't want to do tourist things. I've been to New York, to Boston, to Providence and done tourist stuff to last me the year. I went to stay with my friend Brad for the weekend, and before you ask (because people have) we're not like together. Nope. I met his music theatre friends he's been telling me about all summer which was awesome. So much fun!Again I will not say too much or I will cry thinking about it all.


In this picture is me, Natalie, Josh, Amanda, Sharon, Nat and Brad (going round in a circle). They're currently rehearsing for a production of Sweeney Todd. Fun play! We didn;t do much of any interest to write down here, but it was all great fun. I got to put up shelves for Sharon with Brad. Turns out it takes alot more brain power than first expected - I love IKEA!!!! So much easier than anything else. Do not buy shleves from Walmart. They could fall on you at any point in time. I'm hping Sharon's are still up.

On Monday night I got another Greyhound to Knoxville, Tennessee to stay with Janelle, her boyfriend Joey and Janelle's parents who are all over right now after going to Janelle's gran's funeral this weekend.

All I can say is that I have eaten out/gotten takeout more in the past week than I usually do in a whole year. I think only one or two meals I have eaten in. Crazy bananas.

A trip to Maine

On break (I was going to write the day but I actually have no clue what day it was) a whole load of us went to Maine. What's in Maine I hear you ask... well, not much... rumour has it moose populate the whole state but we saw none but signs warning us about them, and Camp Sebago which was the reason for my visit. It's a salvation army camp with a huge lake, whose staff usually come to us, but this year we went to them to play softball, football (as in soccer) and basket ball. High fives to the ladies basket ball team who WON!!! We also got to go swimming in their clear and giant lake (it was actually compared to a sea by Amanda - the lion in the picture below) which was lovely! We took 3 vans and a car over there to fit everyone in. It was good. Beautiful and not too hot, unlike Mass. right now. The best part of the day was actually the ride there though. So much fun. We played highway Frisbee which consisted of passing a CD from one van to the other while driving - highly dangerous, illegal and of course fun. What made it more fun was that the CD was one found in a Salvation Army van's CD player called Pantie Droppers. True story. We also drove by a van with two golf carts on its trailer that we decided to encircle, because we really wanted to bring our golf cart with us. So we did. We had Blue Falcon (my van driven by Marcus) on the left, Drew's car in front, Baby Beluga (Amanda's van) to the right and Spunky Red Robin (Ashley's van) behind the trailer. And that was it. We didn't do anything else to the driver and he probably had no idea what we were doing or why. But it was funny.
Before we left, we tried to steal the Camp Sebago camp sign but they caught us so we left it there.

None of the following photos have anything to do with any of the stories above, but I thought the site needed cheering up a little so here we go.








Tonight is our last Bible study. Sadness. Everything is our last this week. We had our last skit night last night. Bou. I'm glad in a way, but so sad this is almost over. I just don't want to get back to real life. As much as it bugs me sometimes I do kind of like being sheltered!

I'm coming in to land, slowly but surely as camp comes to an end. I cannot believe I am already writing this. I feel like I've been at camp forever, because it's like this huge bubble outside of the real world and I'm so used to it and all these people being around, having best friends that I've only known for 7 weeks and having everything revolve around kids all the time. And now two of my best friends have left which leaves a hole in my life, but that's kind of filled with travel plans and all the stuff my life is usually filled with. I've had nightmares about work (as in the after school club) so I know I'm coming back to reality! Can I just say that life without a cell phone can be really complicated sometimes! Just wanted to say that. As great as it's been to be close to not having one for the past 2 months - I've maybe used it twice and sent a couple of texts, they definitely come in handy. Trying to communicate by email with people to book flights and busses is really pants. Really pants. Idon't feel like writing any more. I'm tired, I'm going to have an afternoon nap. Sounds good? Yes.

Stretching and dirty feet

Two things about camp. First remark is that my feet have not been clean in 6 weeks. Even during a shower just after scrubbing them with soap. A sad reality I have come to accept.

Second I have to acknowledge the vast amount of stretching I have been through/am going through. It's crazy to think of the things I have done. I have been petrified on a weekly basis at least. I have soul responsibility for 7 animals, which means I am in charge of them not dying. I have failed once so far, not by my own fault though so I don't feel too bad. I was asked to give my testimony at staff church and accepted, so stood up in front of 50 people, most of whom I didn't know very well, I have lead camp songs at devotions, I have shared my faith (or snippets of it) on many occasions, I have had the scaryest conversation of my life and actually got words out of my mouth, gone on a lost camper search, slept in Harlem... you get the picture.