I know many of you want to know how my summer is going at Kippewa for the second time...
just kidding, Hi mom!
We are well on our way into second session. First session I was with 4th grade for my 3rd session and they were adorable as always. I had asked for a change at the beginning of the summer and after first session I still wanted a change. After saying in every single one on one that I really really didn't want to be with lower seniors I was placed with 7th grade and I'm loving it. I truely find my girls adorable and I love spending time with them. Their awkward and very middle schooly but they also make me laugh every day.
Today Rachel D and I had the campers making some very legitimate crepes. They look like restaurant crepes. I think people need to know that.
I have fantastic cos and we have been together all summer. I know I've been lucky cause that can make or break a summer. So thanks Kyra and Jessica, I will forever be indebted to you for your support and love all summer. One day the girls came up to me and said "I can tell you all are going to be friends for a long time." and that is why I love camp.
Camp is one of those experiences that can be so different every year and every moment. I have had two great summers and I'm so happy I decided to come back. I know most people just think of the bad but it's moments like campfire and lip sync when the whole camp comes together and the girls make me so proud that make me fall in love with camp all over again. It's the quiet moments when a camper is crying and you don't care that you are sacrificing sleep for them because you adore them. It's when they come up with creative and original ideas on their own that make you proud you are a camp counselor. I am so happy I came back.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Camp Kippewa x2
I've had a really hard time coming up with the appropriate way to announce this but
I'm going back to camp!!!!
There are so many different ways to say it and so many things I want to say. I can't believe I didn't think of this blog post earlier.
The decision didn't come easily some would say but in my mind it was a very simple decision. I deliberated and asked for everyone's opinion until I realized, with some friend's help, that I was just waiting for someone, anyone's approval. It's a personality fault of mine that I need constant and reassuring approval, not only from the people I love but from people I don't know and don't care about. It's the one thing I have to work at every day. Well anyways, I digress, I asked and talked and thought and realized I was annoying even myself. One of my most special and thoughtful friends (looking at you Elisa) constantly reminded me that I'm the only one that needs to be happy with my decision. Decide for myself and everyone else can just deal with it.
The decision was made in the most clique way but I'm going to say it anyway (I'm looking at you Lauren, don't judge me). I decided that the next time I felt strongly one way or the other my choice would be clear. I was with a bunch of friends talking and laughing and I walked into a room by myself to get something and I realized at that moment I wanted to be at camp more than anything. I was happy too. I wasn't upset with my day or bored with my job, I just wanted to be at camp.
So there it was, decision made. I emailed the camp directors the next day. I knew I wanted to be at camp but I wasn't going to waste my time, I was still practical ( or at least I like to think I am). I asked if there was a cooking or sewing instructor position still available and lucky as I am there was a spot as a cooking instructor made just for me. I get to work with my favorite friend Natasha and another counselor named Rachel that we get to meet in 7 days.
I leave in 7 days and I'm so unprepared as far as packing and everything I'm leaving behind but Natasha and I have been talking about wanting to just be at camp for about..... since I had my contract 2 months ago so emotionally, I'm there. I know that most people don't understand it and they never will. I'm fine with that. I understand that and so do all my favorite Kippy girls.
and remember,
it's not goodbye, it's see you later
I KNEW IT! i knew it :)
I'm going back to camp!!!!
There are so many different ways to say it and so many things I want to say. I can't believe I didn't think of this blog post earlier.
The decision didn't come easily some would say but in my mind it was a very simple decision. I deliberated and asked for everyone's opinion until I realized, with some friend's help, that I was just waiting for someone, anyone's approval. It's a personality fault of mine that I need constant and reassuring approval, not only from the people I love but from people I don't know and don't care about. It's the one thing I have to work at every day. Well anyways, I digress, I asked and talked and thought and realized I was annoying even myself. One of my most special and thoughtful friends (looking at you Elisa) constantly reminded me that I'm the only one that needs to be happy with my decision. Decide for myself and everyone else can just deal with it.
The decision was made in the most clique way but I'm going to say it anyway (I'm looking at you Lauren, don't judge me). I decided that the next time I felt strongly one way or the other my choice would be clear. I was with a bunch of friends talking and laughing and I walked into a room by myself to get something and I realized at that moment I wanted to be at camp more than anything. I was happy too. I wasn't upset with my day or bored with my job, I just wanted to be at camp.
So there it was, decision made. I emailed the camp directors the next day. I knew I wanted to be at camp but I wasn't going to waste my time, I was still practical ( or at least I like to think I am). I asked if there was a cooking or sewing instructor position still available and lucky as I am there was a spot as a cooking instructor made just for me. I get to work with my favorite friend Natasha and another counselor named Rachel that we get to meet in 7 days.
I leave in 7 days and I'm so unprepared as far as packing and everything I'm leaving behind but Natasha and I have been talking about wanting to just be at camp for about..... since I had my contract 2 months ago so emotionally, I'm there. I know that most people don't understand it and they never will. I'm fine with that. I understand that and so do all my favorite Kippy girls.
and remember,
it's not goodbye, it's see you later
I KNEW IT! i knew it :)
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Cruises vs. Camp
" The real value of this somewhat monstrous technological marvel is to give us a kind of ancient simplified life of small communities where you can walk everywhere, seeing the same people everyday. The people that share your values and interests and passions and experiences. A place to be foolish and comfortable and joyful and proud and somehow these days we require an awful lot of complexity to get back to simplicity.
Now I know that cities are valuable and that the internet is lovely and that we can't live that sort of insular life everyday but I'll tell you what; 6 days didn't even feel like long enough. Does it have to be on a boat that consumes a gallon of gas every 12 feet? Maybe not but I don't know how else to pull it off. I will be thinking about that though. "
Well Hank Green it sounds an awful lot like you just camp in perfection; so thank you.
original video found here
Now I know that cities are valuable and that the internet is lovely and that we can't live that sort of insular life everyday but I'll tell you what; 6 days didn't even feel like long enough. Does it have to be on a boat that consumes a gallon of gas every 12 feet? Maybe not but I don't know how else to pull it off. I will be thinking about that though. "
Well Hank Green it sounds an awful lot like you just camp in perfection; so thank you.
original video found here
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