Summer Camp @ MindSay

Odd what senses and memory can do.

No particular events, but of a sudden a warm memory. Very warm - it's summer, at camp. Sun is high, and I'm bounding through the higher grass just off the soccer field (there's a lot of camp that remains unmowed). The soft scratchiness and weight of an old flour-filled sock in my hand - we're playing Biffer. Light slashes from the plants I'm leaping through, part of my hair's worked loose from my ponytail and is clinging to the sweat on my face. The slight sunburn from tubing the day before is forgotten until I brush through the pine trees closer to the river.

Two kids see me, spaz, and take off yelling. I grin, loop the Biffer once and let it fly. Totally miss, run to pick it up, they're already at the far trees. No worries, running in the sunshine is the real point of this game, no matter what the rules say. The fine dust of the road is a comforting scritchiness in my sandals - every night, I come back to the cabin covered in dust from the ankles down. My girls are entertained by the stripes presented by my sandal straps. Big blue sky, distant conversation of the river, and the sunlight absolutely everywhere. You can't even think of winter - barely remember what "cold" is.

Everything is trees, and kids, and long grass, big blue sky, yellling voices, sunlight, running. Hear your breath as you pick up the pace, hear the crash as you leap over brush and don't quite make it. Hear and feel your footsteps pounding the packed earth as you run across the 'road'. Scent of the woods, I'm home.

I don't know what brought it up, but it crossed my mind the other day, and suddenly I was there. Feeling, seeing, hearing, tasting, sensing everything. Good place, good times. Can't wait to go back.

Ahh Sorry that I've kind of been neglecting to blog....

 

So it is officaly summer :) yay.

My plans,

-camping from saturday to monday with family

-wrestling camp 4th to 8th

-annies camp august long

-camping with the fam again for a week in august

-and then working at hymers fall fair september long

 

But that is only the offical stuff. Cass wants me to come camping with his family sometime (unsure when). & I wanna hang out with my friends alot.

 

Ok so yesterday Cass came over, we went to the mall...and he bought 2 pairs of shorts (yay) I bought nothing (yay). Then we just came back to my house and more or less chilled the rest of the day. But the sad part being, its the last time we'll see eachother until like July 17.....This is because he had to work tonight and tomorrow night so he couldnt come to town. Then I leave for camp saturday. Ill be home all of tuesday but he doesnt know if he can get to town. Then Im gone wednesday back sunday gone again monday.

Like sure I can talk to him on MSN and the phone but thats only today, tomorrow, & tuesday. Maybe wednesday if the University has computers or phones that I can use for a bit. But he's leaving for Toronto on thursday for a week. So I wont get to talk to him on sunday when I get home from wrestling...:(. But I guess it'll be ok, we'll appricate every chance we get to be together and talk.

 

Anyways....How are you all? I dont talk to many of you so how are you? Whats new in your life anything exciting?

 

Ohh I g2g,

Miller

so i'm at the hotel right now. in salt lake. i'm going to camp tomorrow and i won't be back in elko untill July 17th. i won't be able to do anything untill July 18th or 19th though. getting all unpacked and crap.

just letting you all know.




don't miss me too much. :D

So i had my doctors appointment yesterday. I needed shots and physical done for college and the camp i'm working at. I swear they took my blood pressure like 8 times yesterday. then the doctor finally gave up and shes like, its too high so your gonna have to lose weight from now until your next appointment in august. She thinks if i lost weight that my blood pressure would go down but its been up ever since my kidney failure years ago. my grandma says, "Oh its stress cause of family problems" and i'm just like uhh no. lol. So the doctor is mailing me choices of what to eat and what i can not eat. shes sticking me on a diet but she doesnt want me to do a calorie diet. This is dumb. I'm not fat. I'm not overweight and i gotta lose weight. I'm like if i lose any more than 15 i'm gonna look too thin. lol. So whatever. I'll do it. See how it goes. I guess when i'm at that summer camp in 2 weeks i'm gonna have to watch what i eat and stick to my stupid diet. lol. probably be alot of fruits and veggies. hah. that sucks. Its summer! Summer time you eat ice cream and stuff watch, that'll be on my no no list. lol.

OK, around May or so last year, I was put in a similar situation... Although, this one is a little more intense...

Of any of those who remember the job I was considering at camp last summer, I'm consider a job at the same place again... Last summer I worked in the kitchen... Yes, it was a good experience, but not something I'd do again... At least not there...

I talked to the camp director yesterday about the possibility of working there again this year... But I would be the Creative Arts director... Which means that I would be teaching Drama, Sign Language, and crafts... As well as being in charge of costumes and props for all of the programs for the summer. So, I'd have to keep the costumes shack organized and clean...

Well, on the other side of that decision is campmeeting, my sister's baby coming(In July), the summer youth program(which I could possibly be helping with, rather than attending... Since I'm no longer considered a "kid"). Annual Six Flags trip... and anything else I might miss not being here at home...

 

So what do ya'll think? The director has thought about a way to use my talents... I'm sure I've mentioned in previous posts my love for sign language and drama... Perhaps even my interest in arts and crafts... Feedback is much appreciated... I have to make my decision by tomorrow morning or he said he'll find someone older for the position, because he doesn't want just any young adult in there...