June 6, 2011

Okay Okay,  I know it's not June 6 anymore but I wrote this then! 

Second day of camp- I already know pretty much everybody's name who is on crew and is a counselor but I don't know everybody quite yet. There's a guy here, Dr. Harvey Hartman who teaches at Liberty and he said he is going to have my friend Hope! We spent a lot of today cleaning the kitchen and now I know how to work an industrial dish washer! It's very hot on my hands but I think they will adjust. I am sleeping above a girl named Olivia, then there's Keila, Anna who isn't here yet, Bethany who isn't here yet, Miranda, Alyssa, Autumn, and Brooke. And me! I'm going by Gus this summer because there is a Beth who is a counselor and then Bethany who is coming. Larissa and Katie are in charge of us. That's a lot of names to you, but to me, I know I will get used to all of them in 10 weeks. 

So far, it's been great! No major difficulties, and right now we have time to just chill. Relaxing is wonderful. They have green bell peppers at the salad bar and that makes me smile. I know that's small but it makes me happy. The head cook, Connie, talked to us Crew Girls today and explained a little bit about the kitchen and how things work and a little about her. Then we sang "Give us clean hands" and the wind was blowing and it was totally an "ice of God" moment. 

Now I just want to sleep. We did an hour long staff training seminar this morning but Wayne guaranteed us it would not be longer than that ever, which is sweet. I could focus for longer if I didn't have warm clothes and a full stomach! 

I definitely don't have my routine down yet for little things, like when to bring devotional stuff, what stuff to bring in the bathroom and what to leave with my other stuff, etc. 

I just changed my background to a photo of Kate and showed the girls in my cabin photos of my family. I miss them! It's not to a point where I'm crying myself to sleep, but it is odd to be out here on my own somewhat. Our cabin is very close to the dining hall which is great! I wish you could see a layout of the camp because that's definitely what I needed- a layout of the land. 

Other girls here are Sam, the wrangler, who sat down next to me on the plane and said "Are you going to Clydehurst?" She had picked her seat on the plane the night before and the only free one was next to me! God is amazing! There's Beth (who I mentioned earlier), Savannah, Krista (who went to IWU!), Tatum, Holli, another Katie, Lindsay, Amanda, Kay (Cay?), Kellee, and a few other ladies but I don't want to get my staff list right now. 

Curtis and Laura, who are around camp all summer, have a cat named Solomon and a super cute black collie named Rogue, like from X-Men. I've already gotten to love on her twice and Laura assured me that she is a dog person. I showed people a photo of Maxi and they thought he was cute too. 

This was a lot of random thoughts, but I am tired and for as much has happened already, not a lot has!