Family Camp

I know this will be like, 3 posts in one day, but it is what it is..


Family Camp

It was about what I predicted? Ehh... maybe worse. Maybe better. I really can't even tell. Family Camp is always hard for me because it used to be the week that I looked forward to more than any other week out of the year, but when you work for it, it is a lot harder and a lot less fun and fulfilling. I didn't realize how nervous leading worship for the teens would make me. But things went well for the most part, and Ben did a great job at night, and Wellspring did pretty well with their stuff too. They weren't too terribly social and didn't really put forth an effort to get to know our staff very much, which was kind of frustrating. They didn't really ever leave their cabins or their own tables for meals, but whatever. I hung out with them a little after services, and that was fun. I got to see my family quite a bit. I ate lunch and dinner with them every day, and that was really nice. Liv ate with us too, along with Kacie and JD, and it was pretty great. JD conned Olivia into calling him hott. That was funny. Gotta love family.

Waterfront was crazy. There were just so many people to watch in such a small area. I thought I was gonna have to do a rescue at one point, but then the two boys finally made it to a point where they could touch. It's just crazy. Long long days at the waterfront. Not to mention it was at least 90's, mostly upper 90's all week. So "everyone and their brother and their fat pastor" was at the waterfront. It was super hot out. But we survived. My two little favorites from the past two family camps where there. Chuckie and Justin. I wasn't in Day Camp with them, so to make up for lost time, whenever they saw me lifeguarding in the chair, they would just come and stand on both sides of me, and they would just talk and follow me from shift to shift. It was adorable. Chuckie is just such a riot too. He showed off his biceps to me once. We should have trained them as AO's. They were pretty much in the rotation with me. Even though lifeguarding in the afternoons were challenging, the hardest part was when I had to report something very sad to Kim. Broke my heart. Also opened my eyes to what social work is gonna be like...

I wasn't expecting to get to play in any of the sports tourney's this year, but I ended up being able to play in all three of them, which was awesome. It was an intentional accident that I got to play volleyball. Kim gave us time to practice for the worship team's afterglow, so we ended earlier than she had assigned, so I played volleyball. The staff team got second place overall, and it was fun. Rae and I had Thursday afternoon off, so we both ended up playing in the basketball tournament. We were the only girls in the entire tournament, but we certainly held our own. Roger's is a natural, of course, and I scored in every game except the championship. We placed second in that tournament as well. Not bad for the team with the girls on it. It was more fun than we both were expecting. And we played in the Gaga tournament, which we actually kind of got dominated in. We didn't make it out of the first part of the tournament, and the only game we won/didn't get last in was the game where I was the last one in. But Family Camp Gaga is barbaric. However, Kacie and JD's team, (complete with them and 3 other kids under the age of 12) ended up winning the entire thing. It was incredible. The band afterglow was a lot of fun too. I sweat like a banshee. Sweat may or may not have dripped down my buttcrack a few times. But it was amazing how our band came together this summer.

I also went blobbing for the first time ever. Lauren wanted to go, but got scared, so she said that if she jumped, then I had to. I reluctantly agreed. She jumped, and then roughly 30 seconds of fear and debate later, I just went for it. I was very proud of myself. I'm getting better at facing fears. Courtney blobbed me, and I was expecting to leave the blob, but I wasn't expecting to be shot back up to the blob tower. That is about as high as I went though, I hear. It was terrifying. But it was fun. I screamed like a sissy girl and everyone laughed at me, but I was proud of myself. After three years, I finally did it.

Lauren, Liv, Stace and I also took a very refreshing angry Taco Bell drive. DEBAUCHERY!!!! ORGY!!!! DRUGS!!!! That's all I gotta say about that. And Liv and I also made our annual Birch Run trip. My car ended up breaking down, so we kinda got stuck there for awhile, til Rachel, Lauren, and Stacey came and we went out to eat and saw Captain America. The movie was okay. Then we stopped by Walmart for a bit and came back. I wasn't expecting to be in Birch Run literally all day, but I was.

So that was Family Camp in a nutshell I suppose. A dash of extra free time plus a dash of family plus a dash of frustration, exhaustion, and a whole ton of people. Pretty typical I'd say... and now for Recco's...