CAMP

ok, so i'm not one for blogging. never have before..well unless you count the awesome days of middle school thinking zanga was the greatest thing in the world...zanga? was that what it was called? i don't even remember. but i did use something like that to tell the world about my endless trials and tribulations of being a squat little kid haha. but this just felt like the perfect time to start one! :)

this summer i'm working my first job...yes i am 20 years old and will be 21 this year, but hey, you gotta start somewhere. but i'm pretty sure i have the best job ever! im working at camp twin lakes...the will a way location in winder, ga. the basis of the camp is that its for kids and teens with disabilities. whether it be mental, physical, or something of the sort. i got into this through my sorority. our philanthropy in service for sight which benefits the blind and dyslexic. so we would volunteer one weekend to work with cvi (center for the visually impaired in atlanta) they came to a camp every year for a weekend at camp twinlakes in rutledge, ga. i fell in love with these kids. this year was my second year with them, and it was great going back and seeing the familiar faces. a place like this where kids fit in with everyone else and theyre no longer the odd one out is so powerful, you can just see it on their faces, that theyre not afraid of anything. everything is possible, and they succeed at whatever they try in one way or another. so i decided to apply for a job. AND I GOT IT (obviously...) so here i am.
we arrived (well some of us) on may 9th for a staff dinner. got to know some people. then the rest of the oa staff showed up and we began training on the ropes course. i won't go into too much trouble because this is the boring part. they awesome part will be when the kids come (at least thats what i'm hoping for!) so were still going through training and kids come soon. our first camp in camp vita, its for obese teens, and i'm super pumped about it! i'll let you know more as i go! enjoy :)

guess i should also mention why my blog has such an odd name...well it comes from the cvi retreat. theres this boy named deangelo and i seriously want to adopt him, he is the greatest thing alive, and while we were in groups playing name games, we each had to "bring" something to a picnic that started with the first letter of our name. so "I'm Caitlyn and I'm bringing chocolate." well for some reason he thought this was hilarious and the rest of the time he would just yell out chocolate...usually at the most inappropriate times. and if i did not turn around he would alternate between CAITY and CHOCOLATE in loud obnoxious voices until i acknowledged him. LOVE :). so that's it...good story i know haha