so this week we had to live in the cabins with the campers because this camp did not have their own counselors. such a different experience. it was great because we got to know the girls super well, but at the same time, it was a lot to handle them 24/7. this was camp weekaneatit. its a camp for kids with celiac disease, which is a fancy label for kids allergic to glutan which is a protein in wheat. (i think i got that all right...) anyways, the point of the camp is to give kids a week where they can have everything that is served. they dont have to go ask if it is glutan free or get the weird food from the other fridge while everyone else is having the good stuff. i mean just think about it. how many things do you eat on a daily basis with glutan in it? bread for one. pancakes, cookies, chicken nuggets, the list goes on. so basically these ids have nothing physically wrong with them except that most of them were very thin due to the absence of carbohydrates in their diet. i'm pretty sure there are people starting to eat glutan free as a diet plan. theyre crazy, the food is not so great, and we had the good stuff at camp.
so basically they were just like any other preteen kids. which is absolutely crazy. they hung all over us which is not exactly acceptable in our position and constantly talked or in some cases, ran away whenever confronted. it was definitely an experience living with them, but i will be glad to have my own bed with its two feather mattress pads and three pillows back for next week.
we had a little prank war which was an absolute blast. the boys started with silly string, then we planned our revenge, but before the day that we had planned it for, they got us again with water balloons, so we got some shaving cream water balloons and attacked them on their way back to their cabin. then we got them again at 3am on the last morning. we got all the girls together and went to the drumming/percussion closet. got the loudest items we could and ran through their cabins screaming bloody murder. (then we went to the visiting counselors cabins and did the same thing. one of the girls actually ran outside because she got so scared. it was lovely, but i'm sure payback is coming when their camp comes for the week.) that was the highlight of the week i guess just because it was so different from what we had been doing.
it was a great week though. the kids were sweet and adorable, just a lot to handle. last year they were the last camp to come, and our counselors still had to live in the cabins with them, and i can not imagine that. being so drained from the whole summer and then having to live your last week with them would be soooo tiring! kudos to last summer's staff!
well now i'm home. had a birthday dinner for my mom and brother last night after i got off, have a bridal shower for my cousin tonight, and a graduation party for my brother tomorrow night, so i'm taking sunday off. which kind of sucks because thats when opening cermonies and such are, but i'll have mon-fri with them, so no big deal. next week is oo-u-la. its cherokee for cool water or something like that. its the burn victim camp. i'm super excited because everyone says it is one of the coolest camps. they bring a lot of their own stuff for activities and such, and they have like 100 firefighters with them who are supposedly HOTTT (sorry eric <3). i'm pretty pumped! its a big camp too, so well be getting into the swing of what regular weeks are going to be like. its going to be crazy. can't wait!!! and well be in our own cabins so i will be able to keep you updated much better.
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