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Good day again. it is now beautiful outside once again. horray! the floods were terrible. lots of the activities had to be cancelled, and the camp flooded - the lake flooded through other fields, and it was so hard to get back to my cabin because it was up a muddy hill.
my activities every day include: the climbing wall, cooking, and the the magazine. cooking is great - we made brownies, then banana cake. yum yum indeed! and for my magazine i have 5 young girls - they are all so much into gossip - which is just great.
at lunch time and dinner, we have a 'music fest'. songs are played and we can stand on the tables and dance. its brilliant. and when it is peoples birthdays, they get cake and the counselors all get up and give them a kiss. the atmosphere is just electric. i love it!
last nite for 'evac' (evening activity) we had a pool party - it was so much fun. we played volleyball in the water with the kids.
it was my nite off again last nite (which was great because there was some arguments in my bunk so i managed to escape hahaha). we went to ashleigh's car and just listened to music and stuff. because of all the rain, ashleighs car got stuck in the mud, and all the cars were covered in mud from it splattering up. oops!
country music is incredible. i know that my memories of america will be reminded through country music. after camp - iv been invited to ashleigh's house to stay for a while. i think i may take her up on the offer. its going to be great. then i have also been invited for thanksgiving too - which is awesome.
so far we have been given 4 10's in our bunk clean up. go us! six in total will mean that we can get time off.
monday is my day off, so i think the plan is to go to new york for the day. im so excited.
in a few days time, a new computer room will be set up -and im going to be in charge of it. how wicked is that!
yesterday, i was outside on 'grassy beach' by the lake, then suddenly it began to chuck it down. the storm lasted for about and hour, and then cleared up straight away. the weather changes so much here. its because we are getting the tail end of a storm. so we were inside the academics building - and saw a mouse - so its our new pet.
we were also outside on the porch overlooking the lake - someone played the guitar, and someone else was singing - i cant describe how perfect it was. it beautiful!
camp life is great - its amazing just walking around this place; kids singing, showing their new dance moves, performing magic, etc. im so lucky to be here.
also - a little note to my spain 2005 buddies - we have chips ahoy the cookies. how good is that guys!
every day a trolley drives around camp taking campers to their activity place - or you can walk. but if kinda feels like a theme park. hehehe.
when we went to the bar the other nite to get beer, this one guy went in, and for no reason atall the owner told him to leave or else he would shoot him with a shot gun. this is what its like in this place. scary hey!
some of the activities in camp are so good. there is boys hip hop - which i want to try out for, extreme sports, boating, radio, etc etc. i am really enjoying teaching the climbing wall. i was on the zip wire - which is quite dangerous - and im in charge of everything there - which is quite a big responsibility. but on the way down i had to zip down too - so i let go and went upside down like superman - how fun!!!
the food here is amazing too - so much. im going to miss it - just all being there - one big buffet.
one of my kids has left today - he was too homesick. what ashame.
have to go xxxx
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