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Ashley's American Adventures
hey guys. so sorry for not updating my journal in such a long time but i havent been able to access a computer.
so much has happened so here we go.
Yuki, Kelsey, Ashleigh and I all went out for a meal one nite to this fabulous resturant, about 30 minutes away from camp. The food was amazing. I got tuna - and oh my god - it was so delicious. Such a great nite out. It was like a farewell dinner for Kelsey as she left at the end of session 3 to go back to school. her dad was also in an accident - as he fell from a cliff coz he had a heart attack. how terrible!
on session 3's performance day, i had to serve lunch again. but it was lots of fun. there was this amazing orio cake - which i demolished. yum yum. the musical this time was 'fiddler on the roof'. again - so impressed with the amount these kids can learn in such a short period of time.
it was kinda sad that day coz a lot of my campers left to go home. one kid, victor, had been with me for 6 weeks and he left - i was rather upset (he was an annoying kid but he was great at the same time).
on change over day, i was in the parking lot instead of the bunk. first of all we went hunting for bears in the garbage heap on camp. unfortunately we didnt see any. but apparently the last time people went, they went in a golf cart, and saw one - they had to run for their life as the golf cart was too slow. hahaha.
i also got to drive a golf cart around camp- picking up families and bags etc. i drove over this hill and the golf cart nearly fell over sideways as it was too steap. oops!
this session, session 4, i have 10 new kids. at first i thought that they were all annoying, but i really like them now. it took me a while to learn their names as i wasnt in the bunk when they first arrived- so it took a bit to get to know them all.
check it out day on monday was so much fun. i went to the climbing wall to show what things we offer. i was on the leap of faith - just falling of a massive ledge into thin air. its like sky diving. so much fun.
when i had 'after dark duty', there was a really bad thunder storm, yet again. so everyone had to be inside. later on antjuan and i just sat on grassy beach -so it was kid of an easy duty with no kids around.
i found out last week that alicia keys did actually come to camp on session 2's performance day. no one was allowed to know. i was gutted though.
on tuesday night, i managed to get evac off - and levi and i went to her house in pennsylvania (about 2.5 hours away). so we had the whole of wednesday. luckily we missed 'nigels book of records' - that disgusting eating contest. so levis house was great- her parent have just moved into their new house - which they are still building. so we had to stay in the basement - where we were practically camping. it was so much fun. he parents were amazing. it is so good meeting my friends parents and see how they live outside of camp. this house was in the middle of no where. her dad bought the land and built the house himself. it is on 80 acres of land. which is 1.5 miles each way.
it was so great having homemade food, and having laundry done for me. on wednesday - we went to the mall - to buy flipflops - which were well needed as both my pair had broken. levi got her nose pierced, and i nearly got mine done too. it was only $25 for any piercing. that nite her parents cooked us dinner on the BBQ, then i met the rest of her family (her hilbilly family). we had to get up at 4.45am on thursday to drive back to camp, so that we were in time for breakfast duty at 8am.
we had 'battle of the sexes' throughout friday. all day long the boys and girls battled it out through activities to win the title. i was asked to be the boys captain, but i wasnt able to do it as the preparation time was on my day off. our theme was braveheart. we had to have a theme song, and uniform, and dance, etc. later on there was a massive contest with lots of things happening, eg: a dance off, speaches, etc. unfortunately the boys lost - but it was a close run.
so now i only have 5/6 more days left until the end of camp. i am so upset. i honestly dont want to leave. i love it here so much.
after miami, i think im going to fly to kansas city - to stay with my friend antjuan. i am going to miss him so much - as we are almost identical in our opinions, and we get on so well. it is so beyond words to describe how good it feels to make such close friends for life here.
the other night i went to the movie theatre to see 'pulse' with antjuan. it was a scary movie, but i couldnt stop laughing as he kept screaming throughout it. so funny!
yesterday (sunday 14th) was the lazy day trip. we went to the mall. i bought some new earings, 2 cds, and some cool stripy socks.
tomorrow is 'love letter day' so i hope that i get lots of letters from my campers. or else!!!
well - so much has happened and there is so much i can forget about. i really need to upload my photos soon, i have a lot.
well i guess ill have to go now. i will be home in around 5 weeks time, coz i think i will travel for 4 weeks rather than 3 now.
email me with all your gossip.
with love always xxxxxxxxxxx
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