Saturday, July 23, 2005

   Horse Camp?
This week we had 98 campers. >.< That was a lot of kids at once. It was crazy, but I am still alive, so it couldn't have been all awful. I had nine girls in my cabin this week. They were in the 11-13 age group. They all got along well, and I really enjoyed it. My best cabin so far. The week was both horse week and traditional camp. Of my nine girls, eight of them went to horse camp, which meant that the eight of them left the campus for half of the day, leaving me with the oldest girl. It was great...I loved it. There were a few problems during the afternoons when the kids had a mixture of free swim and recreation. I was on the rec. field with Ted and two of the other guy counselors, and that had to be one of the most stressful times of the day. I was surprised that I never lost my voice during the week. On Tuesday, I had a couple of hours off (my "night off") and I went home and ate a little bit of dinner and such. When I got back to camp, we had a lost camper drill. My part in the drill is to run the nature trail with Ted. Well, I was wearing jeans, a quasi-heavy t-shirt, and my hair was down. Running was not the best thing for me to do. I ended up collapsing after running the entire thing. I layed in the grass for about an hour, unable to move. My muscles all tensed up, which is why I could not move. It was scary as hell. However, it was not only the heat that got to me. It was also the fact that I don't eat healthy (a.k.a. very little), and it finally caught up with me. I was ashamed that I was so stupid with such things. After I was able to get up, I was still rather out of it, and lacking in balance still. I stumbled into the lodge to watch the guys teaching their drama class, and just sat down to rest somewhere that was not in the grass. After that class was over, I stayed in there because I knew that the two guys that were teaching the class (Ted and Ernie) wanted to say something to me about the whole collapsing thing. I was ready to get ripped into, but that never happened. I almost started crying when I saw the look in their eyes when they were telling me that I need to be smarter about my eating. The camp director and the cook went out that evening and bought me some veggie burgers, and then forced me to eat one when they got back around 10:00 that night. It was nothing short of amazing. A good veggie burger indeed. So, now that I have realized that I have lost 10 pounds since coming to camp, I need to eat more. I cannot afford to lose any more weight. My sister informed me this morning that I am starting to look like I did when I was a senior in High School, when I did have an eating disorder. That was not good news for me. I never want to go through that shit ever again, and I would never wish that upon anyone either. It is an awful experience to go through.
On a different note, next week I have to switch cabins that I am living in for the week. I am going to be with the 8-9 year olds next week. I get to have the two girls in my cabin that left the other week because their grandmother was in an accident and passed away. So, by special request I get those girls. However, with the good comes the bad. I get a girl that is pure hellspawn in my cabin as well. The counselor that had her last year was afraid to go to sleep at night because she thought that this little girl was going to slit her throat. No kidding. I have heard many stories already. It's scary...but I'll just have to take it with a grain of salt, or whatever that saying is. Anywho, this is a rather long post, so I shall get going for now. Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, is going to sit around and wait for a phone call...aluve'




You are the warrior, a sevant of the force. Ennmy
of people and slayer of dragons. your strong
feirce and not afraid of anything. You have
excelant balance and swoard craft. Enimies die
at your hands...


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