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Friday, June 12, 2009


greetings from Maryland. if you dont like the weather, dont worry! it'll change in about 5 minutes!
heya folks. just a quick update to let you all know that im safe and sound. its been a busy few weeks since i got here, but its been fun too.

the flight went well and getting to camp went off without a hitch. the first week was Challenge Course training, which i've done twice before, so it wasnt to difficult. we got a pretty good challenge course crew this year, and im looking forward to working with them.

the second week was Leadership Training, and this is my first year doing it... its was tough! we were going from 9am to around midnight everyday doing Leadership skills and tests, AND we had to prep and plan the basic running and programming of the summer in addition to that! lots of work, very tiring. there were some cool parts too though, like a team building day at the beginning of the week. we also too the Myers Briggs personality/temperament test. for those of you who know about it, im an INTP: Introverted Intuitive Thinking Perceptor...what it basically breaks down to is that i like things to be clarified and expect people, including myself, to work to a rigid set of standards, but at the same time i hate planning things and working out the nitty gritty details...so you can see why Leadership Training week was so hard!!! ha ha!


This week just gone was regular Staff Training week...all the staff are on site now and we're ready to go! Staff Training week was long and hard too. not only did we have a lot of training sessions to go through with the regular staff, i also had to do CPR training, and the other day i had to help out clear up camp...we had had a pretty fierce storm the night before and it blew away some of our giant inflatable equipment we had anchored in the river!!! i had to set off in a boat with another Leadership team member and the Head of Maintenance staff to retrieve it and re-anchor it in the river. i've also had to sorta mentor some of the first time staff too, and thats been kinda draining.

so yeah, all in all, its been a hectic couple of weeks...and camp hasnt even officially started yet!!! the weather has been crazy too, lots of swinging between crazy hot and humid and thunderstorms. it makes it hard to do stuff round here!

its not all been hard work though...i've been hanging out with awesome people too; meeting up with some great friends from previous years, and meeting new people too. i think its gonna be a good summer!


thats all i can think of at the moment. Camp properly starts on Monday, so its gonna get even busier round here for a few weeks till everyone settles into a routine. i'll probably update again around week 3 or 4, after Special Needs week.


i hope you are all well, and i apologise for not being able to visit. Camp Internet is kinda sketchy. ^^;

take care! till next time!

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