People have a hindrance if they are extraordinarily beautiful.
It can be a problem. You are not given the challenges and then,
when you are, all eyes are on you to see if you can pull
anything off other than being beautiful to look at. 
 - Benedict Cumberbatch

...Need...More...Sleep...

Hello again. I'm really tired. I had a really good week this past week. I had two first-time-ever CIT's. They did fairly well, both had some things they could work on. Next week I have a CIT named Kirby. She was with my sister this week and my sister is saying that I won't like her.  From what I've seen of her around camp this past week, I believe her.  Apparently she doesn't have a filter and has trouble understanding her role as a CIT/counselor. I'm going to try and crack down on her.  But that will be difficult for me because I'm quiet and hesitate to say things that could possibly affect my relationship with somebody. I'll be praying about it.  I'm really tired. I know I said that already. As a core staff at camp we are doing 40 Days in the Word.  I'm really enjoying it although I struggle to do the devotions everyday.  It's hard at camp because the only free time you have is after the campers have gone to bed.  But then there are the CIT's and they like to talk so it's kind of distracting.  And you're always really tired by the end of the day. But I try. I've been wanting to do something like this for a while now.  I'm happy with the way that it is really helping me learn how to break down verses and understand and apply them to your life.

I'm Back!

Helllloooooooo!!!! How have you been? I'm doing good, but I'm exhausted.  I had another good cabin this week, the only issue was they took a long time to fall asleep.  Flounder, the head counselor, asked me where I wanted to be next week and so I chose G9 (I've been in G8 the past two weeks).  She kind of laughed at me because she knows I prefer older kids over younger kinds. I mean, don't get me wrong: the younger kids are awesome. They are so cute and love you so easily and say some pretty funny things.  But they also need you to tell them to change their underwear every morning and things like that.  So I prefer older kids. How  much do you want to bet that next week I'll be in a junior cabin? I got a "burn" on Monday.  I wore a tank-top and forgot to put on sunscreen. So I have two lines over my shoulder. (BTW, I also have a major sock tan because I have to wear running shoes for ropes).  It was red for the rest of the day but by Tuesday it was a tan. It never hurt or peeled or anything. So this is why I say I don't get burned. In reality, I probably do get burned, I just don't get the symptoms that everybody else gets.  Doing the high ropes is going well so far.  They have welcomed me in with open arms. Apparently last summer they were a sort of a clique.  The warm welcome may be in part to the reason that high ropes could really use 6 or more people and some people that had been there last year left so there were only three of them.  But I think that they genuinely am glad I'm there, which makes me happy. The only bad part about it is the sun/heat.  The sun because you have to watch your climber but if the sun is behind them, it is really difficult.  And the heat obviously just wipes you out and make you sweaty and other various things.  Another thing is that the rocketry craft is in the same field as the ropes course.  So on Friday when they are trying to launch rockets there can't be people in the air. So we have to alternate and it's really annoying. I don't understand why they can't launch them somewhere else. And ropes kind of took over the rocketry shed. So it's really crowded in there and rocketry really just needs to move.  I would say ropes could move because rocketry was there first, but ya know, it's only four 50ft poles 8ft in the ground. And don't forget the 10ft anchors for belaying. I have a feeling that you don't understand what I'm talking about. Oh well.

If you only got 44 hours off a week, would you spend an hour of that time blogging? I've been asking myself this question a lot.  But then suddenly 40 of those hours have already passed, so I think I'm going to say no this time around.