Last Week of Camp

This week is a ball of emotion. This is our last week of camp, and my last week living in California [for now] and we keep having "lasts" that I'm not ready to have. Everyday is now our last "day"- our last sunday, our last monday, our last... whatever. And it's weird. Little things that we keep doing week after week is now something we'll do for just one last time. And I don't like it. I started packing yesterday. Or at least I started organizing to start packing. It's hard to pack when I use a lot of the things I need to pack, so I have a feeling I'll just be packing on Friday before I leave on Saturday. I'm just trying to take in everything for the last time this week.

Last weekend me and three of my friends went to Lake Tahoe again. We had originally decided to go floating on the river, but they were closed, so we went to Kings Beach with Ali's family who came to visit for a few days, and I'm glad we did that. Ali's family is great and her younger sister, Lanie, is hysterical!! We hung out at the beach and went out for dinner and walked around the village by their condo, even sat around an outside gas campfire for awhile.

This week has already been good. The campers are great, and there's a lot of them. It's the largest group we've had all summer, so there's always plenty of people around. One thing that's stuck out about this group to me is their names. And maybe you'll think this is weird, but their names are unique that it's interesting to me. And most of them have "normal" american names, but it's the spelling that's different:

Jaramie instead of Jeremy
Shayne instead of Shane
Leia instead of Leah

The list goes on, but those are three of the ones I can think of now.

Last night we had the special olympics. The night was full of fun games such as javelin throw, disc throw, hockey, badminton, 100 meter dash, bowling and more! I got to act as photographer for a good portion of the night and then helped set up pins for bowling. All in a day's work.

I know I've probably said it before, but I'll say it again! I have been so blessed this summer, and I am so glad this opportunity was given to me. I will treasure my experience here and the friends I have made for the rest of my life. I know this is my last week, but I'm going to make the best of it and soak it in while it lasts.

Lassen County Kids Week

Well, so far, so good. This week really has been a good week here at camp, so far (I know it's only wednesday, but the kids do leave on Friday, so we're more than half way through the week). It's a nice small week. We've got about 50 campers and counselors combined so it's a more chill week. We haven't had to rush around the kitchen as much as some weeks in the past, although next week, we'll about double the amount of campers, so we'll end with a bang! Lots to look forward to next week. First, it's my "menu week" which means we get to use the menu that I planned for next week. We'll make some of the same food we've made all week, but I've added a few things and kept a few changes the other interns have made too. I'm adding banana bread french toast, alfredo-spinach lasagna, and white chili, so I'm looking forward to it.

Also, tonight it parent's night! This is the only week we have parent's night, since the kids are from the local area. We'll have a talent show and presentation that the kids will show off to their families, just to show them what we've been up to this week.

I guess that's about it for now. Also, shout out to Anna Lovisa and my sister Rebekah who both have called me and left lovely voicemails since I can't always pick up the phone with the time difference and schedule differences.

Other than that, have a good day!!

Two More Weeks

Well, we're kind of getting down to the grind of things, we've got two weeks left and still a lot to do. This summer has sure flown by! 

This week we're hosting a camp called Lassen County Kids Camp for kids from the area. They don't have any disability, so we're ready for a week of energetic kids (ages 6-12). It's the first full day of camp for them and so far, so good. Things seem to be going fine. What's different about this week is that it's a camp that we put on entirely: our camp director is directing everything this week, and we're in charge of how everything runs.

This past weekend was good and I had a nice 24 hours off. We went to the Burney-McArthur Falls. They're beautiful waterfalls about two hours away from Camp. I'm glad we got to go, since it's been highly recommended by all the locals, and it is a very pretty area. We got to dip our feet in the falls, but we couldn't swim in them. I mean we would have, if the water wouldn't have been so cold! Year round the water averages between 42-48 degrees, so we weren't about to jump it. Other than that, it was just a relaxing time off. 

Still doing a lot of the same things I've done since the beginning. This week I'm on the morning dish shift, so I work two small shifts in the morning, and I"m done by 3pm, so it's nice to have a little bit of the afternoon off.

Here's some picture from this weekend: