Pre-Camp Excitement Drivel
Okay, so it's 4:18 AM and I'm writing this post because, like always, stupid me decided to pull an all-nighter the night before I do something big. I think I've practically made it a tradition at this point, because I swear I've done this before every big event and long car ride (where I have to drive). I make the stupid decision to stay up late instead of getting the proper amount of sleep like a normal person would.
But I digress.
So, tomorrow (or, actually, today really), I'm going to camp!!!! My friends that are around me a lot know how big of a deal this is to me, because I talk about camp a lot.
You see, this will be my sixth summer at camp, and third time begin there for the whole summer. It's kind of a big deal. I used to go there as a camper, and for the past two and a half years (including this one) I've been working as a camp counselor there. It's one of my favorite places ever and holds so many good memories (hence the reason I talk about it all the time), plus, most of my best friends work there too. I only really see them at camp, but that doesn't make them any less special.
Anywho, I'll describe the place. It's on a lake in Traverse City, and there's not really a ton of people around us, and it's surrounded by the woods. It's an outdoor adventure camp, so the campers that come go an a trip during their time there, hiking and canoeing and kayaking and biking, all of the trips are so much fun. It's also an all-girls camp, so there are no pesky boys detracting from the experience (we have a brother camp an hour away, also in TC, but we tend to think we're more hardcore than them). None of the cabins have electricity, only the bathrooms and the lodges, which is actually super great. The campers aren't allowed to have electronics with them, and we the counselours only have use of them for about two hours a day, so you really get to know the people you're with. We even have a regulated nap time every day after lunch, which is basically heaven for the counselours (the younger girls don't appreciate the sleep as much as we do).
This place is so super-special to me because, like I said before, it holds a lot of special memories for me. I learned to be a stronger person there, and also to just be who I truly am. They really embrace the whole be-your-crazy-individual-self thing. Also, looks don't really matter. There are several counselours with tattoos and piercings that in the normal job market might not totally fly, but they're some of the best counselours at the camp. You can't judge a book by it's cover there.
Which remind me. Someone at the camp said this last year or the year before, when I started to learn what REALLY went on with the counselours. In the not-at-camp world, most people would assume that you're straight until proven gay. That's not so at camp. Someone once described it gay until proven straight. Until I started to work there, I had no idea about the amount of relationships that everyone had amongst themselves! It was kind of crazy to learn all of the gossip that my naive-camper-self had never heard before. Btu some of the stuff is total drama island, and it' skins of funny, but in a good way, of that makes sense.
That's not to say that everyone's so happy-go-luck and holding hands. There are cliques and there are people that don't work well together and all that junk, but it's at a real minimum. And I normally tend to get along with everyone even if I'm not apart of their little clique.
So that's camp. I am kind of nervous to go back, all the same. I do tend to get along with everyone, but I'm also really awkward with places and people for the first time (even though it's my sixth year back, I'm bound to be quiet and awkward the first couple days).
Although I'm so excited to see everyone again! It's our hundredth year, and a ton of my friends that weren't there last year are coming back this year, and it's going to be the most bomb-diggety summer.
So yeah. I have more I want to write, but I'll put that in a separate post. This one is getting to be a monster of a post, so I'll end it on this good note. Until next time (which will be soon)!
TheFabKid
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