How It Goes

In case you couldn't tell, I'm feeling like a bit of a copycat about this post. Both of my roommates have just taken this colour test, claiming that it's weirdly accurate so I decided to take it, and holy shit is it ever. Kind of basically how I'm feeling. Your Existing Situation Works well with others. Needs personal relationships which are understanding and relatively conflict-free. Your Stress Sources "Needs to meet people who have the same high principals and values as himself, but finds the need unfulfilled. her need to feel dominate and superior leaves her feeling isolated and does not allow for her to give freely of himself. she would like to surrender and let go, but sees that as a weakness she must not give in to. Holding back will allow her to stand out for the crowd and earn a higher status, recognized by others as unique and important." Your Restrained Characteristics Current events leave her feeling forced into compromise in order to...

Have you ever hiked the dunes? It's surprisingly difficult, contrary to popular belief. Sand walking is effing difficult, and when you've got 28 eleven year olds walking with you and seven other counselours spread out over probably half a mile. So yeahhhhh, that was the trip. But in all actuality it was awesome. I was with the pretty good campers most of the time, so they made the big hike okay, but I heard some stories from the counselours who were bringing up the back of the group (a.k.a. the slowest and most complaining campers). Apparently some of the kids were throwing themselves on the ground and refusing to walk. One of them was apparently even like, 'I'm never doing Isle Royale*, you can't make me go!' and just all of that fun stuff. I dealt with some tear too, but nothing like them. The dunes are so beautiful though, especially Devil's Bowl during the sunset. If you're ever in the area around the dunes I totally recommend going to see it. And ...

Today I got back from my three day, two night trip to the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes with four cabins of 11-year-olds. Basically, it was an adventure to remember. But I'm always going to remember the trip I think. So, you know those moments when you look up at the sky or you're in a big crowd and you suddenly realize just how big the world is and how tiny you are? Well, I've never had one of those moments until my first night on this trip when I was sitting outside looking up at the stars. There are little-to-none lights at the dunes and you can see so many stars out there and all I could think was 'Wow, the sky sure is beautiful and huge tonight.' It was so quiet and still, and it was one of those rare moments when I was alone for two seconds and it was such a great thing to experience.

My current feelings about college and all of the friends I made there. Missing Yous

Oreo ice cream bars for dessert. 

Something that I've just learned that I'm very good at: Making SUPER AWKWARD friend requests on Facebook. You may be asking yourself: "Now how is a friend request awkward? You don't even have to say anything to them!" But you see my friends, it can be awkward when you haven't had that many conversations with the person but you really want to be their friend in real life, and then stumble across their FB profile and you're just too overwhelmed by the person's coolness that the request gets sent. And that is how it's awkward. So yeah. There were just so many new cool people that are now on staff at camp and I just want to be friends with er'ey'one!

So, you're probably thinking that this is a super cliche and over talked about thing, but I think it's important to keep talking about it. Because it's hard to make yourself happy when you're sad. I recently was a guest speaker for chapel (which despite it's name is not religious) for the Killarney campers about embracing change. I chose to talk about how cancer had affected my family and how important it is to focus on the positives in a situation rather than the negatives. How we've all heard it before, but how essential that is in turning a completely shitty situation into a good one. And it is important. No matter how many times you hear it, it's a different matter to actually put it into practice, and that's what I have decided to do with my life. So yeah. Goodbye everyone! TheFabKid

So today was not the best day in the world. You see, today we got our new cabin assignments for the summer, and I was really hoping for a four-week cabin and one of the bigger, coolest trips. That didn't happen. I was assigned to a two-week cabin of little kids. A really big difference and I was really upset about it. Part of that was that for the past two cabin assignments I haven't really gotten what I preferenced on my sheet and that happening for the third time in a row was a real disappointment. Not going to lie, I cried when it happened. Not because I don't like the trip, but more because I wanted a four-week trip. But, the Pathfinder trip is going to be so amazing. I love my co-counselour: Sodgkins (her nickname, not her real name), she's so great. And the trip is super cool: three days spent on the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes. I've wanted to do this trip for a while, so doing it is going to be such a great experience. There are also three other cabins going on...

You may be able to judge from the title, but I've recently been learning about how to not judge people by their covers. Or rather, how I have in the past and have since learned that maybe what I thought was true isn't. Either way, I work at a summer camp where you meet a whole host of new people that you've never met before and you're around people that you've know for almost six summers. I the past I've been guilty of not trying to get to know some people better because of what I think they're like based on little things I see them doing throughout the day, or how they talk, but I've re-met some people this summer that make me feel bad for doing that. I guess it's just one of those things that I need to work on. #lifeskills

So, I don't know what to write about.  Not that I son't have anything to write about, plenty has happened to me in the past month, that the options for what I can write about are a little overwhelming.  The last time I posted I talked a lot about camp, which is where I've been for the past month as a counselor. We're finishing up the first session right now of the two month-long sessions of the summer. Of the many traditions at camp, two of my favourite ones are happening this Thursday. Everyone cries like a baby during them, but they're still my favorites. First is Final Banquet and then that night is Final Campfire.  During the banquet all of the counselours dress up really nicely and put on makeup and everything and we get really nice food and sing ditties* to the kids. At the campfire we sing slow songs and then everyone gets a candle and we do this thing where you have two people and one blows out the other's candle and then re-lights it with their own, ...