First Day at FDC

[Edit - the first draft of this blog wouldn't let me add pictures!]


Today was my first day at camp, and it was just like I remember it. The weather was good, and it was even better to see people I haven't seen since last year. I made a few new friends and this coming week should be pretty interesting. However, it SUCKED being so tired because we stayed up late again playing the Wii and having desserts! The picture to the left is the dessert we had last night. It was an Italian ice cream dessert covered in chocolate... mmmm XD

This year, I got assigned to Camp 2, a slightly younger age group than I worked with last year. I was also assigned to sort of shadow a counselor named Boyce (Ha, not really. That's his last name, which he hates but I call him anyway because I like it. His first name's Cooper) who watches a kid named Sam. They didn't tell me much about Sam, but he sure is a handful! He's a great kid, but he likes to wander around by himself and sometimes it's hard to get him involved in group activities.

The counselors in my huddle are pretty chill, which has its ups and downs. The kids are overall nice - we definitely have a few amusing characters. Today we went swimming, played a fun variation of kickball (which involved a kickball, a football, and a frisbee. Perhaps I'll go into detail about this in a shorter blog), then what I'd like to call a sadistic version of dodgeball. It was a pretty good day. I totally missed the cheers!

After Carole picked me up, she told me she found this awesome store that she thought I might find interesting. It ended up being REALLY cool and I spent, well, a lot of money. But hey, I found some perfect presents for my mom! Anyway, we spent almost 2 hours shopping there... We might go again and hopefully I'll remember to take pictures next time. It wasn't a department store... it was like, a HUGE warehouse broken up into sections. Ever been to a convention or county fair? Well, inside this store was like those - it had "booths" and different sections of merchandise. The stuff they sold ranged from furniture and homemade baked goods, to jewelry and designer dresses. I really hope we go again!

We finally got home and had dinner. Ray and Carole make the BEST broccoli ever. Seriously. We got to eat on their patio/deck overlooking the lake through the trees because the weather was so good. I asked Carole if we could go walk down by the lake later in the week, and she said we could go then. Carole and Ray live by a BEAUTIFUL lake that I love, so we walked the dog around a good portion of the lake.

To my great amusement, there were tons of fireflies and a lovely view. Fortunately, I took quite a few pictures :] Carole and I walked for a long time, exchanging random stories and stopping to admire the turtles. She told me about her old dog, Honey, and how she loved to walk by the lake. I also mustered enough courage to catch fireflies and hold them. They're such weird, fascinating things<3