The internet is driving me crazy!!! I can't get it unless I go out to the picnic table 100 feet from the house or go down to Alpine Lodge. I tried to skype Rachel and Casi this morning and it was being stupid! We couldn't all hear each other. Frustration!

Back in West Virginia...does that really make me a 'mountain momma'?

What a week! I had more homework than I could handle. Had to forgo some reading due to write a paper. I'm taking 17 hours (or 18...can't remember).

Living with Emily is great. I love having a place to call mine (for the time being). Cleaning has become my release. I am constantly straightening and getting things looking homey at the house. I'm so proud of the living room because now we have seating in a circle. I want lots of people to come down and hang out.

I moved my speakers to the kitchen because I'm mostly in there cleaning, cooking, or doing homework at the kitchen table. Housework is a full-time job. Don't dis housewives because they have a lot to take car of. You have to take care of the space you live in.

Mom and Grandma and possibly someone else are coming not this weekend but next weekend to visit. I'm so excited!

Campers are here!

I am so excited that campers are here! I don't think I've ever been this excited and it's weird because I don't really get excited for camp. Camp is just a way of life for me and I always look forward to it in a mello kind of way. But I keep finding myself smiling when I see counselors with their campers, campers together with their friends having fun, program director with a microphone, and people standing in circles. I just love it!! It makes me really happy because I've been thinking about camp and my future for a while now. I've been thinking that really I could be happy doing anything...but in a bad way...I wasn't thrilled about any type job/service. I seem to just look at live in the light that whatever you do is just something you have to do and get over. I'm missing the joy. The joy of living, the joy of being a child of God, the joy of loving the people He has placed in me life. I'm in a joyless rut! So I've decided that I need to figure out what God's word says about joy. I've wrote down all the passages with "joy", I read the passage in context (I understand what is going on before and after the "joy"), and then I write a sort of paraphrase in my own words, I write down the 1. situation that was was before joy 2. the situation after joy 3. what caused the joy. I may right down more things as I see them but for now that is what's going on.

Happy camping!

This picture is from Lake Ann's teens at Fight Night. They are in cabin teams and get all painted up and go into a roped off ring and do crazy team games with food. It's gross but so much fun! After the games are down the towns firemen come in and hose off the teens. I love teens!!! It makes me miss being the North Teen Village Co-Director at Crosley. :(

Lake Ann Camp

I'm back in the States. I just realized that I haven't blogged since February. That's crazy! Israel is miss by me very much. I want to go back and hopefully take Rachel and Casi to for our 25 birthdays.
I spent a couple of weeks back home before coming to camp. It's all new to me. I thought Crosley was large but Lake Ann is like mega camp in comparison. I went for a walk on the grounds today and was realizing more how big it is. Intentional programming is their motto and that is true. I'm enjoying staff training but I'm definitely ready for campers to get here.
I'm coming back home on July 24th for Cami's wedding. I'm doing the hair! And I get to see people that I love!

Yacht trip 2

I don't know why the sound is gone??? The sound is really funny because we are all screaming about seeing the dolphin. I kept saying..."It's right there!" over and over again. It was a once in a life time thing to see dolphins here like that. Yosi, the friend who owns the yacht said that the dolphins love to entertain the people. If there is no one in a boat they go around to the next one. They are so curious! The first one swam kind of one it's side and I could see it looking me with its eye!