summer, thus far.

well... its been quite a while since i last posted, and thats becuase since then, i've been lost in the middle of no where (aka Killarney), locked into Girl Guide camp in Guelph, and then spent the last six weeks being totally absorbed in work, and not able to have a normal life. Hopefully, things will settle down, and i will be able to resurface on the social scene.

First off... music council and LEAD BBQs and Socials were amazing. DISNEY!!! enough said.

then wednesday came where claire, my mom and i went on an escapade to pick up Christina and Joanna at the airport. we thought she was meeting us at terminal 3, yet she was not there. how sad. so we boogied over to terminal 1. Unfortunately, after the joyful reunions, and being surprised at how tall Joanna was, we had to carry their 200 lbs of luggage BACK to terminal 3. What an adventure.

Killarney was an Awesome trip. we listened to my awesome CD about 7 times. hahaha that brought many good memories back, and created new ones. We got to see Pauline!!! and just generally had fun. I sterned Christina's canoe for most of the trip till we switched up and Melanie was my bow. I think that the official theme song of that trip would have to be Just around the riverbend or Hips don't lie. depending on who you talk to. the pictures are HILARIOUS. just generally a good time with my sisters.

then after less than 24 hours at home, Christina and i trekked off to mosaic. what an amazing camp. It was proved to be better than what i was looking forward to. I got to spend time chilling with the markham girls, getting to know all the new sr. branches, and Vivian, who i already knew, and of course, i got to hang out and goof off with Christina, something i had been looking forward to all year, probably more than the camp itself. ALthough the food wasn't great, and the outhouses were smelly, there was lots of rain, and you really didn't have time to have a shower, even with your trusty Solar Shower(which doesn't do exactly the best job of cleaning you), it was an amazing experience. i'd definitely do it again.

Then we come to Camp Robin Hood. its totally in a league of its own. Its changed who i am, and where i'm going with my life. The people i met totally blew me away, and the kids are phenomenal. the staff were amazing to work with, esp. my co counsellors and swim. i'm going to miss them so much. my campers were the oldest girls at camp, which meant dealing with attitude and noncompliancy almost 24/7, but i'd put up with it any day in order to spend a day with lauren. For those who don't know, lauren is my one on one camper. she is amazing. she made camp totally worthwhile. she has difficulties walking, so to goings are a little slower, but i don't mind. how i wish you could all meet her. i cried for 15 minutes solid when she left.

camp withdrawl sucks. infact, all withdrawl sucks. it seems that i go through the same thing this time every summer. doesn't make it any easier does it?

ouside of camp, i've had an amazing summer as well. I'm usually in and out of the country so many times during the summer that i don't have time to do things with my friends, but its turned out to be alot of fun. from the Not affiliated gigs (there were many!), and their respective after parties, to crashing the mexico send off, to wonderland and ontario place, rugby games galore, guitar hero and movie expeditions, andrea's cottage, blue man group, and collingwood this weekend, its all been a blast. i'm not QUITE ready for school to start up again.

school this year should be interesting. i seem to go through stages where i want to just move on with my life and get away from markham, and part of me tells me i'm not ready. part of me needs a change of scenery and part of me wants to stick around becuase things are just starting to get interesting. who knows what will happen.

sickeningly excited for band this year though. literally can't wait.
now, i'll off to bed to start my week of down time and getting myself into gear for the sickest year of highschool yet. its going to take some revving up if i'm still this completely attatched to camp come next tuesday.