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Thursday July 5, 2007. 12:38 AM
Being my day off, today went really quickly. Got up at 10:30, ate brunch, checked emails, then went up to the chapel with the djembe. That felt really good. Mollie came up around 1 asking if i wanted to go with her visiting some folks. So i went along, feeling mildly like the second wheel on a unicycle. First we went to visit glen and vicki, an elderly couple that are heavily involved at the camp. They were a lot of fun, both of them, especially glen, are really great at giving out hard times. We stayed there till 5:30ish, then went to the house of seth (the pastor of the UM church in town(he went to seminary in kc where i went to youtheology)) and sarah. They have three young kids, and another couple with two kids was also there. We ate dinner and then set off fireworks as it got dark. We also watched an impressive display down the street as other fireworks went off all around us. (chadron doesnt have a public fireworks display, so there are lots of private ones that go on for hours) It was fun watching mollie, who is unused to big private fireworks, squirm as the fireworks went off all around us. Got back to camp around 11. As fun as all this was, and as good it was that i didnt just bum at camp all day, it really would have been nice to have contact with people more my age. Glen and vicki were fun, but were really old; there were lots of aarp magazines floating around. And at seth's place, i felt really young being around mollie who has a degree in theology, seth who is a pastor, and the other guy who is finishing his doctorate in rhetoric, plus their two wives and all the kids. All in all, i am now quite tired of the polite (though interesting) conversation these events take up; i would much rather be around some people that i can be real with on a deeper level than where i go to school or whathaveyou. I guess i just tire of surface relationships really quickly. And the fact that i have the entire lodge and retreat center to myself is not something that i like, at all. Oh well, guess there really isnt anything i can do about it.
Tuesday July 3, 2007. 10:05 PM
I am now alone at camp. All the other counselors are gone. Bri left saturday, angie monday, and will left today. So i am now left here with vonnie and her kids and mollie. I like vonnie, and mollie is great, but this doesnt stop me from feeling really alone when the evening comes and they all go and do their own thing. And thus i am left alone in the lodge like a loser wasting away on my laptop. I'll prolly go up to the outdoor chapel after awhile, but that doesnt stop the loneliness from setting in thick.
In other news, i am pretty much the camp norwesca ping pong master. I have played dozens of games against will and many against angie and bri. Only bri has beaten me, but those were always close games, while when i beat her they were by a much larger margin (the table here is badly slanted).
In still other news, leftovers suck when you only get new dishes on the average of twice per week.
I really need a friend here.
Being my day off, today went really quickly. Got up at 10:30, ate brunch, checked emails, then went up to the chapel with the djembe. That felt really good. Mollie came up around 1 asking if i wanted to go with her visiting some folks. So i went along, feeling mildly like the second wheel on a unicycle. First we went to visit glen and vicki, an elderly couple that are heavily involved at the camp. They were a lot of fun, both of them, especially glen, are really great at giving out hard times. We stayed there till 5:30ish, then went to the house of seth (the pastor of the UM church in town(he went to seminary in kc where i went to youtheology)) and sarah. They have three young kids, and another couple with two kids was also there. We ate dinner and then set off fireworks as it got dark. We also watched an impressive display down the street as other fireworks went off all around us. (chadron doesnt have a public fireworks display, so there are lots of private ones that go on for hours) It was fun watching mollie, who is unused to big private fireworks, squirm as the fireworks went off all around us. Got back to camp around 11. As fun as all this was, and as good it was that i didnt just bum at camp all day, it really would have been nice to have contact with people more my age. Glen and vicki were fun, but were really old; there were lots of aarp magazines floating around. And at seth's place, i felt really young being around mollie who has a degree in theology, seth who is a pastor, and the other guy who is finishing his doctorate in rhetoric, plus their two wives and all the kids. All in all, i am now quite tired of the polite (though interesting) conversation these events take up; i would much rather be around some people that i can be real with on a deeper level than where i go to school or whathaveyou. I guess i just tire of surface relationships really quickly. And the fact that i have the entire lodge and retreat center to myself is not something that i like, at all. Oh well, guess there really isnt anything i can do about it.
Tuesday July 3, 2007. 10:05 PM
I am now alone at camp. All the other counselors are gone. Bri left saturday, angie monday, and will left today. So i am now left here with vonnie and her kids and mollie. I like vonnie, and mollie is great, but this doesnt stop me from feeling really alone when the evening comes and they all go and do their own thing. And thus i am left alone in the lodge like a loser wasting away on my laptop. I'll prolly go up to the outdoor chapel after awhile, but that doesnt stop the loneliness from setting in thick.
In other news, i am pretty much the camp norwesca ping pong master. I have played dozens of games against will and many against angie and bri. Only bri has beaten me, but those were always close games, while when i beat her they were by a much larger margin (the table here is badly slanted).
In still other news, leftovers suck when you only get new dishes on the average of twice per week.
I really need a friend here.