wake up and look around
whenever i start getting down about my own state of being im always reminded (like a slap in the face) to wake up and look around. its not like, in a bad way. it doesnt make me feel insignificant but rather a part of something greater than myself. something that no matter how much i think i can see of the portion of the world i have effected, i really have no idea. its like the whole world and everyone in it makes up this giant tapestry and i am just a thread and i can see the threads i am connected to but really there is so much more out there that i effect and that effects me but i cant see it.
i have been getting to know the sports camp counselors a lot more this week. (yes the same ones that threw me in the pool) they are nice guys they just like to joke around and tease all of the lifegaurds. but the more i get to know them the stranger their lives seem to me.
first i got to know my friend casey. i <3 casey. he is probably the nicest counselor out of everyone. and he always helps us out. and he actually talks to us instead of just tease us. so we invited him to go out with us last week but he said ,"no, i cant. i have to go home and help my grandparents." i was like omg he spends his whole day as a counselor for little kids and then he gives up going out with friends to help his grandparents!? later i was talking to nicole about it and she was like " yeah he does that everyday because his grandparents live at his house and he hardly ever goes out with friends because he takes care of them all the time." so basically he is the nicest boy ever. a living saint.
then i got to know steve. steve is a trouble maker and basically the leader of all the other sports camp kids and counselors and he likes to make us frustrated. but when you really talk to him he is a nice guy and he is funny. so we were talking to him and he was like "im so tired" and i was like "why were you partying all last night or something" and then he was like "ya, with your mom. ha ha ha just kidding. no i had to work all last night." so then falconi asked "where do you work" and steve answered " i work for universal studios. and i work for (a wrestling company which i forgot the name of) basically what i do is i keep both companies happy with each others agreements. i am the middle man that talks to universal and to the wrestling company. so i just drove back last night and got home at 4 in the morning. im supposed to go back tonight too." this kid is like 19 and a huge prankster and here he is with a job that 40 year olds would kill to have. so i asked "do you live here or in orlando" he said "i live here. i hate orlando. its too disney." so falconi asked " why do you have this job too? lets face it counselors make shit for money." and he said "ya, thats true but i love it here and i love these kids so why would i quit?"
then yesterday i was talking to kyle. kyle is the one that threw me in the pool. and so we were just sitting around watching the kids and i said "is it time to go yet?" and nicole was like "i dont know does anybody have a watch?" so kyle took out his phone and was like "no you have 10 more minutes. look" and he had his phone on military time so kristina asked "why do you have your phone on military time?" and he responded "because i am in the military." we were all like no way. and he was like "ya, im being serious." and he took out his phone again and showed us a picture of him in uniform. he said " august 12 they are shipping me off to kuwait." i was in shock. here is this guy that i have been joking around and calling and asshole for the last 6 weeks and he is going off to be in a war soon. ive never actually known anybody in the army. ive known parents of friends and cousins of friends and i knew that katies brother died over there last summer, but ive never actually know someone first hand. we all got quiet and then kyle was like " i dont like this seriousness. you guys can go." we hesitated for a moment and he was like "go on. get out of here. ill see you tomorrow and you better not stand too close to the edge of the pool."
when i got home my mom had the news on about the war raging between isreal and lebenon. they said that they were attempting to ship all american and european citizens that were in those countries to the island of cypress for safety and i whipped around and just stared at the tv for a second. i was just there less then a month ago. when i was in greece at one point i was a little over 60 miles away from the island of cypress.
as i listened to the interveiws of witnesses to the bombing it made me realize...... everyone has their own story to tell.
whats your story? -Renee
^ im in love with that song
i have been getting to know the sports camp counselors a lot more this week. (yes the same ones that threw me in the pool) they are nice guys they just like to joke around and tease all of the lifegaurds. but the more i get to know them the stranger their lives seem to me.
first i got to know my friend casey. i <3 casey. he is probably the nicest counselor out of everyone. and he always helps us out. and he actually talks to us instead of just tease us. so we invited him to go out with us last week but he said ,"no, i cant. i have to go home and help my grandparents." i was like omg he spends his whole day as a counselor for little kids and then he gives up going out with friends to help his grandparents!? later i was talking to nicole about it and she was like " yeah he does that everyday because his grandparents live at his house and he hardly ever goes out with friends because he takes care of them all the time." so basically he is the nicest boy ever. a living saint.
then i got to know steve. steve is a trouble maker and basically the leader of all the other sports camp kids and counselors and he likes to make us frustrated. but when you really talk to him he is a nice guy and he is funny. so we were talking to him and he was like "im so tired" and i was like "why were you partying all last night or something" and then he was like "ya, with your mom. ha ha ha just kidding. no i had to work all last night." so then falconi asked "where do you work" and steve answered " i work for universal studios. and i work for (a wrestling company which i forgot the name of) basically what i do is i keep both companies happy with each others agreements. i am the middle man that talks to universal and to the wrestling company. so i just drove back last night and got home at 4 in the morning. im supposed to go back tonight too." this kid is like 19 and a huge prankster and here he is with a job that 40 year olds would kill to have. so i asked "do you live here or in orlando" he said "i live here. i hate orlando. its too disney." so falconi asked " why do you have this job too? lets face it counselors make shit for money." and he said "ya, thats true but i love it here and i love these kids so why would i quit?"
then yesterday i was talking to kyle. kyle is the one that threw me in the pool. and so we were just sitting around watching the kids and i said "is it time to go yet?" and nicole was like "i dont know does anybody have a watch?" so kyle took out his phone and was like "no you have 10 more minutes. look" and he had his phone on military time so kristina asked "why do you have your phone on military time?" and he responded "because i am in the military." we were all like no way. and he was like "ya, im being serious." and he took out his phone again and showed us a picture of him in uniform. he said " august 12 they are shipping me off to kuwait." i was in shock. here is this guy that i have been joking around and calling and asshole for the last 6 weeks and he is going off to be in a war soon. ive never actually known anybody in the army. ive known parents of friends and cousins of friends and i knew that katies brother died over there last summer, but ive never actually know someone first hand. we all got quiet and then kyle was like " i dont like this seriousness. you guys can go." we hesitated for a moment and he was like "go on. get out of here. ill see you tomorrow and you better not stand too close to the edge of the pool."
when i got home my mom had the news on about the war raging between isreal and lebenon. they said that they were attempting to ship all american and european citizens that were in those countries to the island of cypress for safety and i whipped around and just stared at the tv for a second. i was just there less then a month ago. when i was in greece at one point i was a little over 60 miles away from the island of cypress.
as i listened to the interveiws of witnesses to the bombing it made me realize...... everyone has their own story to tell.
whats your story? -Renee
^ im in love with that song