Well, today was the day that I'd been both dreading and looking forward to. After a delicious breakfast of hot chocolate-chip scones in the dining hall this morning (I will miss having all of my meals prepared for me!), I finished packing, checked Muse Watson's tires, and went on my way. The trip back home was smooth, and I only had to make one ( Read more... )

I'm definitely feeling that this is my last full day here at camp. My hair was pretty ugh-inducing when I woke up this morning. I didn't pack my straightener, and I packed shampoo, but I haven't washed my hair since I've been here! Gross, I know, but I'm just so tired at the end of each day that I barely manage to put on my PJs and fall into bed. I ( Read more... )

I've been looking forward to Friday all week, because I've heard that the Shabbat evening services here are really special. And guess what? Today was the only day -- out of my entire week at this camp -- when it RAINED! Ugh! It started raining during lunch and continued on and off for most of the afternoon, but during a dry spell, I went for a walk ( Read more... )

This is my fifth night at camp, and I only just noticed how many stars you can see here! I just walked back from the performing arts center, and I was looking up at the night sky the whole time. It's amazing how many more stars you can see in the sky out here in the woods. I could always see more in Villers-Cotterêts, too. It reminded me of one ( Read more... )

Today was Israel Day -- or as it's better known, Yom Yisrael (its Hebrew name). All of the multicolored decorations for the Maccabiah Games were taken down and replaced with blue and white ones (the colors of the Israeli flag). Israeli music played all day on the camp's speaker system, and miniature Israeli flags were hung from anything that stood ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's the end of only my second full day at camp. The day here is long, busy, and active, so this morning's breakfast already feels like days ago! The Maccabiah Games wound down today. Team Yarok won, which surprised me because Team Adom won most of the contests that I was a judge for. I stayed busy doing administrative work for the ( Read more... )

My first full day at camp was very long and busy, but it went well. I met and had conversations with a few of the other adult staff members (thank you, Lord!) and I learned how to get into the dining hall a few minutes early to get a seat at the grown-up table. In the morning I sorted the camp's incoming mail, and in the afternoon I drove around in ( Read more... )

Well, for all the worrying I did, the trip up here was perfectly smooth and quiet -- thank you, Lord! We didn't even have any rain. (Which surprised me because we had a long, loud thunderstorm most of yesterday evening that even made the lights at work flicker!) The only scary moment came when I stopped for gas in a tiny map-dot called Magnolia, ( Read more... )

This is a short entry because work lasted forever tonight, it's late, I'm tired, and I'm waking up bright and early tomorrow morning to leave for summer camp! I'm not sure how often I'll have Internet access there, so posts may be sporadic for a while. My back-up plan is to keep a paper journal of my experiences, take lots of pictures, and put them ( Read more... )

I've felt so busy lately. I'm working a lot this week -- almost 40 hours! -- and in my spare time, I've been getting ready for my vacation to summer camp next week. I needed to refill my asthma medication, order more contacts, inflate Muse Watson's tires, get a pair of khakis (the camp doesn't have a dress code, but they do ask that everyone wear a ( Read more... )