Wanna help?
Oh. I hate hard decisions!!!
I gotta decide what camp to go to this summer...
There's Ilchester which I've gone to since 1st grade and I get to be a leader this year! And all my friends go there too... You know, the ones I only see once a year at, you guessed it, camp. I swore I would go there until the end of time and I've only missed one year, when I went to Spain...
...but I could work at this other camp. Camp Coles with Katrina. And I'd actually get paid for it... Ilchester is volunteer only... Katrina said she made about $1500 last summer... for going to camp and having fun!!! I didn't even make that much at Panera!!! It's also a sleep away camp, which I've never been to before... but it's 8 weeks long, and I'm already going to england next fall for 3 months...
...but then, I'm 18 now, I can't stay home forever. My dad left home at age 13 and it did him good because most of his brothers and sisters (he has 11) are still dirt poor and in a small town in Tennessee whereas we live in a nice safe house in columbia maryland. Of course, this wouldn't make that much of a difference.. I'm just saying that maybe I've been clinging to home too much this last year... I was so afraid last year of what the future would bring.. not knowing where I would be, where my friends would be... *sigh* but I'm starting to think (and realize) that the friends worth keeping.. the real friends, in other words, will always be there no matter what. Look at Bethany, look at Tina. We've known each other for YEARS, and sometimes it's been that long since we've talked to each other or seen each other... but when we do get together we're still best friends... it's the same with the girls at camp... besides, there's the internet now and we can always see what each other is up to...
But I love Ilchester. And my aunt wanted me to do the internship at her work...
Then again. Internship. Camp. Internship. Camp. Hmm.. tough choice.
Do you even get paid for internships? Maybe I'll look into that...
I do need money. Like I said... 18 now... starting to feel icky asking my parents for money. Especially for leisure activities like going to Mexico... the plane ticket... then all the things I'm going to want to buy and do... same with England. Paying for the semester is one thing... but if you haven't noticed... going out and doing things with friends costs money. And the english pound is almost 2 of our dollars... why do you think they all come over here to do their christmas shopping???
*sigh* I don't know... I'm really leaning toward Camp Coles... but I promised them that I wouldn't be a loser and leave after I bridged to adult... Noodle and I are supposed to work together.. and me my first year as a leader, and her as my PA.. Kristy is a 6th grader this year and I told her that I would work her sleepover just like I worked Kelsey's all those years ago... the summer after Caitlin died (3 years yesterday, btw) Ah! If only there was a way I could do both! But Camp Coles starts a week before Ilchester... and... like I said... it's sleepaway..
...advice? Opinions?
I gotta decide what camp to go to this summer...
There's Ilchester which I've gone to since 1st grade and I get to be a leader this year! And all my friends go there too... You know, the ones I only see once a year at, you guessed it, camp. I swore I would go there until the end of time and I've only missed one year, when I went to Spain...
...but I could work at this other camp. Camp Coles with Katrina. And I'd actually get paid for it... Ilchester is volunteer only... Katrina said she made about $1500 last summer... for going to camp and having fun!!! I didn't even make that much at Panera!!! It's also a sleep away camp, which I've never been to before... but it's 8 weeks long, and I'm already going to england next fall for 3 months...
...but then, I'm 18 now, I can't stay home forever. My dad left home at age 13 and it did him good because most of his brothers and sisters (he has 11) are still dirt poor and in a small town in Tennessee whereas we live in a nice safe house in columbia maryland. Of course, this wouldn't make that much of a difference.. I'm just saying that maybe I've been clinging to home too much this last year... I was so afraid last year of what the future would bring.. not knowing where I would be, where my friends would be... *sigh* but I'm starting to think (and realize) that the friends worth keeping.. the real friends, in other words, will always be there no matter what. Look at Bethany, look at Tina. We've known each other for YEARS, and sometimes it's been that long since we've talked to each other or seen each other... but when we do get together we're still best friends... it's the same with the girls at camp... besides, there's the internet now and we can always see what each other is up to...
But I love Ilchester. And my aunt wanted me to do the internship at her work...
Then again. Internship. Camp. Internship. Camp. Hmm.. tough choice.
Do you even get paid for internships? Maybe I'll look into that...
I do need money. Like I said... 18 now... starting to feel icky asking my parents for money. Especially for leisure activities like going to Mexico... the plane ticket... then all the things I'm going to want to buy and do... same with England. Paying for the semester is one thing... but if you haven't noticed... going out and doing things with friends costs money. And the english pound is almost 2 of our dollars... why do you think they all come over here to do their christmas shopping???
*sigh* I don't know... I'm really leaning toward Camp Coles... but I promised them that I wouldn't be a loser and leave after I bridged to adult... Noodle and I are supposed to work together.. and me my first year as a leader, and her as my PA.. Kristy is a 6th grader this year and I told her that I would work her sleepover just like I worked Kelsey's all those years ago... the summer after Caitlin died (3 years yesterday, btw) Ah! If only there was a way I could do both! But Camp Coles starts a week before Ilchester... and... like I said... it's sleepaway..
...advice? Opinions?