Camp Bighorn Day 16 7/5/2010

Camp Bighorn Day 16 7/5/2010

I am just beginning my third week here at Camp Bighorn. We did not have staff devotions in the morning so I slept in till 9:00 am. It was great to get some extra sleep. I got the mail out before heading to the lodge for breakfast. After breakfast we all gathered up stairs in the lodge for a meeting about the plan for the week. We don’t have any camps here this week, so all the staff is going on a mini wilderness adventure camping trip. We leave camp Wednesday morning and return on Friday evening. Everyone is excited about this trip. We will be hiking, rafting, biking, and camping out. After our meeting my team met up to talk about what everyone was going to be doing that day. I volunteered to be on the kitchen crew for dinner. It was a pretty quiet day around camp. I just relaxed most of the day because I was not committed to anything until dinner. Family groups five and six met up to talk about what we needed to do to get ready for the camping trip. After the meetings I came back to the office and waited for the mail to come. I forgot that there was not mail that day because it was the holiday. So I went and got the mail out of the mail box. I was in the office for a while in the morning. I worked at my computer and answered the phone. I got a blog entry typed up and posted. Jeremy, Sarah, and I met up for a bit to talk about the upcoming camping trip. They asked me if I was planning to go on the trip. I told them I was planning to go. I will be coming back early on Friday with one of the other girls on staff. After I met with Jeremy and Sarah I went to my cabin to rest before lunch. Then I headed to the lodge to get some food. After lunch I came back to the office for a while. I used my computer to check e-mail and facebook. I typed up my blog entry for the day before. I was in the office until about 5:00 pm. Then I went back to my cabin to rest until I needed to be in the lodge to help with dinner. I got up around 6:00 pm and headed to the lodge to help in the kitchen. I helped get some of the things ready for dinner. We had great Mexican food. We all met in the lodge to eat and reconnect with each other. It was fun to hear about what people had been up to all day. I went into the kitchen to help with the dishes, that was a fun but some what tiring job. The store was open after dinner. I missed it because I was in the kitchen putting away the dishes. When I finished in the kitchen I got a soda out of my truck. I got some ice for it out of the kitchen. It was a nice treat after working in the kitchen. After dinner we gathered upstairs in the lodge to watch the movie “Cool Runnings.” I had not seen this movie in a long time. It was fun to watch with everyone. After the movie we talked about some of the lessons we learned from the film. When we finished I went to my cabin to get my phone card, then went to the office to call my parents. When I came in Jeremy told me that my mom called a little while ago. I called her back. We had a nice talk. I was really missing my family while we were talking. While we talked my mom helped me to calm down a bit. I told her I am still struggling with getting adjusted to life at camp because it’s so different around here. I don’t really know people here like I used to. That makes the adjustment harder than I thought it would be. My mom is proud of me for working at camp even though it is hard at times. I also talked with my dad for a while. We had a good talk. It was nice to talk to both my mom and dad. They are having a good time on their trip in Colorado. When I got off the phone with them I headed to my cabin to get some sleep. I prayed and went to sleep thinking about what was in store for the next day. More on that later…