Finally! A much-due update...

The top two photos are from last night's social (Sarah B and Melony were on their day off). Jenny put these outfits together, and I was pretty proud of her, even if they were mildly camp-inappropriate. Look at T-Rex's redneck outfit....Awesome!

The last one is a photo of the CLC at DJ Jeff in our 80's outfits . You can't see our legwarmers in the photo, but they sure did look magical.

So, yep, it was Lyme's disease. I am on antibiotics, and am feeling much better, although I'm still really sore and tired and headachey. Pat and Kev Sweeting have Lyme's now too... I think we should start a gang.

Other than the Lyme's, things have been great. Today is my day off, and T-Rex and I went to get some pirate outfits for Watersports Day. I'm not going to lie, I think the CLC will make great pirate wenches.

Cabin 16 had another dance-off last night, but we just used the previous one that I had choreographed last session, and added a few new touches. Once again, we schooled the girls, and probably made them cry. Tucci is giving me an afternoon period this week to choreograph a new one with 1-6 for the Watersports Day social (DJ Dryer and DJ Paul!). Also, I get to organize the painting of the War Canoe paddles with the CITs... Last year when I got stuck with the responsibility, I wasn't too happy about it. However, after it was finished, I sat back in the arts and crafts room by myself and realized how much it meant to the kids. Last year's paddles ended up looking great, and I'm sure this year's will be the same.

Flutag is on Sunday....Heck yes!!!!

Real life is not fun...I want to stay here forever. Why does camp ever have to end?

CLC at the track meet!

How are things going? Good and Bad. Bad news first: I either have Mono or Lyme's Disease (will find out tomorrow), which means I am sleepy all of the time, and feel like a 75-year-old with arthritis.

The good news is that I am beginning to feel quite a bit better about my program. That is, until I have to endure my evaluation next week, where thay usually tell me that I'm doing about a million things wrong, and I end up thinking "why didn't you tell me this earlier, so I could have fixed it?". Someone complained about not being praised enough at camp....I don't want praise, but I want to be told when I'm doing something wrong, or could be doing something better, so that I can fix it as soon as the problem arises, and not long afterward.

...Back to the good. There are a bunch of kids this session that are totally into the darkroom, which is great.
My hands and hair constantly smell like stop bath, I spend hours in the muggy darkroom, and I couldn't be happier. Those who know me well know that the darkroom is where my heart lies... The negatives that are developed at camp are full of scratches, and (due to the lack of proper equipment), are never properly printed, which is what makes them so charming. As a professional, observing the photos that come out of the Awosting darkroom is amazing, as they are all so full of raw eagerness. In the real world, I spend all of my time worrying about the technical aspects of photography, which means that I often lose touch on why I started taking photos in the first place. This place always brings me back down to earth...
There are some really amazing kids here, and I am very lucky to know them all.

It was great to see Ron, I really wish I would have been feeling better so that I could have spent more time with him.

This year is very funny, as I find myself less and less drawn to Dittos, and more and more drawn to spending time with the CLC, CITs, and the Tuccis. My mom says that you can tell a lot about a person by the people that they surround themselves with... If this is true, then I must be doing pretty darn well for myself.

...Will let you guys know the results of the Mono and Lyme's tests soon, mmm-kay?