and if my mom hadn't been in labor on her birthday 17 years ago today, we wouldn't celebrate with cake

so i thot since i had a moment i would take some time to recap camp and my summer there before i forget all the wonderfulness that it entailed. i know i know, that has nothing to do with the fact that today is my 17th birthday, but that's ok with me, cuz i mean it's also my mom's 48th birthday so...why not just celebrate hers? eh?

camp this week was different from all the others because i didn't have a cabin of girls, in fact i didn't even have a cabin. i worked in the kitchen, and slept in my own room in the staff lounge ooo! it was so amazing, just as camp always is, i mean u know u wake up just as early and go to bed just as late and work totally hard, but i'm telling u that place is practically magical. i don't know how many of you have ever been to Mt. Meadow's or any summer camp at all but there are just somethings about it i'd never change, and i can complain about things that are different there than at home but really i love that place sooo much and the people sooo much and just the atmosphere of love that surrounds that lil 50 acre spot. things i miss when i'm at camp about home are (but not limited to):

• brushing my teeth in cold water,
• not having to jet up the largest hill on the planet to get to my cabin,
• eating whatever i want whenever,
• making dinner or washing dishes for 3 or 4 and not 100,
• changing with out at least 8 pairs of eye balls watching you,
• not having dirt everywhere
• my family and friends,
• phone calls,
• emails,
• driving,
• etc.

but when i'm at home the things about camp i miss are (but not limited to):

• counselors,
• staff,
• kids,
• food,
• outdoors,
• cool weather,
• buzzing the horn,
• singing any song that comes to mind at any time,
• mission impossible,
• the pond,
• cootie cabins,
• danny dressed up as a doofus,
• hand motions to songs,
• running up the biggest hill ever just to get excersize
• dirt....everywhere
• etc.

so pretty much i dunno if that makes sense to anyone else but well i guess i just miss camp, and i'm not even officially done going there...i go up this comming weekend to work in the kitchen, cuz there's a camp of 160 comming and like no kitchen help so...yea. and then the next weekend is paul and shaelah's wedding (i can never spell her name right!) and that's at camp too so i'll be back the next two weekends and then school starts, joy....

Oh and i think my friend ashley is comming up to visit sometime soon and i'm way excited about it, but i'm not sure when, i just know it's gonna be in august sometime so i'm hoping it'll work out and such cuz that'd be fun!

but speaking of my birthday (not that i was but...eh it's my b-day i get to do that) allow me to recap...wake up, small open family gifts and things recieved in the mail (got Paris Hilton perfume from mi hermana and such, yey) then get ready etc. go with my fam, stef, and brett, to see Must Love Dogs, surprisingly good movie, not that i thot i'd be bad, but it was definately different than i thot, slightly less predictable, which was a nice change, and on the way out was of course a photo op on the booster seat pyramid yey! then we all carted ourselves to Chevy's (it's the sombrero's that getcha) and brett brought us roses which was sweet and we ate and they sang and i got a hat and such. so amy and brett took off for a wedding adn john came and picked stef up and the rents and i went home and cozied into bed to watch On Golden Pond (cuz if u remember it's my mom's b-day too adn welp, my dad wanted me to see it....u can see how that works lol) now i've just settled into some comfy shorts and my b-day shirt stef made me (i'm down w/the G-O-D~ can i get a what what for the man upstairs please) and am rocking out to stef's stellar mix tape and enjoying myself....i'm finally old enuf not to have to make my birthday this huge deal, u know how it is when ur little and it's the biggest day of the year and everyone must bow down and worship or else u cry- well my day hasn't been quite like that...ok i had a minor moment because i wanted it to be a family day and not an amy-brett me-stef mom-dad day but it turned out alright anyhow, despite that fact....i've had a good day and it hasn't had to be totally about me (besides i've had practice sharing it with my mom)

so now as an older and perhaps wiser, officially 17 year old girl on redding california i say whoo hooo i'm 17!!!

u know, this signals a full year of driving with out any tickets or getting pulled over, or popping a tire, or running out of gas, or getting in a wreck, or having anything major breakdown, etc. i'm pretty proud of myself.

changedfish-ramblings of a birthday princess