I woke up ten minutes before the alarm, so I had time to get my clothes, towel, and my shampoo ready. I woke Jory up, knowing that she would want to be one of the first to the shower. She got up and we ran to the shower. As the cold water hit my skin I thought about school. I had changed so much in only a couple months. I had gone from the girl who was obsessed with love to the girl who didn't give a shit about what boys thought. I had become the best version of myself. Now I just needed to work on speaking in front of people and getting my confidence. I turned off the hot water and put my clothes on as fast as I could. I couldn't tell why I didn't want to be at camp. It was the first time I didn't want to be away from home. Or maybe it was that everyone at camp reminded me of home and I went to camp to get away from them. I put on mascara and walked outside with Jory, Brooklyn, and Izzy. We were like the four musketeers. Just like Kaelynn, Amelia, Ally, and I. I frowned at the thought. We sang Canada while the flag rose to the top and then the counsellors brought out warm fuzzies. They said there special about why they were giving them away and about six kids got their warm fuzzies even Alex. Then we all rushed to be the first in line for breakfast. After a delicious meal of pancakes and bacon we all finished and headed to the Seminar. Once everyone was there the councilors started talking to themselves, so I went into my own mind thinking about what was coming up next. I knew that we would have to do something in front of people. This camp was about getting people out of their shells after all. I just didn't want to know what it was going to be. Jory hit me on the arm, and I realized L-smack was talking to the whole group.
"Half of the color groups are going swimming and the other half will be playing outside games." My color group was the ones that were going swimming first. When we were all done listening to the rules of what would we do it this or this happened we were free to go get ready. I walked with Jory back to our cabin because her color group was also going swimming. When we were both ready, we met everyone else at the back of the Pavillion with the rest of the kids going. When we were all there we started to walk down what felt like a million stairs. The lifeguard had a black dog that was tied to a tree beside the sand. We all had to do a swim test to show that we could swim. We had to go three times back and forth with our head down only putting it up for breaths. I passed and went out to the floating dock a little away from the shore and climbed the ladder to Jory. We dove off and climbed back up multiple times till it was time to get out and head back to the camp and have a shower. I guess having a shower really beats the purpose of having a shower this morning, but I still enjoyed it. I finished getting ready and putting some mascara on and lip chap and went to the big field. We played kickball for half an hour, but I got bored and saw some of my friends in a huddle around the campfire and joined them. We played mafia there and when we died, we went and played tetherball till a new wave started. My hair dried in the sun. My hair was back to its beautiful brown with gold flecks.
After the rest of the kids came back from swimming and were showered, we all headed to the pavilion to get lunch. It was grilled cheese and fries. Jory was eating while she looked for any sign that someone had put their elbows on the table, or they had their hat on their head. I thought it was really funny that she wanted to get as many people to sing and entertain us as possible. If only she realized that she was the one who was entertaining us. She did get a few people to sing but most got to their seats after running around. When we were all done, we went into the Seminar and sat waiting to hear what was going to happen next. I knew that we had to have a committee meeting soon and when we got there, I figured that's what we were going to do.
"So, we have gathered you all here to talk about your speech. You will do a speech as much as you know if you have been to this camp before. It will have to be 2-3 minutes long and we have to be captivated the whole time. It also has to be about something you are passionate about." She stayed quiet for several moments as we all soaked up what she had just told us. Then she said, "Now go to your committee rooms it is time for a committee meeting." I walked towards the hallway to my room only to meet Alex. He gave me a letter and kept walking. I looked down at my name and shoved it in my back pocket and went into my committee room. I tried to focus on what we were doing in the digital committee, but I couldn't. The only thing my mind went to be the note that I got. Why did Alex give me a note. After a while, I zoned back into the conversation without anyone realizing I was gone. I'm good like that. No one ever notices what's really going on in my brain. They were talking about how they needed pictures taken and I had my camera in my cabin so I asked if I could go get it and Seanzie said I could. As I walked back to the cabin, I took out the letter that Alex gave me. It explained that he asked Quinn why he stood up and Quinn said he forgot that he got a present. I smiled knowing that Alex wouldn't have hurt me on purpose and that he wanted to make sure that I wasn't going to be mad at him. I smiled and got my camera. Then I walked back to the committee room with a smile. Seanzie sent me out really fast to take pictures of other groups and people. When the bell rang, we all went back to the seminar and sat down in our friend group. Most of my friends were in my committee anyway. We got the lowdown on what we were supposed to write for our speech and how long it was supposed to be, which was 1 to 2 minutes. Then we had to find a spot and start writing our speech. For the first 10 minutes, I was trying to think about what I was going to write about. The only thing that came to mind was Hayden or Meegan. I sighed and wrote Meegan on the very top of my page and started writing. As soon as I started, I couldn't stop, the words just started to flow, and I didn't even realize when Alex and Izzy sat beside me. When I did realize we started talking and I could see Alex was trying to push my buttons. I just got tired of it and focused on my speech. When he realized this, he started flirting with Izzy because I was going to care. I let them do their thing and kept writing. When we were told that it was supper time, I had a whole page and a half of words, but still more to come. I walked back with Brooklynn and Jory, and we ate. I loved my friends. Jory cracked me up so much when she didn't know the names, she would ask people and then they would make them run around. I was just so funny how much joy it brought her to make people run and sing. When everyone was done, we went back to the seminar and listened to Taigen do her session on community. It was so smart that a shy person like her made us do all the work. She divided us into groups, and we had to make our own community and who and what was in it. It lasted about an hour and a half, but I made even more new friends then I had the previous day. After we were done, I put the minion into Quinn's paper bag and checked mine. I had a flower in it, and it was beautiful. I smiled as I reached and held it. Then I got my green bag from our purple folder and started writing
my answers.
My Personal Daily Reflections - Day Three
Saturday, July 7
Three things I learned today:
I like Alex
Pole dancing
I love my friends
Notes about progress towards my goals: good
How I feel about the group: They are great
Something I learned about myself today: I don't know who I like ever.
An important skill I learned today: Nope
One thing I want to do differently tomorrow: Nothing It was perfect
Overall, today was: Perfect
"A true champion will fight through anything" Floyd Mayweather, Jr (Professional Boxing Promoter/Former Boxer)
Then we all went into a semi-circle around the screen, and we all sang our theme song again Champions. I loved that song. Then we went outside and sang our tap song while the flag went down. The rest of the night was a blur. I went to bed and my cabin stayed up talking until Mac and Cheese came back. As all of the commotion of bedtime was going on I wrote a letter to Alex asking him if he wanted to go to the banquet with me. I was so confident, but I thought I should probably sleep on it because I may not feel the same way tomorrow morning. And with that thought I fell asleep dreaming of what Hayden would do if he was here. The only problem was that he wasn't here, and he wouldn't stop me from making a crazy mistake.