Cindy's Blog

     The summer camp I went to 3 weeks ago was terrible, mostly.

     Mom drove Jerry and I to this building and led us to this long, thin room where tons of kids were squashed behind tables along the room. There were big backpacks and suitcases and purses and all those other vacation bags everywhere! I saw Arianna squished in one of the tables in the back. My other friend Rebbeca(she's a year younger than me so we never see each other much) and her other friend (who's name I've already forgotten) were squeezed in the very front row, the table right next to us when we walked in the door. Soon after we arrived, we got onto a bus and drove away. I sat next to Arianna and Jerry sat across from us. We shared our snacks and watched a boring movie(The Safety Video; a video on where the fire extinguishers are andwhere the emergency doors, etc) that kept repeating until the teachers put in a new one. After a while we stopped at this other city to pick up more kids for the camp, and to have a potty break.

     Finally, we arrived at camp. Ironically, 1 minute after we stepped off the bus, it started to rain. Most of the day was blurry after that. They gave us name tags that sid which table we'd eat at, which room we'd sleep in and what group we'd be in during activities. There were at least 10 tables, 9 groups(Sun 1, Sun 2, Sun 3, Moon 1, Moon 2, Moon 3, Star 1, Star 2, Star 3), and maybe 5, tiny girl cabins and 2 huge boy cabins. I'd be in the same room as Ari, same group as Rebecca's friend(Sun 3) and a table with strangers(Table 4). Ari was in Moon 1 group, and Table 3. Jerry was in Room ??? Table 7 or 10 and Group Star 1. I remember that they let us go to our cabins to dump our suitcases and that at about 4:00~5:00pm they made us call our parents to say that we're fine. That's where they gave us these pink rancoats that we're supposed to wear to show that we're part of the Sun group. Also that it kept raining for the rest of the day.

     Our rooms were pretty good. There were 4 beds next to each other with a tiny space in between each one. They were really soft with big pillows and nice thick blankets which was good since it was very cold at that time. It was a bit small, but it had an AC, a TV, a bathroom, a dresser, and a closet. There were also things in the cupboard the TV stood on, and on top of the dresser.. There were towels, soap, toothbrushes, tea packets, glass cups, water bottles, etc. Our room was the only room I actually liked in the camp.

     Lunch and dinner was all right I guess. I made a new friend. She's in the Sun 2 group.  Unfortunatly we never told each other our names. We just reconized each other by our faces. She tried to get some people from our table to play rock paper scissor with her and the loser had to eat an entire plate of food from the table. She finally found this boy to play and she lost. She chose to eat the cabbage and she actually managed to finish it!!! It was a funny but risky game, because if you lose you must finish a plate of food.

     That's pretty much all I remember from Day 1. I'll write Night 1 or Day 2 tomorrow or something.