The day was sunny, and Jay and I both happened to forget our shades. We always have lots of laughs and great conversations on our drive to camp. It was so great to see everyone and find my JUMP girls from the summer. Literally, I almost fell over because three of them tackled me at the same time!
I found out that I would be in the kitchen from 1-7 and I was glad that I decided to bring different shoes. My feet are still thanking me for that one! I had a great time in the bakery baking Lots of Chips Cookies-over 250 of them, stirring up the Baked Oatmeal for the next day, and then I joined the pizza crew. At supper that night, I took the liberty of eating 2 cookies. It was worth it!
Upon leaving the kitchen, I began to realize that a night with not much sleep combined with a long day was starting to make my contacts very irritating. As I walked back to Heckman, I knocked my head back and gazed up at the stars. It seemed a little foggy, but they were still there. Combine that with a little glowing slice of moon and you have a giant chunk of beauty hand-crafted by God. That beauty combined with a good chill just takes my breath away, every time.
I headed to chapel and was pleasantly surprised that worship was being led by some of the youth. They did a wonderful job. I was really glad that they brought in a hymn, Nothing But the Blood. It was the night of the Gospel presentation. I began to feel my exhaustion and I will admit that I began to fall asleep when they played a video that I had seen a few times already. I was wide awake and praying, though, when the speaker called for all those wanting to make first time decisions and confessed to having things that were holding them back from really pursuing their relationship with God. One of my favorite moments of every week during the summer was when we had a Victory Celebration on Friday night. I got chills then and when we had one on Saturday night, I got them again. I love getting those kinds of chills.
After that, I headed back to the kitchen to help with snack. It seems like every time I go back to camp, I learn something new. I love it! Working with Erica, Jay and Michael, you just don't get bored. The boys smoked up the kitchen with the popcorn making process and Erica might have lost a little bit of hot chocolate on the floor. I headed to bed early because by 10, I was feeling the fact that I only had an hour and a half worth of sleep the night before. When I got to my cabin, I was the last one. Everyone was sleeping already and I somehow managed to get the nosiest mattress. EVER.
For some strange reason, my alarms managed to not go off in the morning. Yes, that's correct-alarms...I have a harmful relationship with my snooze button. I still managed to make it to the Dining Hall in time to take care of hostessing duties. I learned how to refill the hot chocolate machine as well as the milk machine today! Debbi has been a great help to me and my ignorance in the camp kitchen.
In the lull between breakfast and brunch, I sat at the couches and had a random conversation with some boys about Batman's underwear and what he wears. Wonder if he has his name on his waistband... I also got drug to the Lodge to get in a picture with 4 of my JUMP girls from the summer. Jordan walks around the corner and I about fell over laughing at her. She was wearing the figure friendly Forever Lazy. She proudly showed the butt flap for those emergencies! :)
I began to really feel my exhaustion and decided that having Jay drive back to CF would be the wisest decision. At brunch, I talked with Andrew about the summer. All I need to do is get my classes figured out and I will hopefully be going back! There IS a spot for me! This was great to hear and put the biggest smile on my face! :)
After that, I was barely competent about my surroundings. I think I tidied up the camp store, and made mud for the salamanders, and probably turned down a candy bar sale or two from Daniel. I also might have swept the hall in the AC. I'm pretty sure that I was walking around with my mouth hanging open though...that tends to happen a lot when I'm extra tired. We stopped by the Vik's to say goodbye and then we were out. Jay got temporarily turned around since it's been so long since he's driven anywhere and he wanted to head home, not to CF. I was in and out of sleep for about an hour, and still, I was barely functional. When I sang with the radio, I got the words wrong...a lot. I am calling this weekend a pure success. I am happy and tired in a good way and not ready for Monday, except for Bible Study.
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