Camp Week 2- Day 4

What an exciting day! Man oh man, where to begin! We'll I guess I should start off saying that today was "Color Wars". Therefore half the camp was split into red and blue. My cabin was red. Thus, I ran into a problem. You see, I own no red attire because red is associated with the USC Gamecocks, and quite frankly, clashes with orange. The closest thing to red I had was a gray Harvard shirt mom gave me this past semester. At breakfast I caught it from my girls! They were so upset I was not decked out in red attire. Note to self, get plenty of red and blue shirts, bandannas, and face paint for the rest of the summer. After breakfast, I had a session at the pool. Luckily my girls were at the pool this session as well. After I finished life guarding on the stand, I was able to help 3 of them learn how to swim better. It was so rewarding to see the progress they were making and how much fun they were having. One girl didn't even have a bathing suit at camp, because her mom wouldn't let her get near water. Because she wanted to learn how to swim so badly, she jumped in with all her clothes on! We have 3 lifeguards on duty for 24 people for a purpose. Normally the ratio is 1 lifeguard to 24 people, so we had plenty of lifeguards! Nonetheless, I enjoyed teaching these little girls how to kick, paddle and swim somewhat. They told me later that they had practiced during their free time and had gotten even better swimming.

After the pool I had a free period.  I chose to go to tie-dye with my cabin. That is the most fun I've had tie dying before! These diabetes camp people really know how to tie-dye! I can't wait to see my masterpiece once it has been washed. I'm a little nervous to see what crazy concoction I've created.  After tie-dye it was time for lunch. I had a vegetarian chicken sandwich, yum yum yum! I forgot to mention the other day we had sweet potato fries for lunch. They were delicious! After lunch, during rest period, my roommate and fellow dimensions leader, Christine, made certificates for our Thrashers to receive tonight. We had so much fun making them. We even laminated them!  After the rest period I was  scheduled to work fishing. This is the kid's free period. They have a choice of going to the pool, playing mini golf, playing in the tree house, fishing, playing tennis or arts and crafts. I was so excited because I have never worked fishing before. After waiting about 25 minutes, no one showed up. I was so disappointed I did not get to run a fishing session.

After that, I had the rest of the afternoon off. I decided to take some "me" time and nap. I knew I had a long night ahead of me, especially with my extreme thrashers! I woke up and headed to dinner. After dinner I had my last "extreme thrashing" dimension. If I failed to mention earlier, here at Camp Twin Lakes we call biking Thrashing. We took the campers on the hardest trail, twice. It was so exhausting! During the course of the bike ride, I slipped in some mud and cut my knee open. I had tire marks on my leg too. It was intense. We also let the boys ride without their shirts on, and they jumped in mud puddles. I had mud all over my face! I will post pictures later. At the end of the session we passed out all their certificates. They were so excited to get them.

After the eXtreme thrashing session I headed on down to Color Wars also known as Wacky Olympics. It was so fun just to watch these kids compete red vs. blue in crazy Olympics. This week we had to hold them indoor due to the weather. There were competitions including noodle soccer, jello launching, sack race, ball hop, dance off, tug of war, etc. It was so much fun. After that I headed back to the porch for a MUCH needed shower. Below, a picture of the porch.