Session 2, Boston Break & start of Session 3

I have been really busy as usual at camp the past week and a half. Session 2 went really well and DJ and I were very lucky to get another great group of campers who behaved really well. There were some great evening programs for the kids during the second session, one night the girls unit had a big knock the bottle tournament, and my cabin got to the final and I scored the winning strike for them haha. Another evening program we had was a spa night for all the girl campers, which was really cute and they loved it. Stations were set up in Sebago Hall with nail painting, hair styling, make overs and a catwalk. Another fun thing from session 2 was Taylor Swift club which I took with Melanie and Danielle. 15 girls joined it and some of them were so keen, it was really cute. On awards night we performed for the whole camp singing and acting to the song "Mean" and they did so well, I felt like a proud parent! I have a video of it which I will have to upload at some point.
It was really hot and humid last week so we went swimming a lot on our breaks. We normally just swim out to the floating dock and lie there for ages until we get too hot then do a running jump off of it; definitely one of my favourite ways to spend breaks. During boating rotation with the campers we got to go on a pontoon boat ride around the lake, which was great for me and Maddie as we just lay out on the upper level of it sunbathing while the campers sat talking with each other. On one of our breaks me, Sean, Maddie and Abby went to Walmart and we all split up when we got there so we could get whatever we needed. So I was strolling around the store when suddenly I hear over the loudspeaker "Sarah Feeney please come to customer services, your party is waiting". I was in a bit of shock and started panicking as I hadn't got everything I needed so started running around the store frantically until I got to customer services to find that Sean had got one of the store assistants to say it as a joke.
Lord's Day during Session 2 was probably my favourite day despite it being the hottest day of the summer. We have a church-style service each morning which is really nice and then we all play sideline soccer. I scored a goal which was quite remarkable seeing as I'm rubbish at soccer and everyone was dying in the heat. In the afternoon there was an all camp swim which I actually had off as a break but went to it anyway with the other counselors who were off too as it was so warm. All camp swim is pretty crazy as counselors basically have to fight through swarms of campers to get out into the water to swim, they all just rush for you and all want you to play with them which can get stressful when they are so demanding! After that we had the carnival which ended up being hilarious. Justin and I got into a big water fight with the kids and then the campers pressured us into racing each other on the Blob. The Blob is a huge inflatable water slide and obstacle course contraption where you have to race through the first section, climb up some inflatable steps and slide down to the bottom. After they had seen us race each other then the campers wanted me and Justin to race them which got very tiring!! Especially as Brent pushed me off the top of the stairs back down to the bottom so I had to start over, ugh! For dinner on Lord's Day we have a cook out which is a nice change from the dining hall as we sit outside at the pavilion at picnic tables and have barbeque stuff. Lord's Day was particularly good during session 2 because of Jesus Theater. Jesus Theater is a a performance by some of the staff which shows Jesus' life through music, acting and dancing, and it is narrated by Jesus speaking to an emo girl who is going through a lot of issues such as her parents divorcing. It's a pretty big deal at camp because usually the campers are really affected by it so I was a little disappointed during session 1 that my campers didn't really seem to take much from it. However, session 2 was completely different. All my campers were affected by it and some got really upset. One girl, Rebecca who is 9, told me that she related to it because her parents are divorced and she lives with her mom and her dad has stopped calling her. It was really sad to hear this as kids do not deserved to be treated like that. But it was amazing to hear from her at the same time that she had taken so much from Jesus Theater and had so many questions about it and wanted to pray and become a Christian. This was the case with a lot of me and DJ's campers, they had so many questions, some of which were really difficult to answer but I think we did pretty well talking to them.
The last day of the session it was really hot again so for athletics rotation a slip and slide was set up. Of course, the kids love it when the counselors join in so they kept chanting "Sarah and Maddie" until we would go on it. So we went at the same time and did a big run up and landed on the mat and went flying along it. The next morning though I woke up and found it painful to move my neck - definitely got whiplash from it!

We got a day and a half break after session 2 so 19 of us went down to Boston which was SO much fun! We roadtripped down and stayed in a nice hotel (really nice to actually have air conditioning for once). The first night we all went into the centre for dinner but with such a big group conflict was bound to arise and people started getting annoyed right off the bat from when we got on the train as some of the boys started mucking about singing songs which were irritating other passengers, then we all didn't want to go to the same restaurant so we split up into smaller groups. That night after dinner a group of us went up to the top of the Prudential Center to its observatory and admired the view of the city at night. It was beautiful and we had a really nice time just walking around the top of the building looking out at the city. We then went back to the hotel and most of us congregated in me, Sam, Sammy G, and Kelsey's room and hung out relaxing. The next day we got up and me, Kelsey, Dom, Sean, Lyle and Magnes had decided to stick together and do a lot of touristy stuff while the others just went shopping or to visit their school friends as a lot of my friends at camp go to college in Boston. So my group first went on a duck boat tour which was so much fun! It took us all around the city and then it turned into a boat and sailed along the river Charles. The driver let me sail the boat which was fun! After that, we went to Harvard and walked around the campus there which was incredibly nice, I loved it and was totally in my element! We tracked down the Law School so I could get a Legally Blonde picture in front of it, haha. Then to finish up the day we went to the aquarium which was pretty fun. Sean made friends with some penguins and we all touched some rays and a baby shark! It was one of the best days ever! We just had so much fun, I loved Boston!

We are currently half way through session 3, which is music camp. I have 10 campers this week and we got moved up to the Older Girls unit as most of the campers this week are a lot older. The classes which I am helping with are Worship team and chorus, where I don't really have to do much except sing with the kids. This week has been quite tough so far as the girls aren't being as well behaved as our previous groups and they are all hypochondriacs and constantly moan that they don't feel well even though nothing is wrong. Definitely had my patience tested a few times! Last night there was a talent show, which I was in as part of "Tito's Blondes". Me and Tito sang Amazing Grace to the tune of In the Jungle from the Jungle Book whilst Sean, Dom, Lyle and Jake danced fantastically with an inspiring aire of dancing genius which I can only hope I will see again at some point in the future and although no prizes were awarded we know that we were the true winners (as you can tell Dom just made me write this). It was actually a lot of fun and there's a video of it which I'm sure will get uploaded eventually.

Here is a picture of me and my unit the Younger Girls!

Anyway, I will have to go, think I have covered enough!