Camp!!!

ciaradoyle86 — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:23:00 GMT

Hey Guys

Im so sorry i havnt really been keeping in touch much, its so crazy busy here that everyday roles into another and before i realise it ive been at camp almost 3 weeks and not bothered to write anything!!

Where to start, i arrived into camp on the 17th of june, we had a weeks orientation where we were assigned our units and then bunks, im in abbeys unit or better known as the G - unit (girls unit) but we call ourselves the g-unit because its obviously awesome, there are 9 other conusellors in my unit looking after 3 bunks of girls, im working with the youngest girls on camp.
Orientation week was pretty full on with meetings and bunk setup before the kids arrived, but was still heaps of fun, in my bunk i have 11 kids and 2 other counsellors, amelia from london and bec from mentone in australia, they are both awesome and we all actually get along really well so were a tight group of g-units.

Kids have been here for a week now and they are georgous, sometimes a little trying with tantrums and tears but mostly cute.........they are so funni and constatnly make me laugh!!

some of the stories of the things that have happened to these kids are heartbreaking but to look at them and see how much they enjoy their summer here you wouldnt know that they have all been through some horrible things!!

I had my first offical day off on tuesday so a few of us left on the monday night and went to the limerick pub in honesdale.....the local there and i was introduced to the alabama slammer.......lets just put it this way i wont be having these again soon, they are like long island ice teas except u cant taste the alcohol so they went down very well but didnt come back up as nice lol
the next day feeling as seedy as i was we went to the closest big city mall and went to the movies and did some shopping.

Most days its rained here, they arent having a great summer but never the less we get on with it!!

Im not too sure what else i can tell you, i have no concept of time or what day it is here its like your living in a bubble, like the world of summit but i absolutely love it here its just so much fun and ive met some great people!
the only thing i dont like here is the mosqitos, they are crazy and eat me alive ive never been bitten this much before in my life its crazy

2moro is 4th of july so its gonna be a big celebration and fireworks 2moro night so that should be fun and ive got some day trips planned for days off so hopefully i'll have more to write about soon!

Im missing you all like crazy and wish you were here to share the amazing experience with me!
In not gonna lie its been real difficult without you here and not being able to just pick up the phone and call like i used to.

Love you all

xoxoxoxo

p.s photos going up soon!!

First few days in the U S of A

ciaradoyle86 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Hey Guys

Well this will be my first offical entry! feels like ive been gone for agos but its only been 4 days, its so bizzare!

Im having a great time, suffering from jet lag a little bit but the red bulls in the morning keep me going!! I arrived in on Thursday afternoon (LA Time) about 1pm, cass and i got sperated on our flights as we didnt realise there was two flights leaving from auckland 2 hours apart. So i made friends with some other people on the flight who were also going to camp america so all wasnt to bad and lets be honest it turned out to be the best thing coz if i had of been on the same flight as cass i would of missed seeing brad pitt at the airport!! He was walked straight past me like less then a meter away from me i was shell shocked and looked absolutely horrible after a 12 hr flight, i never imagined meeting my future husband that way lol.

We got to the hostel about 4pm and i was wrecked as i didnt sleep on the flight, i went straight to bed and eventually got up at 2am, prob not the greatest idea as i couldnt get back to sleep untill 6am.

First full day in LA we went to universal studios for the day which was fun, that night we did a bit of shopping down melrose ave and then dinner at this kool diner called johnny rockets. Today was a bit of an adventure, we needed to get out to anahiem to check into out hotel here so we can go to disney land 2moro, we thought we might take a shuttle bus but when we found out it cost $100 we decided to opt for the train, so off we went to union station in LA me with my two giant suitcase thats weigh almost 40Kgs put together, it was a task and a half. We got to the station and the train was about to leave so the lady said we should just board with ours cases as there is not enough time to put them in a carriage, once on the train we had to try n lugg our bags up a huge flight of stairs lucky there are some nice people in LA that were kind enough to carry them up and down the stairs for us!
After arriving at our hotel almost 2 hours later we decided to go to the local shopping centre as i wanted a back pack there is no way that im gonna try in lugg 2 suitcases around the states or europe so we made our first trip to WAL MART!!! and what a trip that was..........im telling you everything is oversized and under priced, its so cheap it should be illegal!!
I didnt go crazy with buying things like you all would have expected me to do but before i leave america i will and the crazy thing is they have a maccas in wal mart had weird is that?? I heart wal mart, its awesome and im afraid to say it shits all over 24 hr K-mart!!

So 2moro is Disneyland and tuesday is Knotts berry farm before we get on a flight to NYC and start camp, Not too sure when ill be able to write again as we will have no computer access at camp for the first two weeks as its all being set up. This was just a sneak peak into what ive been doing but im sure ill have much more to write about once ive started camp!

Missing you all like crazy and wish you were here with me!!

Love you all xoxo

My Trip

Camp!!!

First few days in the U S of A