Hokay, I suppose it's been a week now. I got home Tuesday at around 4:30 AM after driving--myself--for 15 hours. That includes the last leg, which was from Lincoln, Illinois to Newaygo, Michigan (4 hours) without stopping a single time. Btw, St. Louis is ridiculous to drive through; that was my fun fact for Monday.
The four days or so after my day off in Tulsa were a bit crazed. I came back to my cabin to discover that my new cell phone had arrived--Samsung LG, I like it quite a bit--but wasn't activated. Actually, I ended up having to call customer support and have the service person talk me through activating it manually. By the way, if I should have your number, you should send me a text message with your name; I lost all my old contacts when my last phone went into the pool with me. Moving on: I don't recall a lot of Thursday, July 15. Shrug. Friday was the final recital--almost right after dinner instead of at 8:15--then "Breaking of the Bread," which is sort of a final time together with staff and campers. Final recital, btw, was two hours long and brutal, although the performers mostly did well. OH, now I remember about Thursday: I organized dodgeball for the night program, which was fun, and then the kids had to set up chairs in the gym for Saturday's graduation ceremony. Then it was a late night because any campers who were doing solos on Friday with accompanists had to practice with them, and then the staff got together after that to decide on the various awards (i.e. theory class awards, male and female honor camper, etc.). Okay, on to Saturday...graduation was 10 AM. That also lasted two hours, largely because of long-winded Salvation Army officers. Each of the ensembles--the three levels of brass ensemble, the percussion ensemble, the creative worship team, the praise and worship band, and the beginner and high choirs--performed and did remarkably well. Then...the kids left. And the camp felt empty.
After graduation came lots of cleaning in the conservatory building, and then Andy took the staff out to a Chinese buffet. We came home and had a late-night swim in the pool, and then two other staff members and I watched three episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (haha).
Sunday, I woke up at some time (how should I remember?) and Laura, Emily, and I went into town. Emily felt sick and Laura had already eaten, so I was the only one eating; however, it was at Carl's Jr., where I had a six-dollar jalapeno burger, and it was amazing enough that I didn't care. We went back to camp, and I pretty much sat in my room on the computer for hours. Started my full clean of the cabin--that was a revealing experience--around 10 PM, finished around 3 AM. Woke up Monday and, pretty much, left. And that was that. Felt a little abrupt, but I guess that is the way of things.
Home has been...relaxing? Mom and Dad are in California and Laura's still at camp, so it's just Molly, Emily, and I. It's one of those times when I rarely feel like doing anything that doesn't involve looking at a screen--Buffy Season 6, Europa Universalis 3, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which I'd never seen before and is an excellent film--but when you're done, you still feel a little...bleh. I'm also not really caught up on sleep yet. I think I'll clean the house a bit today, and that'll probably feel a little better.
Okay, remember again to text me with your name so I can have your cell number if I should have it...later!
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