The campers were great this week. Though some were a little more high maintenance, I feel the week went really smoothly. We had no major bumps or mishaps! We were full to the brim with literally every bed filled in every cabin!
I loved having my Justin there this week! It was a joy to look around camp and see his smiling face. I knew the staff would love him and was even threatened by several coworkers that Justin would not be able to come home with me because they were going to kidnap him and keep him. If you know Justin at all, you know how true this statement is and you yourself has possibly thought the same thing. He had a great time and had awesome counselors. They took good care of my boy. Justin slept all day the day after he came home. He was worn out! On Tuesday his counselors took him to our Challenge Course where Justin climbed the Taco Net, zip-lined across to another platform, walked across a beam with his counselor, then across a cable back to the original platform. I wish I could have been there to see it. Justin was frightened a few times on the challenge course - which most of you would be too if you saw what you had to do. But my big brother was such a trooper! He listened to his counselor who talked him through everything and kept him calm. What an accomplishment for Justin! Nowhere else does he get the opportunity to do such amazing triumphs! The best part is, he did it! Just another reason my big brother is my number one hero. He may have many challenges in life, but he always comes out smiling and happy. He challenges me on a daily basis. Oh how I love that boy!!
On Wednesday, Eddie, me, and our office assistant Amanda decided we needed to get off camp and out of the office for a break. So during the campers' nap time we took off toward Flat Rock NC for lunch at a local bakery. As we walked toward the parking lot, it was decided that we were going to take Eddie's truck. So all three of us stuffed into the two-seater front seat and took off. Eddie warned us that we were going to have to stop for gas, but it shouldn't take long. So as we were traveling up Hwy 25, we pull off on an exit that said Gas Station. We pull up to the gas station and notice there is no convenience store and something just wasn't quite right. We pulled up to a pump only to find the gas station truly no longer existed. I looked over at Eddie's gas gauge to find that we were in the red zone. We needed gas right then. So we asked a few women who were standing at a chuck wagon that was on the property about where a gas station was. "Eight miles up the highway." was there response. The three of us looked at each other wide eyed- there was no way we had enough gas to get eight miles up the highway. Eight miles was also a lot further up than we needed to go. We took off praying we'd find a gas station somewhere between where we were and the bakery. By this time Amanda and I are dying laughing. This is the grandest adventure we've been on all summer. We started talking about the possibilities- running out of gas on the side of the road and needing someone to come find us and bring us gas. Eddie mentioned he had AAA but that wouldn't help much since it would probably take even longer for them to come to us. I laughed and told him we could call them right then and tell them to head toward us and we'd just keep them updated on our location. We continue laughing about it until we notice that we no longer had phone reception. At that point we all started laughing even harder. Well, Amanda and I were- Eddie didn't quite see the humor we did. I continued to watch the gas gauge and truly, we were about to run out of gas and we almost didn't make it. As we continued down the windy road toward the bakery, we finally see a gas station appear. We just prayed it wasn't shut down too. We pull in and it was up and running!! So Eddie filled the truck and we weren't but 100 yards away from the bakery itself. We had a great time on our adventure and I haven't laughed that hard in a while. We had a good time together getting off and relaxing a bit.
Tonight is our staff dinner. We have a Masquerade theme. We all have a mask and are getting dressed up for an evening of dancing under the stars. I'm looking forward to a great night of spending time with my camp family and being dressed up for once instead of the sweaty, hair in a messy bun, no make-up look. I will post pictures hopefully this weekend.
This week will be interesting. two of my "boyfriends" are returning- Mikey and Brian. I'm sure I'll have stories to tell this weekend. Its going to be an amazing week. I hate that summer is coming to an end, but I am so excited for what this week has in store! Until I post again, I will be enjoying my Summer In Paradise!!!
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