I get nervous about things a lot. Not written tests, surprisingly, but everything else? Yeah. Oral exams or presentations, in English or French, first days of school, first days of anything else, lifeguarding, playing solos, talking to waiters/salespeople in general, swimming/diving in meets, interviews, diving in practice, walking the dog1, driving.
There is, however, one thing which tops all others in terms of jitters: camp. Every year, without fail, I am so excited/nervous I can't sleep the night before. I start figuring out a packing list months in advance. I have actually made myself sick due to lack of sleep and general stress because of it.
I love camp. So much. I've been going to it for 6 years now, and it's always one of the highlights of my summer.
That being said, it also makes me excessively nervous, especially as time goes on and two things have happened:
a) the original group of friends I went to it with no longer go to it/do different programs or sessions than me. 2
b) I gain more responsibility as years go by.
Culminating in this year, where I will be going with no one I know, and living in a cabin with the campers as a Counselor-In-Training. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BE A COUNSELOR WAAAAAAAH!!!
Ok. I need to calm down now, so we'll move onto other internet things.
1. These really cool reimaginings of the Disney princesses by Jeffrey Thomas. My favorite's the Sleeping Beauty one:
2. Saw the A-Team. Was hilarious. Also saw Dirty Dancing, and I love '80's movies.
3. For anyone who cares:
Books read - 45 (100 is my goal, so I'm pretty much on track)
4. Terry Pratchett is amazing and I love his books.
That's all for tonight folks!
1Walking the dog sounds like something that would be really easy and stupid to be nervous about, but our dog has yet to go to obedience school, and therefore barks at everyone and everything, and quite frankly, it's embarassing.
2 To be honest, I don't know how much of a difference it would make if my friends were still doing it, seeing as I pretty much don't talk to them at all during the school year...they all live in Evanston, IL, and I now live in St. Paul, MN. They've becoming closer to "people who used to be friends" than "current friends" at this point...
AHAHAHAHA AWWW walking the dog. And you will be fine as a counselor. As long as you know how to tell people NO. You need to let me borrow some books because I need to read more but I'm so lazy when it comes to actually finding interesting books. I read anythang.
ReplyDeleteYou need to come over anyway, so that we can watch LOTR.
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