Writing in the staff lounge, straight back from the Dining Hall where, after eating we got up on the benches and danced to Living On A Prayer. If you've ever danced on a bench with four nine year olds flanked either side of you, you'll know it is a tricky thing to accomplish. As well as shouting lyrics and dancing manically you also have to keep your banace and try not to hit them, challenging, as they are exactly at prime arm-hit-height. I think one of my favourite memories of camp happened ten minutes ago.
You know how awkward the dance sections are in music? When the singer stops and leaves you hanging post-verse, trying to think of a really cool dance move to last the next 12+ counts until they come in with the chorus again, saving you from something you hope never goes on facebook? Right. It's crucifying.
So. When we were coming up to the reallllllly long guitar solo I turned to Sophia and Sophia and shouted "Air guitars! Now!" and instead of leaving me hanging there like some over-excited institutionalised student, we all picked up our air guitars and jumped up and down on the wooden bench :)
Camp Echo Alma Mater
Can it be that summers ending?
Where did time go? Where was I?
We've been together, only a short while,
Oh how I wish the time had not flown by
Meeting new friends, sharing secrets
Under trees that touch the sky
Growing to be part of one family
Oh how I wish the time had not flown by
Children's laughter, sounds of summer
Looking back on treasured days
Memories will linger, echo bonds forever
Oh, how I wish the time had not flown by
Blue and White we stand tonight
Fighting tears of sad goodbyes
Though far apart, we'll be close in our hearts
Oh how I wish the time had not flown by
About a fortnight ago, walking back to camp from Outback I noticed a branch of red in the otherwise entirely green forest. That's how autumn starts. Summer's ending.
Which means goodbye camp, hello (again) University. It feels weird that by the time I leave, I would have spent over 10 weeks and a whole season on this continent. I genuinely don't want to eat another Oreo for a long LONG time.
But first, before we head back to our homes in different countries and lives without sunshine everyday and children everywhere; ROADTRIP USA!
Because we didn't work nine weeks fo' nothing.
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| With "my peoples" one lunchtime a few weeks back :) |
All the tents have been packed up, fires put out, trapeze taken down, animals sent back to a farm. Now all that's left is for the kids to leave back on the buses they arrived in, then us.
Everyone's heading to different places: Disneyland, West Coast, Bahamas Cruise, Canada are just some of the plans I've seen being made in the staff room. The usual suspects (Louise, Ryan, Sean, Russel and I) have planned some 'Eastcoasting'. I won't tell you where we're going because I want to surprise my family with postcards along the way, but let me tell you, it's pretty awesome and we're heading out of New York!
*This is gonna be my last post at Camp, I'll probably post about roadtrippin' when I get back home :)
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