Today is a B day. The days are divided into A, B and C days, as well as additional special event and trip days. Yesterday was the first day of camp, with my girls arriving the day before. I taught two sessions today and two yesterday, each lasting 50 mins. As I am going on hikes and over-night camps I don't teach all the day, the rest of my time is prep time and planning time.
Last night was the welcome show, and all xtreme staff danced to two Justin Beiber songs - a lot of fun!! Tonight is funky hair night and then some games with our age group. Mine (agawans) are the second year of upper camp. They have a lot of priveledges, but not as many as the oldest girls (totems).
During rest hour today (the hottest part of the day) we had whole bunk photos taken. Send me and email (jenny baker 86 at gmail.com) and I will get you the password to log in online to see some of the photos taken whilst we have been here. I haven't seen them yet, but some are bound to have me in!
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Saturday 25 June 2011
Latest American update...
Finally have time and a few computer to update my blog!!
America is brilliant, everyone is super friendly and I have learnt a lot. I am in a bunk with eight Agawan girls. The camp is divided into Oskis, Cascos, Coos, Eagles, Kineos, Agawans, Zunis and Totems. My girls are 13 and have all just finished 7th grade (year eight). They are from Florida, NeW York, Conneticut and one girl is from Switzerland They will arrive tomorrow lunch time and will be with me and my co-counsellors for about 4 weeks. We then have a three day turn-around and more arrive. Usually people change age groups for the second session, but I won't find out yet who I am with.
New Hampshire is beautiful.
Camp is on a lake, and the White Mountains are just behind us. We have had a few thunderstorms and you can see them approaching over the mountains. Suddenly the sky goes very dark and grey and it begins raining very heavily. This happened last night when we were returning from Walmart. It (Walmart) is the nearest place (about ten miles away) and often shuttles are run for staff to go and get things. Last night we had a Walmart challenge where we had twenty dollars and twenty minutes to buy as much as possible to decorate our bunk. My bunk has the theme Under the Sea.
A few days ago we visited Hanover - a nearby town where Dartmouth college is based.It is very pretty and had lots of lovely shops and the campus to walk around. From now though, there are not many trips happeneing, until we all go to Burlington, Vermont and Boston in a few weeks time.
Thank you for the post I have recieved. Yoiu get very excited about post arriving, and letter writing is a big thing here. If you send me packages they have to be in a jiffy bag or normal envelope and with STAFF written on them.
America is brilliant, everyone is super friendly and I have learnt a lot. I am in a bunk with eight Agawan girls. The camp is divided into Oskis, Cascos, Coos, Eagles, Kineos, Agawans, Zunis and Totems. My girls are 13 and have all just finished 7th grade (year eight). They are from Florida, NeW York, Conneticut and one girl is from Switzerland They will arrive tomorrow lunch time and will be with me and my co-counsellors for about 4 weeks. We then have a three day turn-around and more arrive. Usually people change age groups for the second session, but I won't find out yet who I am with.
New Hampshire is beautiful.
Camp is on a lake, and the White Mountains are just behind us. We have had a few thunderstorms and you can see them approaching over the mountains. Suddenly the sky goes very dark and grey and it begins raining very heavily. This happened last night when we were returning from Walmart. It (Walmart) is the nearest place (about ten miles away) and often shuttles are run for staff to go and get things. Last night we had a Walmart challenge where we had twenty dollars and twenty minutes to buy as much as possible to decorate our bunk. My bunk has the theme Under the Sea.
A few days ago we visited Hanover - a nearby town where Dartmouth college is based.It is very pretty and had lots of lovely shops and the campus to walk around. From now though, there are not many trips happeneing, until we all go to Burlington, Vermont and Boston in a few weeks time.
Thank you for the post I have recieved. Yoiu get very excited about post arriving, and letter writing is a big thing here. If you send me packages they have to be in a jiffy bag or normal envelope and with STAFF written on them.
Saturday 18 June 2011
Day 4
Well all is fabulous here, weather is greeat and everyone is very friendly. Please excuse all the short blogs, there is very limited telly time.
Today and ysterday we (the xtreme team) were trained on all the high and low elements of the challenge course. All staff have now arrived, and so we have begun offical orientation.This entails lots of being taught about girls of different ages, and camp traditions. I found myself standing on the chair at dinner singing a cheer with the rest of my table.
When you send post, pleae write STAFF all over the enveolope and then it won't be opened before I am given it (girls post opened so no nut products arrive on camp.
Off so someone can uyse the computer. Byeeeee
Today and ysterday we (the xtreme team) were trained on all the high and low elements of the challenge course. All staff have now arrived, and so we have begun offical orientation.This entails lots of being taught about girls of different ages, and camp traditions. I found myself standing on the chair at dinner singing a cheer with the rest of my table.
When you send post, pleae write STAFF all over the enveolope and then it won't be opened before I am given it (girls post opened so no nut products arrive on camp.
Off so someone can uyse the computer. Byeeeee
Thursday 16 June 2011
Day 1
(Written at the time, uploaded now)
Well I've been in the air for about two hours and just eaten the most amazing aeroplane lunch of vegetable lasagne, salad leaves, feta, bread roll, cheese and biscuits and chocolate cookies.
Delta is, despite everyone slating it., is amazing! I don't have much to compare it to though!!
The plane is huge, HUGE and very exciting.
Off to Walmart, will continue later. Don't forget to write...
21 Wicosuta Dive, Hebron, NH 03241
Well I've been in the air for about two hours and just eaten the most amazing aeroplane lunch of vegetable lasagne, salad leaves, feta, bread roll, cheese and biscuits and chocolate cookies.
Delta is, despite everyone slating it., is amazing! I don't have much to compare it to though!!
The plane is huge, HUGE and very exciting.
Off to Walmart, will continue later. Don't forget to write...
21 Wicosuta Dive, Hebron, NH 03241
Tuesday 14 June 2011
day 1
Sat at Heathrow waiting for gate to open and plane to depart. I will be on the plane, so I suppose I am sort of waiting for me to leave as well.
All is good, I checked in (with an over-size but thankfully not over-weight bag) and went through security with no problems. Now waiting, and drinking coffee, and waiting and drinking water and waiting.
I met others checking in who were flying to do Camp America (not what I'm doing) and they all seemed very friendly, so hopefully everyone I am with will be so too. I don't know how often I can update my blog, so will resort to writing it all down, and uploading it when possible.
Heathrow is fabulous - may i live here? It has Cath Kidston, Jo Malone and LK Bennett - apll my favourite people!!!
Remember that I love you all, you are jealous of me, but I am sillier of us both. Take care and goodnight and see you in August and please write to me. (Address on Camp Wicosuta website; MY NAME, Camp Wicosuta, 21 Wicosuta Drive, Hebron, NH - 03241)
PS Comments keep appearing and then disappearing so I've set it up that I can monitor them before they show on the screen in the hope that this keeps them permenantly.
All is good, I checked in (with an over-size but thankfully not over-weight bag) and went through security with no problems. Now waiting, and drinking coffee, and waiting and drinking water and waiting.
I met others checking in who were flying to do Camp America (not what I'm doing) and they all seemed very friendly, so hopefully everyone I am with will be so too. I don't know how often I can update my blog, so will resort to writing it all down, and uploading it when possible.
Heathrow is fabulous - may i live here? It has Cath Kidston, Jo Malone and LK Bennett - apll my favourite people!!!
Remember that I love you all, you are jealous of me, but I am sillier of us both. Take care and goodnight and see you in August and please write to me. (Address on Camp Wicosuta website; MY NAME, Camp Wicosuta, 21 Wicosuta Drive, Hebron, NH - 03241)
PS Comments keep appearing and then disappearing so I've set it up that I can monitor them before they show on the screen in the hope that this keeps them permenantly.
Monday 13 June 2011
How am I going to manage on the other side of the world?
So, first I thought it took four hours to fly -
I leave Heathrow at 10am and land at 1pm. So thats about 4 hours right? Wrong, there is a little thing called time difference. Oh how everyone laughed.
Now, I just looked at the weather -
Its 14 on Tuesday, 15 on Wednesday but then goes up to 18 and 19 at the weekend. Scroll down the page, back up the page. Second glance. Oh, I was looking at the date.
Now how on earth am I going to manage?!
I leave Heathrow at 10am and land at 1pm. So thats about 4 hours right? Wrong, there is a little thing called time difference. Oh how everyone laughed.
Now, I just looked at the weather -
Its 14 on Tuesday, 15 on Wednesday but then goes up to 18 and 19 at the weekend. Scroll down the page, back up the page. Second glance. Oh, I was looking at the date.
Now how on earth am I going to manage?!
Camp-12 hours
I check in at the airport in less than twelve hours. So very excited!!
The "big bag" is 16kg. I am allowed 23kg. The hand luggage is 2kg. I am allowed 10. I am very very impressed with myself.
The "big bag" is 16kg. I am allowed 23kg. The hand luggage is 2kg. I am allowed 10. I am very very impressed with myself.
Spare "weight"
I've packed again and again and I still *still* have about 10kg spare in my bag. So I googled "spare 10kg" to see if Mr Internet had any ideas of what to pack...
- Welsh Spare Ribs (thankfully have enough of my own ribs so won't be needing them)
- Spare parts for my Bosch chipping hammer, up to 10kg. (Hmmmm, no.)
- Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton carrying a spare 10kg within their cars. (I think that is imaginary 10kg so nothing I can pack).
My favourite however, was a link to How to look good on just 10kg of clothes (hand luggage allowance). I love this as an idea. I could not bother with all the clothes I have packed,buy some new ones, wear them and look good. It takes hours to make me look good usually, which is clearly because I wasn't wearing 10kg worth of clothes.
Day -1 Last minute jobbies
Just had a super-lovely chat with a very sweet Frenchman at delta (my airline). I thought they had put all the wrong info on my tickets but they hadn't, was just me being a numpty (oops!).
I leave tonight/tomorrow morning, and fly from Heathrow at 10:30am. It'll on the Heathrow website now, so you can follow it and laugh when it is delayed!
I need to tidy, clean, weigh bags, check to-do list and print 100000000000 documents. Instead I'm watching The Model Agency and playing on fbook. oops.
I leave tonight/tomorrow morning, and fly from Heathrow at 10:30am. It'll on the Heathrow website now, so you can follow it and laugh when it is delayed!
I need to tidy, clean, weigh bags, check to-do list and print 100000000000 documents. Instead I'm watching The Model Agency and playing on fbook. oops.
Sunday 12 June 2011
Day -2 Packing and organising
My room is a tip and I have no phone - too things not too unheard of. However, I am running out of time to get it all sorted as I'm flying to America is about 36 hours!!!
I'm off here, and return on 19th August. Woop Woop
I'm involved in all the xtreme stuff - hiking, camping, ropes courses, zip wire, rock climbing and absailing. It's going to be pretty intense, but A LOT of fun (I hope!!!)
Done
Dollars ordered
Packing
Left to do
Phone
Hand luggage packing
Cleaning of bedroom
Washing
Knitting
Eating cake
Sleeping
Printing important documents
Sadness, the to-do list is longer than the done list. Oh dear.
I'm off here, and return on 19th August. Woop Woop
I'm involved in all the xtreme stuff - hiking, camping, ropes courses, zip wire, rock climbing and absailing. It's going to be pretty intense, but A LOT of fun (I hope!!!)
Done
Dollars ordered
Packing
Left to do
Phone
Hand luggage packing
Cleaning of bedroom
Washing
Knitting
Eating cake
Sleeping
Printing important documents
Sadness, the to-do list is longer than the done list. Oh dear.
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