This last week was the last time I would get to be in camp as a counselor for this summer. It's kind of a bittersweet moment. I enjoy camp, but I also enjoy not being in camp. Easily, my favorite thing about camp is the kids. With each week I was in camp, there was … Continue reading The Best and Worst Parts of Camp

Happy Independence Day!! Since I post on Tuesdays and the Fourth of July is on a Tuesday, it seemed only fitting that I should talk about the history of this holiday and why it's significant. Okay so, there have been people coming across England to settle in the "New World" for over a hundred years. … Continue reading History of the Fourth

Last week in Culinary Camp, the campers would start out their day with a "Daily Foodie Challenge," which was usually some weird food they had never heard of or never tried before. One of the rules of the camp was "You must try at least one bite of everything (assuming you didn't have any allergies)." … Continue reading Trying New Things

No, I am not talking about the kind of flexible where you can stretch your body really far and bend and contort into weird shapes. That's not the flexibility I mean. I more mean the kind of flexibility of accepting change and even being excited for it. Last week on Friday, my supervisor pulled me … Continue reading The Importance of Flexibility

Interns, at least the ones most people see in movies, usually have a bad reputation attached to that title. That, or they don't do anything except get coffee or be a secretary. I was working in the first camp as another leader, and I had one of my campers ask me what I did when … Continue reading What It’s Really Like to be an Intern

Seeing a lot of my friends post graduation pics and seeing my memories pop up on Facebook of my own graduation last year has helped me see that there are a few things I miss about high school. However, there are a lot of things that I don't miss at all. For some people, high … Continue reading What I Miss about High School (…and What I Don’t)

I know that a lot of high schools are ending this week and that graduation is coming. I want to start by wishing my sincerest congratulations to those who are graduating. Having just graduated high school last year, I remember how exciting it was and how ready I was to be done. That being said, … Continue reading Advice to the Class of 2017

It's crazy to think that my first year of college is officially over! It feels like second semester went by so quickly, even if the weeks seemed to drag on. I find it so hard to believe that I only have three years of undergrad left (and a while before I return to school. Eventual … Continue reading A (School) Year in Review