1 post tagged “camp”

May I introduce myself? My Name's Alexa.

It's 4:07 in the morning, Pacific Time. I'm doing my usual late night/early morning jig: sitting here with the macbook pro(decked out with The Beatles, Winnie the Pooh, Dunny, and Misfits stickers) and Sony MDR-V6 headphones.

Today I got to go to the Marina Urgent care center to pick up some antibiotics for a mysterious cut thingie. The visit was a bit scary, because I hate getting blood drawn.

The doctor said, "Well, you can wait until after we give you the antibiotics to see if it gets better, and then if doesn't, we'll draw blood...or we could do it now." I chickened out and went with the waiting option. My mother, however, hated that idea when I told her on the phone, so after a heated argument, I drove back to the doc's, along with my BFF Kim, to hold my hand, to get blood drawn. Meet Kim!

"Hello!" I said. "I'm back to get my blood drawn!"

The receptionist was really nice, but the lab technician who showed up a minute later might as well have been a murderer.

Her: HOW MUCH DO YOU WEIGH. HAVE YOU EATEN ANYTHING TODAY. GGRRWRAAWRR.
Me: *At this point, scared to death, already feeling faint* Uhr, 98 pounds, a medium Green Tea Pinkberry.
Her: YOU BETTER EAT SOMETHING.
Me: How much blood are you going to take?!?! *panicking*
Her: QUITE A BIT, THAT'S WHY I ASKED.

Lab technicians are supposed TO LIE. They tell you that shots don't hurt. SHOTS HURT. They're supposed to tell little girls like me that they're not going to take too much. They're not supposed to scare the living crap out of me! I would have liked her better if she had an axe in her hand. Luckily, about three minutes later, she said that my doctor had refused to let me get blood drawn, and he wanted it drawn later. Good doctor. Gooood idea. Yayyy.

So!

It's now mid-July, and I just returned from Camp Huawni in Timpson, Texas, as part of their lovely staff of counselors. The experience was quite interesting! I had one cabin of 8-9 year olds for a week, a cabin of 12-13 year olds for 2 weeks, and a cabin of 6-8 year olds for 4 days before I left, haha.

Here's me, Nikki, Laurean, Matt, and Celeste, a bunch of counselors at the cookout. Left to right. I has a fethr.

And here is a bunch of us in our chairs fishing. I'm the only counselor in this picture, left to right is Delaney, me, Shay, Jared, and Mandie. Delaney was in my cabin, and Shay is pretty much an extension of me anyway :)

 

Here's me and Mat, at Innitiation on Friday. We like to make funny faces. That's my favorite bandana in the whole world, by the way. Ever. EVAR. His is pink, and it's pretty cool too.