Saturday Night- For what I saw of My Fair Lady it was quite fabulous to say the least. We got a text from "MLJ" (Mission Lab Josh) telling us that there was a field trip to the movies that night if we wanted to go. I honestly didn't really want to go because I was very tired, but I ended up going anyways. It was me, Jessica (roommate), Becca, Hannah, and then the mission lab boys (Cody, MLJ, Blake, and Lenny). We went to go see the new X-Men movie which I totally did not want to go see because I just didn't care about it, or so I thought. The movie was seriously phenomenal. I love Kevin Bacon as a bad guy too much for words. It was so good as soon as I got home I bought the score (thanks Bethany)! Afterwards MLJ wanted pancakes, but nothing was opened that had pancakes so we went to waffle house! It was kind of scary, but good. I sat at a table with Cody, Jess, and Lenny. Lenny is from New York so his accent is kind of funny, and plus he didn't know what "Roll Tide" meant so we had to explain it to him! That was a funny conversation because he was so confused. Lenny is by far one of the nicest guys ever though! Finally we got home around 2:30, and fell asleep pretty fast.
Sunday- I woke up sick. Awesome. Waffle House messed me up, and I was NOT happy. I had to miss church which was very upsetting because I absolutely love the church down here we go to. Everybody got back around 12ish, and we went to the living room in the dorm to watch the bama softball game which made me want the throw up again. I HATE FLORIDA. Anyways after that horrible of a game we all took a nap. When we woke up it was time for dinner with all of the mission lab so we could meet our group for the week. After we met them we had our staff meeting which is always funny! I love everyone on staff here and the director is the nicest person on the face of the earth. Krista is awesome, and I seriously can only find one fault in her. She is a Florida fan. After that I think we all just camp back to the dorm and watched tv before bed.
Monday- Oh the joys of starting a brand new week at camp. Today I had a new camper named Shannon in my group. She is autistic so I automatically love her so much. I wish I could just take her home with me, because she is so sweet! Me and her shall be best friends I know it. My group seriously still has a problem of staying in lines, being quiet, being positive, and not being disrespectful. One girl named Danielle is my biggest challenge. It takes everything in my not to smack the crap out of her when she rolls her eyes at me...now I know what my parents felt like with me back in the day. Monday was an overall good day though. We started talking about Moses this week, and I have finally started to figure out these kids and what they like. Monday night I did not do a thing. None of us did.
Tuesday- Yet again another good day at camp except my mission lab need to pick up their game a little. I have the youth minister, and an older man in my group so you would think I wouldn't have to deal with behavior issues with them, right? They are really nice, but when I am trying to get the group to be quiet it doesn't help when they are talking to the kids still. I wanted to duct tape their mouths shut! UGH! Tuesday night some of the people went to Target I believe, and I skipped out on that trip and caught up on my SYTYCD. LOVE IT.
Wednesday- Danielle had another bad day. I had a talk with the group about being positive and how I didn't want to hear another negative comment out of anybody's mouth. The rest of the days the kids just said "Ms. Emily is cranky today." I was, and I didn't care what they said as long as when I told them to do something they didn't talk back or grunt/moan like it was the worst thing EVER. I did figure out music they finally like though. We do the Cupid Shuffle, Cha Cha Slide, and dance offs for music time. They kept asking for Lecrae which I didn't have and Michael Jackson which I did. They wanted Thriller and to turn off most of the lights so they could dance in the dark all scary like. They LOVED it, and I have to admit I did too. I didn't go out tonight either.
Thursday- Another breaking point at camp. Everything seemed to be fine. We worked on our cheer for Friday, and it's awesome. It was storming during our swim time so we didn't get to swim, and Shannon was a little upset to be off schedule. I had to calm her down which was easy enough, but she doesn't do well with really loud noises and a lot of different things are happening around her. She does for a little bit, and then she starts screaming. This started happening when we were in the gym so me and her just played together. Later on that afternoon though I overheard people talking about her and how weird she is, etc. They even started laughing and making fun of her right in front of me. I was almost to the point of tears I was so very angry. I made Shannon and Ms. Bri leave the room, and it took everything in me not to just yell at these children as loud as I could. I quickly composed myself and had a very unwanted conversation with them. I explained to them the struggles Shannon has, and how she is just as intelligent as the rest of them. We talked about how she doesn't deserve the treatment they are giving her, etc. After about a 15 minute conversation everything seems to be better for the moment anyways, and I pray it stays that way. Today we also got a new staffer. His name is Joel, and he is Krista's brother-in-law. He is 19, and country. Josh, Krista's husband who also is a youth minister and works with the camp too, is definitely not so I didn't expect Joel to be like this. Joel wore a camouflage hat with a confederate flag on it and it said "Git R Done." He is really nice though, but you know...country. Yes I know I'm from Alabama.
Friday- I love Fridays. Thursday night I went to Walmart and got some face paint and stuff for the celebration today. We had a pretty good day minus the fact I had to send Danielle to the office because of her attitude and talking back, etc. Not fun. Right before celebration we were getting ready and some of my girls went to the bathroom to check their face paint. They came back saying Ms. Becca was in there crying so I went in there and talked to her. She was just frustrated and had her own breaking point because she was having to do stuff all by herself and her co-counselor wouldn't step in and help. There have been problems with this every since the beginning of camp. After a long time with her we went out to celebration. Everybody's cheers were very good and the Lifters won which are the group above us. The red group won the spirit stick, and I won super counselor of the week. Woo-hoo! Bethany left for Scotland today, and I was very nervous about her flights, and imagining the worst but I did wake up to a text message from her saying she landed safely. She knows me too well. Anyways it is now Saturday and I don't feel like doing anything at the moment, but I do have to laundry. Gross. Tonight we are going to the church service at 6, and then out with mission lab again to hopefully see Pirates 4. Anyways TTFN.
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| My wonderful Seth who is autistic. Just proof that even children with autism are the same as others. |
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| My precious Shannon |
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| Team Blue! |
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