American Adventure

Hey guys, sorry its been so long since ive wrote to u all. Got new kids and had session break etc. Session break was fantastic, we all drove into Fresno, bought fancy dress outfits from a thrift store and went out for a meal dressed up. It was really funny, got pictures. We then went and booked into a hotel in fresno and then went out to this amusment place that had go karts, amusments, rock climbing etc, it was really good fun, they had double go karts and i nearly killed sara by accident, lol. So then we went back to the hotel and had a huge party, it was awesome, and didnt end till about 4 ish. Woke up the next morning and brendan had injured himself in the nights previous excapades so we had to drive him to hospital and get him fixed! Ill explain what happend later but he is sat here with me and hes getting a bit embarased!! So we got bck to camp later that day and i met all my kids. Ive got bears this sesion so they are 12 13 year olds. They started really boring, all goody two shoes etc which is really boring. But last night one of them had a fist fight with a guy from the cabin next door. Thats great cos it makes it loads more interesting and fun. I love bad ass kids! Im on archery now which is actualy really good fun, im getting loads better at it and its loads more chilled out than photo. My day off starts on Wednesday, me katie brendan erin and paul are all going to san fransico to stay at katies house. Its gona be so much fun! We are getting guided tours from katie, gona walk accross the bridge etc. Gona be so good!! very exited!! Right, its lunch time, cant think of anything else to report, but there will be lots more detail in these stories when i get home, this is just a coming soon and a reminder for me!! lots of love to u all.. xxxxxxxxxx Oh and mark, one of the guys i flew here with the other day for pushing kids and hurting them and for alleged sexual abuse. Unbelivable. anyways, i asked jeff if me and brendan could be hired next year, and he said yes!!

So today was my day off, we decided we would head off into Yosemite. That place never ever fails to take my breath away completely. We found a nice little beach on the merced river and decided to go swimming and hang out. We ended up jumping off a road bridge into the river which was really good fun, exept when we hit the bottom of the river, which hurt a bit!! A few of the other guys went with cher and her boyfriend to do this rope swing off el capitain. That sounded and looked completley crazy so we decided to go on a rengade day off and have relaxing beach picnic followed by a sneak in to Tenaya Lodge for a jacuzzi and heated pool. Had a really awesome day though. The end of camp is coming up really fast. I feel like camp is like a song that you love so much you want to listen to it again before its even finished. Im so exited about seeing more of the US after camp, ut at the same time leaving this place is going to break my heart. Feeling so torn at the moment. Im sure everything will work out just fine. Brendans gona try and come and get a job at the buck inn too, which will be completly wierd but also really really cool. I shall believe it when i see it but he really really wants to see the uk. Im gona go to aus with him sometime next year i think, should be awesome. Aniways, the q for the comp is growing longer and longer. Lots of love to u all... xxxxxx

hellllloooooo! How are you all?! So the days have been going by without me noticing much at the moment, its been pretty lazy for me and brendan as we are both on relief so we spend ALOT of time down at the docks just chilling out which is really great. Our travel plans are coming together amazingly, heres what it looks like so far:
11th august we head to vegas with erin
16th fly to San Fransico and stay with Kim
20th we go over to Berkeley to stay with brian in his apartment
22nd to Katies house to stay and see more of San Fran
24th In san jose with kim again
28th we are getting a lift up to LA with kims mum cos kims going to college there
3rd we are going to head over to New York city, and gona try real hard to stay with steve. I gather that he says its cool for us to do that, but im gona ring ahead obviously.
Home on the 10th, not sure how long we can stay at steves before it becomes cheeky/rude, advice on this would be great!!!
SO so far it looks so so great, of course its always open for change, but weve got alot of free transport and acommodation with that plan so that looks really great. I put a few pics up on facebook last night for u all to see, now u can see them my new found friend mum!! Not an awful lot to report on life here, just chugging along as i said. ALways with a big big smile on my face, still loving it more than ice cream. Gona head off now, love u all lots and lots and lots. xxxx

Hey all! was lovely to speak to u on the phone the other morning.. i was in need of a good chin wag with home! So todayl was my day off, after sleeping on the beach last night and hearing two bobcat like things fighting, which was actualy really really scary we were all pretty tired. We decided we were gona head up to a place up near yosemite called skinny dip, not sure why its called that, and no i didnt!! So we got up there at about 11 ish. Its an amazing place, a river flowing over huge stone slabs and a massive waterfall. We hung out there for most of the day, jumping off the waterfall etc. It was so beautiful, and cos it took about 30mins on a dirt track then 20 min walk it was also completely secluded and private. we had an awesome day there just hanging out. Then we set off back towards camp and stopped by at the lodge, the hotel we sneek in. for an hour or two in the hot tub. All in all a really great day off. Tonight we just crashed in the palace and watched a movie, notes on a scandle or something? Was great. Still cant find that password mum, but im gona keep on looking! sorry!! Hope all is still well at home? missing u all but still having a fab day. Lots of love to u all! xxxxxxxxxx

Hey all! Hope yor all still managing to find my page after they have up. I fell updated the website. im struggling a little! last few days have been pretty normal, nothing too exiting to hear! I saw the new harry potter before we went to LA, forgot to tell you! I fell asleep! Thanks pops for your updates, its great to hear about you all. Sorry about the password thing mum, i will defo get it. Its just i get whenever i can on the comp, and i dont have my little black book with me. SORRY!! i will defo give u it either next time or when i ring. Its my night off tonight, which is great. Not sure what im gona be doing just yet, im sure it will be cool tho. Hope everything is going swimmingly elsewhere!! lots of love to u all. xxxx

Hey all! so sorry its been so long since ive been on here, the last few days have been really really crazy. So saturday was the day when all the kids left, which was a great relief for me as my cabin had been slipping further and further out of control for the last week, to the point where one kid punched another in the face infront of me. not good, but it gave me an excuse to shout at them all and draw the reigns in a little! So saturday came, we had a mad mad tidying up session first thing in the morning. Then me and brendan found out we were going to LA, that day. Which was so so so exiting. So we travelled down on the bus with all the kids, two seperate busses, a mini bus, a pickup, and a SUV all went down cos there were so many kids with lots of baggage coming back. So we get to LA at about 6 oclock and meet up with all the other people from skylake and we went out and hit the town... with Jeff the directors credit card!!! he gave us it to cover all our expenses. So we had a really lovely meal in this place called the cheesecake factory. I had a pasta dish with prawns and chicken, it was so so nice. The bill came to $130 for 4 of us so it was pricey, but hey, jeff owes us! We then headed back to our hotel/motel. Which was ok, not the ritz but was great to have 4 rooms full of people to run around between. It was really great fun. We were meant to get up at 6 this morning to get to the federal building for 730, we woke at 645 by accident so we had a mad mad rush getting organised and getting all the kids on the bus and all the lawyer parents off the bus. But it was great, i had a great ride back, made lots of new kid friends who are already telling people im the coolest!! LA was fantastic, we did alot of driving round beverly hills area in the big skylake mini bus with me and brendan just junping about with excitment. It didnt really feel real at all. So we are defo gona try and put our names down on the list for next time cos its really great fun. So now im a relief counsellor, which means that i just cover for the cabin when the normal counselor is off. What it really means is lots and lots of free rest time for me, which is so nice, im really tired and ready for a really chilled out few weeks. The kids im relieving for are 13yearolds and ive spent tonight with them, they are completely awesome, had me laughing outloud all night. I bought a phone card the other night, so be expecting a phone call home at somepoint to mum and dad!! Anyways, im gona head off now, i think im going to sleep on the tennis courts tonight, just cos i can. Love to you all, hope all is well every where.. keep me up to date, i want to hear!! love to you all! XXXXXXX

Hey all. Im so so sorry Rosie for forgetting your Birthday. Ill be sure to bring you something extra extra special back from america! i love you lots and lots little girl. I hope you had a fabby time with your nanny ang grandad? All is going great here, its now half 7 in the morning and ive been up since half two canoeing for the infamous lenght of the lake. I can vouch for it, its real. Although my camper lasted about 15 mins before we had to haul him into the canoe. It was still completely fantastic though as we got to paddle the lake as the sun rose over the mountains, really really beutiful. Mum, its so great to hear that your day went awesome. I knew it would, im going to tryt and watch your video, but if i cant do it anytime soon im still defo gona watch every second with u when i get home!! Im pretty sure me n brendan are goin to LA this weekend, which should be awesome. Ive got the rest of the morning off due to our earl ystart so im pretty sure we are "doing breakfast" somewhere. I better dash as i think the convoy is rolling out. Love to you all! xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hey all, sorry its been so long, ive actualy written this blog 3 times now but the stupid computer here takes to delelting stuff, which isnt fun when u just spent 20 mins writing! So friday was horid, news arrived at camp that a very popular camper from last year had died in a car crash the night before after talking to all the older campers here on the phone, so as u can imagine there was lots and lots of very upset people. The camps pretty empty at the mo as lots of people are going to LA for his funeral, all very sad. Saturday was harry potter day, which is helped raise the mood of camp somewhat, i was hagrid and brendaN was fang, which was funny! Todays been just another lazy sunday, so hot so every body is just chilling out and doin treasure hunts etc. Mum, so sorry that i forgot the date of your ceremony, thankyou for hinting it to me!!! Im nervous for u too, but i know that you are going to be completely awesome. And i may not be with you physicaly, but im going to be thinking of you every second tomorow mum. Im so so so proud of you, i may even make an anouncement at dinner tomorow! Enjoy it mum, you worked harder than iv ever seen anybody work, you deserve this so much! Nothing much to report really, camps been fairly mundane activity wise. Photo is going great, im just sticking with digi for a while cos its easier for me and the kids and also, i get to be out in the sun alot more, rather than in the dark! ive got you a password and email address for the skylake website mum, though its for a real kid and parent, so aslong as you just look at picture and dont leave comments and stuff it should be a ok. i havent got the details with me just yet, but ill be sure to get them next time im at the comp. Great to here from u jadey, sound like your having an awesome time. righteo folks, im off, love to u all, missin u all, spesh u lil rosie, keep talking about u. xxxxxxxxxx

So independence day came and went. Had a fantastic day actualy, it was all crazy during the day then at night a few of us stole some of the camps canoes and padled out to the midle of the lake to watch the fireworks. It was completely perfect, the sound of the water, the reflections etc. no pics unfortunately as i dnt want to risk taking my camera on the water. Yesterday was my day off, we went into the armpit of america, otherwise known as fresno to a water park. that was the perfect place to be asit got to 120 in town. stupidly hot, the tarmac was melting and you couldnt walk bare foot in the park. was still fantastic! gona keep this short and sweet as it is still stupidly busy here, and so so ho t in this littlle computer room. Hope u 2 are having a fabby fabby time in harogate, im sure you are. night off again tonight still undecided to what we are doing. sory about the shortness! love to u all!! xxx

Wow, thankyou all v much 4 all the lovely stuff u sent me, and the money! And all the cards made me shed a few tears!! So i woke up on my birthday to a completly hectic day cos alot of the kids were leaving in camp so there was alot of parent meeting and goodbyes to be said, we were all working until about 6 and then we could go out. Loads of people saying and singing happy birthday to me. was really really lovely. Got to 6 and a group of about 30 took me out to a local steak house for food, it was really great and really nice to see the group of people grow as more people said they wanted to celebrate my birthday. After that we all went back to the beach on the lake and had a party! We got back in at about 245 so now im shattered. All in all it was a really fantastic day. Thankyou so much for your messages on here, i had a little tear reading them! Oh and this girl from the local supermarket just followed us back to the lake and partyed with us, was really wierd. Missing you all like mad. 2 new kids arrived today, so all the kids who stayed in my cabin are in mad show off mood so im tired and ratty but still having a great time! How is every thing at home? Sorry if my birthday "write up" isnt great, im going to add to it when i have more time and energy! lots of love to all of you. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx