Weekend

I went home this weekend for the first time in a month. Even before camp started, I'd planned to go home this weekend. It was my roommate's birthday and also my best friend's bachelorette party. But in light of the craziness of the past week, I was feeling hesitant about leaving. It's not that I didn't trust my staff or think they were completely capable of making sure things went accordingly. But being the person with whom 100% of the responsibility lies, I was feeling a bit anxious.

The camp nurse, head cook and my dad spent the week counseling me. They all felt very strongly that it was important for me to live my life and not give everything up just because I am at camp. It is difficult to find that balance, and I have been very dedicated to this job. But in the end, I knew I needed to go home.

It was difficult to leave and so I spent the entire three hour drive stressed out, whether I'd made the right decision or not. But then I got home and before I was even in the door, my roommate was hugging me and welcoming me home. And it was SO nice to be home. I love love love being home (have I mentioned how much I love my city and my house?!).

And then the whirlwind began.

4:30- arrive home, chat with roommate, drop stuff in dining room, shower, dry hair, get dressed in real clothes and heals.

5pm- leave for the theater

My roommates and I saw 42nd Street at the dinner theater. It was FABULOUS. I watched half of it with my hands over my mouth in awe. Tap dancing rocks my world.

We got home around 11pm, and I CRASHED into bed.

On Saturday, my roommate was in an inline skate race, so we were all up and out the door by 7:15am (so much for sleeping in!). She came in second and I was happy I got to see her race. Afterwards, we went to 15 different places in a marathon of errand running. We went to Target, the bank, the grocery store, bakery, and on and on... We got home at 2ish, and cleaned the house, put out food, made up party games and got everything ready. Then we both took showers, got dressed in pretty outfits, did out hair and napped on the couch as we waited for guests to arrive.

The bachelorette party was fabulous. We had appetizers and pina coladas and played games. Then we went out to dinner at a restaurant with dueling pianos. I spent the whole night singing and dancing and having a blast with my best friend.

Sunday morning, we woke up and went to an early movie (Sex in the City) and then I packed and drove back to camp. It was a weekend packed full of fun and I loved every second of it. There were several times I was so exhausted I was almost dizzy, but coffee kept me going and I wouldn't have missed any of it.

When I got back to camp, I was happy to hear everything had gone smoothly and everyone was doing fine. Now it is Family Camp, which is very calm and quite, so I have the week to catch up on important things I've been putting off during the craziness of camp. Life is good.