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Country: United States
State: California
Metro: San Jose
Gender: Female
Interests: LSD (it's not what you think), AIM (hehehe...), listening to music, watching everwood and the oc, hanging out with friends, just having fun
Expertise: being blonde (as well as a blonde exception), worrying, planning, being in corners, figuring out tips
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  foreversmilin10
Member Since:
1/4/2003
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| I wish I could tell you this...
I hope the days come easy and moments pass slow,
and each road leads you where you want to go,
and if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
and if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walking till you find the window,
if it's cold outside,
show the world the warmth of your smile,
more than anything, more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
and while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.
I hope you never look back, but you never forget,
all the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
and you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace in every mistake,
and always give more then you take.
Oh more then anything, Yeah, and more then anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
and while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
and while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.
I hope you know somebody loves you
May all your dreams come true
...hopefully you will figure it out on your own. | | |
| I haven't updated in a while (as in, since before I started working) and I just thought I would share how cool my job is. I am a YMCA summer camp counselor. For all the people wondering how I have the patience for that, is it indeed tough. My days are more than 9 hours long. Most of the time I am out in the sun. I am always chasing after kids and trying to get them to put sunscreen on or go the bathroom or listen up or tons of other mundane tasks. And well some moments I cannot wait for the weekend to come, there are so many aspects of it that are so rewarding.
I get paid for play! My first week I did a 1st-3rd grade camp called Edible Science. We had a big camp and a large staff, which was a lot of fun and a lot of work. I spent most of my times fixing small cuts, sunscreen in campers' eyes, and taking kids to the bathroom. But the kids were ADORABLE. The parenst are so lucky I did not take any of the kids home with me! This kids still spent their free time before and after camp hanging out with me in the mornings, even though I was no longer their leader this week. And some of them say the cutest things. One girl told me she was going to miss me over the long vacation weekend. We did this one activity where the kids got to use tissue paper and paper plates and newspaper and tape to make us outfits and we did a fashion show. As my director Kyle put it, "You will never have an audience that loves you more." And he is completely right.
This past week, I did rock climbing camp with 7th-9th graders. Funny, put the girl who is afraid of heights in rock climbing camp. After the first day, I was totally intimidated. These kids did not listen the way the younger kids did. It was just a load of attitude and some of these kids, they might even have a hint of evil in them! But I grew to enjoy at least most of them! They were sweet and friendly kids, mostly. And on Friday, I faced my fear. I rock climbed. I knew the part that would freak me out the most was the coming down... you are just hanging on a little rope! I got the top and freaked out, I would not come down! Everyone was shouting encouragement to me, which was really awesome (except for one person who yelled "Just jump!" so I shout back "Whoever said that, you get a timeout when I get down!"... turns out it was Planet Granite staff... whoops!). I finally made it down and boy was it exhilarating! I did it and it was not that bad! In fact, I would kinda like to even do it again... :)
Next week, I have Wet N Wild... which surprisingly enough is the only camp not to go to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk or Raging Waters... not really making senes to me. I'm hella bummed I don't get paid to go to Raging Waters next week but at least I'm working. It's back to the younger kids, so I am excited about that! Hopefully it will be another awesome week. It's crazy, I'm sad that I only have a few more weeks working and it really just got started. | | |
| I miss...
wireless Internet
Collin's amazing Mexican food
people my age everywhere
surprisingly enough, the party scene
the political debates and intellectual discussion
and again, surprisingly enough (or maybe not for me), the classes
walking everywhere
the random good times
living in a dorm
the typical CMCer
and most certainly, my friends!!!
resolution for the rest of summer: weekly dinner with local CMC people... it needs to start happening NOW!
but sometimes, it is good to be away and take a break from certain things and it is nice to be back around my high school friends... i guess having two great homes is nothing to complain about | | |
| yesterday's statistics:
I got out of bed 30 hours before I saw another bed. I spent 20 hours sitting in airplanes and 18 hours in the air (I spent 2 hours sitting in one plane waiting for it to find a runway it could take off from... ugh). I said goodbye to 39 people I will likely never see again. I said goodbye to 5 people I won't see for another 3 months. I left one home country to return to another home country.
My Israel trip was really really good. There really is such a strong cultural connection to Israel and I could feel the difference as soon as I was back in the States. In Israel, I wore my star of david necklace and so many people around me had them. I get back to the US and I feel like it makes me stick out from everyone around me. The birthright program is amazingly well done and I highly recommend it for all Jewish students. I feel like this place is too public to post all my feelings about the trip but I would love to talk about it with you, so if you are interested, just ask! | | |
| I just turned in two papers, meaning half my finals are done. Econ test tomorrow, math test Thursday, and then my freshman year is over. Weird...
I can't wait for summer. I'm home for about 4 days, then DC for 3 days, then off to Israel for 10 days on Birthright (a free trip for Jewish young adults). I can't wait to go to Israel. I have been there several times before but I was young and with my family. It will be a very different experience to be going with peers (including 2 good friends) and at an age where I can appreciate the country. After that, it's home for a week, then off to a beach house in Capitola with my family for a week. After all those exciting adventures, I start my job. I am a YMCA camp counselor so I get to play with kids all day! yay! I've got a week off in August to go to Mexico with the lovely Ashley and Shayna, two friends from school. It will be a BLAST! Then one more week of summer camp and back to school. I am going to be a sponsor, which means I come back early and help lead orientation so the little freshmen can adjust to college. So that's the next 3 months of my life... now I just have to get through the next 2 days... | | |
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