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| Camp Daisy, Where You Can... *eat pudding with a knife *act like a dork and no one cares *act like yourself and no one cares *make friends who are as silly as you are *wear a bikini and not feel self concious *walk around camp wearing powdered sugar and get away with it *talk to any counselor and they'll talk to you *have fun! *get into peanut butter fights and take a shower with your fellow CITs *come home realizing your "campsick" *take the funniest pictures and use them as blackmail *start so many inside jokes, your friends at home think you're going crazy *sing REALLY silly girl scout songs *go to boy scout camp on your birthday!!! =) *try to make muddy buddies over a fire, then realize it won't work *get a burn and cover it with (choose one or more of the following): vanilla, sour cream, peanut butter, mud, soap *dare people to do weird things and they will (North Star + soap = disaster) *think of ideas for a CIT service project but never do it *have your counselor deliver 9 full grown kids *try to rec 4 tons of green jello to swim in *accidently write down "vodka and orange juice" on the rec form instead of "screwdriver" *ask the maitenance boys to fix a porch and it turns out crooked *pretend your unit leader has no authority *call one of your CITs "little sh*t" *pretend Snickers is Brian Littrell and try to use his chapstick *eat BBQ sauce on anything (or not) *have taco/chef salad for cookout *yell at your campers (namely CITs) it's time to go then do the same thing 10 minutes later ~Wonder Woman *Sigh* There are so many [memories] that I could ramble on and on about but I wont. The only ones I want to tell you about are "Canvass Fortness." Some of you out there know exactly what I'm talking about. But for those of you that don't I will explain. Have you ever noticed that the people that are in your tent tend to be the people that you know the best?? Well, of course... there are obvious reasons for this but its still amazing how great your friendships can become by living with someone. This year I had the best tent there ever could be. I was only there for two weeks and although the 2nd week I was there was also one of the best I've had the 1st week was the best tent I've ever stayed in ever. We had so many little things that bonded us and some of the times those bonds weren't things we had in common but they were differences. Our late night talks and little giggle sessions were what makes the best of the best when it comes to tents. Granted there was an absence of one member some of the time but we made up for her (although she was very VERY missed). I believe that that was the week that I really became who I am. I've always been this way but that was the time that I discovered ALL of me. I don't know if you are understanding what I'm saying but that is the only way that I know how to put it. Everything that week had a part in my "blooming" but my tent was definitely one of the more major ones. I thank everyone at camp for being so excepting, loving, and understanding towards me all these years and I especially thank all the girls that have ever been in a tent/cabind with me because in some way you have created a part of me (weather it be big or small) that will always be with me. ~Rachel D. Top 20 Memories TOP 20 MEMORIES-in no specific order ((hopefully, not too many)) 1). That letter from Katie and I that I think I sent you earlier...is one of them [found in chapter 3] 2). OF COURSE, the story with Valerie and her so called "hurt knee"...is a must remember memory 3). How can I put this nicely?? Don't know, so I will just come out and say it...VANESSA!!!!!!!! 4). Do you remember Amanda from Mississippi??? The first day of camp she came over to JL bawling & wanting to go home...You and Zoey would NOT let her sit on the benches...she HAD to join the group on the dirt...HOW MEAN!!! lol, JK. =] Anyway, that wasn't what I was talking about--it was the accidental phrase I said to her once that kinda made her face turn red...It was...PLEASE PASS THE MISSISSIPPI PEACHES...Her response...THEY ARE GEORGIA PEACHES YOU IDIOT!!! oops, my bad!!!!! ((Denise just reminded me of another funny story with her--At camp, we both thought that her accent was 100% FAKE!! We told her to stop talking like that cuz everyone knew it was not for real...our bad, again!!)) 5). OUR WWF TWINS and the fact that we got up at 3:00 to TP your tent...WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT...and with the rain coming down afterwards 6). One of my favorite memories was staying up with Zoey all night, laying on the dock ((without lifejackets)) and telling stupid stories about random things!!! THAT WAS A BLAST... :):):):) My sides hurt from laughing sooooo much 7). HEE HEE. I remember when me and Katie made Zoey a bracelet made outta white and purple floss. How cool is that??? Don't get one of those everyday... 8). THE DOORBELL SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ((DONG, DONG, DONG...) 9). OK, this is really weird, but in 5th grade it was an assingment to write a poem about anything. I chose to make one up using counselors names....I ended up with a C...You'll read why... **May your days be SUNNY and bright Full of GIGGLES and laughs with good friends Never shall they be POKEY, but always on the go Always care for trees, from oaks to HICKORY ones, to elms And Remember, visit all the animals in the ZOo-EY, too.** Now you know I deserved worse than a C--the Zo-oey??? WHAT WAS I THINKING??????????? 10). Giggles was trying to comfort this girl whos Gma just died. The girl was saying all these memories she had about her "nana" when Giggles said: OH! Your nana died...was it your dog or your cat??? THAT'S GOTTA HURT--OUCH!!!!!! 11). We all fill out surveys, and mostly don't reread what we write afterwards...Well, one survey Hickory filled out looked like this (and let me tell ya, I haven't let this one go...I still make fun of her about it): What do you wear to bed: Depends Talk about being hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12). Me and Sunny were in the dining hall, without any lights, so we decided to go over to the box and turn them on so we could see...OBVIOUSLY Sunny couldn't see cuz she accidentally turned on the TORNADO siren instead of the lights...no one heard it though--even though it was in the middle of the night. ='] 13). MANKIND RULZ, that is all I have to say on this one 14). When I was in 5th grade, I was stayed in Trails End for some camp session that I can't remember. =] I met a lot of people, but I only remeber one person from back then...Her name was TINA. I have lots of pictures of her....all of which contained her PINK TUBE she called bubba. =) Tina was NEVER Complete without it...she sang with it on, thinking of herself as a superstar, she took showers in it, and even walked to the dining hall with it....If you saw Tina, you saw a tube. That was all in 5th Grade...I never kept in touch with her afterwards. Now, going into 11th grade I went to Cit (duh) and met a girl who called herself Nirvana. I ALWAYS wanted to call her TINA, and I didn't know why...It was strange. After a few days at camp with Nirvana I found out her name WAS in fact Tina and she WAS The one from 5th grade @ trails end...SHE WAS TUBE GIRL!!! TALK ABOUT CROSSING PATHS AGAIN!! How strange is this?????? lol 15).So, me and Sunny and Katie and the rest of the NIGHT OWLS group is sittin at the top of the hill...We have come to Star gaze....First time for me!!!! NEWAY--After a few minutes of explanation all the girls are hard at work finding all these constellations and stars and I am just sittin there TRYING to find that Big Dipper. An hour passes and the girls are all on their backs looking up spotting everything in site while I am still looking for the NORTH STAR! ((HEY, I found the Big Dipper!!!)) Sunny has her flashlight out, trying to point at the "easily spotted" star while I am in total embarassment. After everyone was done gazing, I finally gave up...I didn't care anymore! I knew that star was up there...WHO CARES IF I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.... Sunny decided that it was late and we needed to head back...without the luck of helping me. As we were leaving, she said to me: When you are a CIT, I think it would BE SOOOO FUNNY if your name was North Star....And so the name just stuck! That's the TRUE story....BUT SHHHHHH!! Let's keep it a secret!!!! 16). Last summer I had you and Zoey as counselors....my dream come true. I thought it was the COOLEST THING EVER!!! I never wanted that week to end. Of course, it did, and I was pretty upset about it, but I knew that I always could write and stuff, so that helped. In late August, after one or two letters from each of you, I got a package in the mail. It was from none other than the famous ZOEY AND POKEY!! I WAS IN TOTAL AWE!!!!!!!!!! WOWIE!! They sent me something!!! After a few days, I finally deicded to open it...lol....I figured if I didn't open it, I could just stare at it, but my anticipation overwhelmed me....giggle, giggle!!!!! THE PRESENTS WERE SOOOOO COOL!!!! I was loving everyone one of them....And I still dooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! =] That made my day!!!!!!! 17). This one you have heard--it is the story of the Friendship Bracelet that you gave my sister, and how jealousy came over me and I stole it....Coming to find it years later behind a dresser....and still have it to this day 18). One memory that happened this year was a quote that none other than MYSTIC could say, "I THINK I WILL BECOME PRESIDENT SO I CAN ELECT A NATIONAL GEL PEN DAY" of course, I don't know how you could say this one, cuz everyone knows she said it....oh well...It is a memory 19). When me and Katie went to camp, we always called the counselors another name to be, I guess, stupid. Everyone had a name, whether you knew it or not...and of course it had something to do with you or your actions.... Sunny was Butterfinger B.B.B.N., There was one person named Flipper and we called her Dinosaur Dolphin..couldn't tell ya why either!!!! UMMM, Aquiel or something like that was Aquiela...cuz we thought it sounded cooler...giggle....Rhiannon was ReCannon, cuz we couldn't say her real name at the time Zoey was Tree Unicorn and you were Puppy 123...MAN!! We were strange back then...and I guess we still are now, so it is ok =] 20). This one is my ULTIAMTE FAVORITE!!!! It didn't happen at camp, but it did happen at McDonalds!!!!!!!!!!!!! I walk in and stand in line with my dad and I see Penguin...I thought that was nifty...Then I go and find a place to sit down and looking for one, I saw Zoey...pretty embarrassed, I went and found a table where she couldn't see me. Sooooooo, as I sit down, I hear DARCY clear across the room....HOW EMBARRASSING was all I was thinking!!!!!! I sit at my table with my sister when this huge group of counselors decides to go and sit right next to me...MORE EMBARRASSMENT!!!!!! I thought it was the coolest thing though, so I tried to act cool and everything, but it really didn't work....lol. UMMM, OH! As we are all eating (I had my back turned) me with my family, you with yours, I hear who is that girl...I think she calls herself North Star....That is cuz she can't find it and more stuff like that to EMBARRASS me in front of my family and everyone else in McDonalds!!!!! Sooo, after about 10 minutes of trying not to say/do anything, I asked my dad for the car keys and went and sat in the car!!! I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO embarrassed, but I don't know why I left cuz I knew it was a once in a lifetime opportunity....SILLY ME!! OH WELL!!! ok, so my family is backing up, and as we are driving off, all I remember is waving to the counselors through the window with a great big smile and having Pokey wave back at me... I have never forgot that to this day, and I won't. I sit in that EXACT same spot everytime I go to that McDonalds with my family, in hopes that the once in a lifetime opportunity happens again...... Well, my hand is pooped out!!! That is all I can say...giggle, giggle. I had lots of fun typing and bringing up all the memories again to share with you....Hope you enjoyed them!! Tell me whatcha think..... BYE BYE BYE!! ~North Star Remember the Good Times I remember at camp one summer, my best friend and I were starting to get kinda homesick and upset cuz 2 of our fave counselors were leaving after that summer (Guess who?), and we were wishing that we could get away form it all, and see our family for awhile. Well, one day while walking to the infirmary we started to cry and talk about all the things we missed, even her annoying little bro! But it made us feel a little better. On our way back to our unit, we were starting to miss our fams again. Right before our turn we met up with those 2 counselors and they told us that they weren't leaving after all! We were so happy that we started screaming and crying all over again! This story shows you that just crying and and remembering good times with friends can help you feel better and lose your homesickness. ~Smily :) It Means So Much Camp Daisy has been something really special to me. The great memories that all the counslers helped me have, will last me my whole life, and even today I can remeber every day, and every little detail of the three almost straight weeks that I had at Camp Daisy. After Camp was over, I was really depressed for about a week, and my mom thought that it was best for me not to go to camp anymore, but I told her that I really enjoyed it. I remeber the stupid dance that I did for the talent show, being sick off the puding, and having to spend the night in the infirmary with my new found friend Jamie, who was leaving the next day. Valerie having to single handedly keep Ryan from putting spaghetti and tomato sace in her hand at dinner, and all of the other fun times that I had with my Mustangs unit. I know that I may have been a baby at camp, but ever since my dad walked out on my family, I have been really close to my mom, and I wasn't used to being gone that long, but all my friends helped me through. I think that my favorite memory of Camp, would be when my Mustangs unit (except Klutz and Sunny) went creeking with Chewy, and we ended up having a really big mud fight. Camp has been something really close to me, because I can be my self. If I accedently cuss, my mom isn't there to say,"You are grouned Kate! You are a horrible person because you cuss!" Even though that Ace probably hates me, I'm just one of those people who likes to be the center of attention, I really would have enjoyed it if I hadn't gotten the 24 hr. flu bug when I was at Night Owls, and then having it come back at Mustangs. I have kept in touch with almost all of my counslers, and even ones that I didn't have. Even on the first day, I felt like that Camp Daisy was the place that I belonged at. I totally remeber how scared I was at dinner on the first day, becuase I didn't know anyone, I sat with a CIT that I didn't know, and I didn't remeber all the stuff that they taught us last year. I am really happy that we get to have really cool, young counslers at Camp Daisy instead of old fat counslers, that tell us to shut up and have our lights out at nine o' clock (actually the Daisy counslers do that too!) I would like to thank all the counslers and girls that made my summer one to remember. Way down in the valley, there's a place I'm dreamin' of... ~Caitie H. Camper Letters I don't know if this counts on the line of sappy or what it might count as, but I thought this would be cool to add in. =) It means EXACTLY what it says!! ((I have kept it in my folder ever since I wrote it, reading it every once in a while...)) Do you remember it??? ****Hello once again...I thought I would say HI one last time tonight. I just got of the phone with Katie, the first time we have talked since Jan. 14. We ask what is new, say our little HI's, then we get into Camp. We talk about this year, last year, and of course all three of you. We bring up memories and embarrassing moments. We just can't help but laugh. We remember the time about a FLOSS BRACELET (Where is that by the way?) and about our song "DOORBELL." Memories...sweet sweet memories! Both of our faces had smiles on them a mile long. We just can't help but think that Camp has formed our lives, and helped our friendship grow. We both know the best part of camp is not the chance of seeing each other, but getting to see you, and give you the chance to get to know us, and make you laugh. Yes, if it wasn't for you three, our friendship would not be as close as it is now. THANK YOU. darcy! & katie!********* ~North Star |
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