Long Time No Post

Life at camp has been surprisingly busy and rather time and energy involving. I'm not so sure of what made the earlier part of the week so involved, although Wednesday night my roommate and I watched Phantom of the Opera, which is a rather long film, and afterwards we spent a long time talking about relationships and then got into a conversation about why I didn't particularly want to make aliyah, which got a little difficult (she's Israeli), although it was pretty interesting. But it meant that I was pretty tired the rest of the week.

And then Thursday night, we found out that a camper (who'd gone home sick earlier in the day, but had otherwise been a perfectly healthy kid) passed away. It was a real shock, even for me, who'd never even met the child. So Thursday night I spent mostly on the phone, just trying ot feel connected. Not knowing the girl who died, I didn't really have much to say about it, or people to really talk to at camp, it was just that tragedy makes me want to feel connected, so I called people I'm close to, outside of camp, so I wouldn't be burdening people here.

Friday, after all of it, I think that people were still in shock- it made for a rough sort of day in the kitchen, especially since our chef was nervous about shabbos too, because the guy who usually just comes for shabbos actually took this shabbos off. Things actually went fine, although I got to sit down a bit less than I usually do. But things were ok, although the atmosphere in the kitchen wasn't quite as lighthearted as usual, I think.

And then this shabbos I basically was in the kitchen or asleep. I'm getting a bit of a runny nose, so it's probably very good that I slept a lot. And tomorrow my parents are coming to hang out, and I'm working breakfast and dinner, so it should be a pleasant day, I'm hoping.

Long Time No Post

Life at camp has been surprisingly busy and rather time and energy involving. I'm not so sure of what made the earlier part of the week so involved, although Wednesday night my roommate and I watched Phantom of the Opera, which is a rather long film, and afterwards we spent a long time talking about relationships and then got into a conversation about why I didn't particularly want to make aliyah, which got a little difficult (she's Israeli), although it was pretty interesting. But it meant that I was pretty tired the rest of the week.

And then Thursday night, we found out that a camper (who'd gone home sick earlier in the day, but had otherwise been a perfectly healthy kid) passed away. It was a real shock, even for me, who'd never even met the child. So Thursday night I spent mostly on the phone, just trying ot feel connected. Not knowing the girl who died, I didn't really have much to say about it, or people to really talk to at camp, it was just that tragedy makes me want to feel connected, so I called people I'm close to, outside of camp, so I wouldn't be burdening people here.

Friday, after all of it, I think that people were still in shock- it made for a rough sort of day in the kitchen, especially since our chef was nervous about shabbos too, because the guy who usually just comes for shabbos actually took this shabbos off. Things actually went fine, although I got to sit down a bit less than I usually do. But things were ok, although the atmosphere in the kitchen wasn't quite as lighthearted as usual, I think.

And then this shabbos I basically was in the kitchen or asleep. I'm getting a bit of a runny nose, so it's probably very good that I slept a lot. And tomorrow my parents are coming to hang out, and I'm working breakfast and dinner, so it should be a pleasant day, I'm hoping.