Started off with Monday and Tuesday hanging out with my best friend from Pittsburgh - she was my roommate for many years before we both got married and she moved away........that was 10 years ago and we can still act crazy like we have seen each other every day! Isn't that what great friends are like? Even though there is many miles between us - it's like we are never apart. Love that!
Wednesday - I said goodbye to my sweet husband and little boy - and headed off to camp with 67 other people (mostly kids). Jake stayed with my sister Carla for two days and then went to Nana's house for the last day......my husband leaves for work too early - so I had to have someone who could stay at my house with them and take care of Jake while Mark worked....worked out perfect with Carla....of course, she spoils him rotten.....he loves Carkey.
We rented a bus for the kids and I got to drive my car!!!! Yay for small things - huh? Can you even imagine the noise on the bus - all those excited kids screaming and yelling - can't wait to get to camp. We take them to Victory Camp in Alvin. The church that it is affiliated with is Living Stones....it's a great location - they have SO much stuff for the kids to do. When we got there - it was check-in, then unpack (dorms were great! Nothing like old Lufkin used to be....remember the days before they got the make over??). After check in - it was orientation and then dinner (which was GREAT - fried chicken, mash potatoes and the works - best camp food I ever had (except when my dad was the cook at Lufkin - then their food rocked too! LOL) Free time was after that and that is where the kids can go and do whatever they want.........so, off we went.....they had rock climbing, pole climbing, zip line, swimming, water slides, go carts, sports, high rope, all kinds of stuff!!! The first night - my group went to the go carts.....and yes, I did it - of course, I got the one that drove like a grandma - so I was barely moving and all the kids were passing me up!!!!! Oh well - it could be because my go cart was carrying more around??? LOL. The kids were so excited to be there - it was like 1:30 in the morning before we got them settled down and asleep. I so remember those days - giggling and the monitor looking around trying to see who was laughing while they were suppose to be sleeping!
Thursday was up and at 'em - didn't take long to get the kids up. Breakfast was at 8:00 - it was good! Then, off to activity one - which was the zip line..........ok - I did this - but it took LOTS of prayer to get my behind up there. If you don't know what a zip line is - it's a cable that is high in the air and you get on it from one side and "zip" across to the other. Here's the deal.......you have to climb this narrow set of stairs up to the top - the whole time - they are shaking and swaying to the wind and then you get on the platform - and it is HIGH and it's shaking and moving. You are tied to a line - then you have to sit down and scoot to the edge of the platform.....your feet are dangling off - it's HIGH....did I mention - it's HIGH.....did I mention that I am not fond of heights??? Anyway - you sit there until you see the guy down at the bottom wave a flag and then you all go at the same time............I kept asking the guy up top - now, are you sure that this cable isn't going to snap with my 9000 pounds on it??? He was cracking up. He's like "ma'am - this cable can hold up to 5000 pounds......that still didn't make me feel any better. I was praying and asking for forgiveness for everything I had ever done - everything I had ever said ugly and everything ugly I was about to say when I threw myself off that platform!!!!! He starts to count - 1, 2 and on three - we had to go.....I heard three and I closed my eyes - wanted to puke - but instead I threw myself off that platform and OMG - it was amazing!!!!! My heart was pumping so hard - I thought it was coming out of my chest - but I did it - I conquered a fear and I was so excited!!!!! I even did it again!!!!!!
They had service mid-day where they played games (always gross ones that the counselor's and kids were involved in - like the game that NCC took this year was chocolate pudding (which represented a mud slide) and candy inside the pudding and they had to find the candy with only their mouths and spit into a can........OK - it's gross - but the Kids LOVE IT!!! They love seeing the counselor's all gross and nasty - the teacher that did it had chocolate from head to toe!!!!! Then they would move from the game to praise and worship - then a sermon and altar - what an amazing thing to see all these kids worshipping - it's a sight to behold! We wore them out on Friday - so they went to bed a little earlier than the night before.
Friday was another fun filled day - HOT, HOT, HOT....but those kids didn't even notice......repeat of Thursday - more activities......
Saturday - home to my sweet boys.............Jake was waiting at the door for me - there was no down time - I hit the door and he was all over me! They were heading out to the pool - Mark was trying to be a sweetheart and tried to get him to the pool before I got home so I could unpack and relax a little - but I got home before they left and that was all it took. Jake started begging me to go with him..............so, of course, I did. I dropped my bags, changed my clothes and off we went to spend more time in the SUN!!!! LOL.
Today - Monday, Jake started at Pastor Mark's school (Mother's day out). He told me last night that he didn't want to go - that he was going to be bored....(like he knows what that word even means!!!). This morning - he was rushing me because he was so excited to be back at Pastor's Mark's school. He loves it there and he will go to Vacation Bible school there too the week we come back from vacation.
I spent my first day by myself at the gym, grocery shopping and just hanging out in the silence. Tomorrow Jake is going to the lady that I talked about in my previous postings regarding his diagnosis at school. He will be there for most of the day - undergoing lots of test (fun test - but nonetheless tiring). Please pray that he will stay focused.......I'm very interested in what she has to say. We go tomorrow and Thursday.......
will keep you posted.
love you all
k
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