Week 5, Camp Towanda
I love Camp, and I’m always gonna love camp, but over quarantine, I have mixed feelings about it. It’s not because I grew out of it; it’s because my friends grew out of it. Don’t get me wrong, I love the activities and sports at camp, but for me camp’s more about the people. My camp friends are the best and they’ve always been there for me, but now, everythings just blurry. Camp was always the place that I actually liked and in school I’d daydream about camp to face the loneliness of school. Now though, I actually like school, and I miss camp, but I don’t need camp to be my distraction anymore. Even though I still love camp, there are other things going for me that aren’t camp related.
Also, in camp all of my camp friends don’t like camp anymore, because they’d rather go on a teentour. Some of them also want a better summer job with a higher pay rate. The problem is also that my friends don’t wanna go back but I need to go back, because I need service hours and I just love camp. I also made an obligation to the lower campers that I’d be there. It just sucks that my friends grew out of it. Other than me and my sister, only three other girls are planning on going back.
I don’t even know why this has to be a decision on whether I still love camp or not. Of course, I’m always gonna love camp, but would you wanna go back in my situation?
Hi Aly,
ReplyDeleteI can not relate or answer your question because I have never been to camp before. I know it sounds crazy, but every year since I was born, I have been flying to Israel with my family. My whole family lives in Israel and my parents have taken us there since day 1. We have had many talks about camp, but we always said that we would rather be together and fly to Israel together. If you want to go to camp and love it you 100% should!
I can relate to your situation Aly, as the majority of my life I have gone to camp, going from a camper, to a CIT, to becoming a counselor. A good amount of my friends decided that they didn't really like camp anymore, but I felt that if you love it enough, you should stick with it and continue.
ReplyDeleteHi Aly. I can 100% relate to you right now. This summer, even with corona, my camp was planning on opening, but only 2 of my friends were planning on coming back. It's the same for me where camp is really only fun when you're with your best friends, and it made me really sad that my friends showed no remorse about missing camp. I don't really know what I'd do in your situation because I know so many people love teen tours, but personally I'm not a huge fan of traveling and I'd rather go to camp, but if my friends weren't going, then what's the point?
ReplyDeleteHi Aly, I can somewhat relate to you on your dilemma because I've been to camp twice, but not my whole life. In only two years of camp, I've made some of my best friends, so I can imagine how close you are with them after so many years of camp. Ultimately though, I feel like you should follow your gut and do whatever your mind tells you is right.
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