This week I’m working at a skateboarding summer camp. It has been pretty interesting to say the least. Here is an example of a conversation I had today.

6 year old: “Can I call you Poopy Nose-Hairy Ear?”
Me: “Why would you call me that?”
6 year old: “Because I don’t like the name Melissa, I like Poopy Nose-Hairy Ear!”

This week I have also been told about poop being stuck in a boy’s butt hole, asked to pick a stuck wedgie and had boogers flung at me. I spent many hours dreaming about Ballet Camp and Princess Camp.

But it hasn’t been all bad. Today I taught a little boy how to “Drop-In”. Before Monday I had no idea what a drop-in was and I absolutely don’t ever plan on trying to drop-in myself. The look on the boys face when he was finally able to do it all by himself was ALMOST worth the boogers, but not quite. Good thing tomorrow is Friday and the last day of my stay in Skate Camp, although I have a feeling I’m going to miss it.

Home is where the heart is

I realized today that I have not blogged since I have been home, mostly because blogging was an excuse to procrastinate doing homework/lesson plans and I haven’t needed to procrastinate anything.

Life at home is wonderful! Sunday morning my mom came home from church just as I was about to make myself a bowel of cereal. I slightly mentioned how amazing an omelet would taste on this wonderful Sabbath day right before going to worship our Savior, and guess what… My mom whipped me up a delicious omelet right then. It was awesome! I can’t figure out why I ever wanted to leave home.

I was super blessed to have gotten a good summer job. It is really fun and the pay is pretty good. To make it even better I work along side many special education teachers who have been sharing their experiences and advice with me. It’s great to just sit and talk to people who are so passionate about the same things I am.

Mostly I have just had time to relax since I have been home and it has been heavenly!! When I was in Hawaii I was always stressing about something. Even on the weekends when I would try to go out and have fun I would be worrying about the upcoming week or something ridiculous. My craziness kept me from completely opening up and having loads of fun making new friends. But since I have been home all my stress has been gone, and I’m making up tenfold for everything my stress made me miss out on.

All in all I love being home. I miss my friends in Hawaii, Thai food, the cute little things my kindergarteners would say and a few other things, but California is where my heart belongs! It’s time for me to move on to my next adventure and I’m really excited to see what that will be….

Lots of love,
~Mel