I Really Stink At This...Better Late Than Never :)

Hello everyone,

I do, I stink... I just completely stink.

Alright... I'm honestly afraid to reread whatever I wrote last night because I KNOW that it will probably be the most idiotic thing that I have ever read. Forgive me. I may forget it sometimes, and I like to think that I don't exactly act like it... but I am a teenage girl. So sometimes a little bit of that drama that I try my best to avoid seeps into my life. And yeah, I get a little bit caught up in it. I'm too busy (<---- this is silly teenage girl Ali talking, not the Ali that you guys are used to... I WILL TALK TO YOU GUYS SOON!) to go on Skype, I forget to blog, and I do have a tendency to make everything into a bigger deal than it actually is.

Well, the aforementioned "drama" (yes it is honestly so trivial that I had to put it in quotes) is the reason that I looked at my phone last night only to realize that it was 12:03 and I had yet to post my blog for the day... yeah. Well, I decided that the damage was done and I might as well just write it later instead of stressing about it then. Well, now it's 5:02... how do you think I feel about "waiting until later" or whatever my excuse was?? Yeah, not so great. So I wanted to apoligize to everyone. First, for having to read yesterdays (and todays) blog. Second, for not posting. Third, for well I don't know... you think of something!

Today I was planning on giving you a continuation on the craziness that started last night... which really got CRAZY soon after I posted my blog. But honestly, I realized how unimportant it is. I don't even want to think about silly stuff like that anymore, let alone bore you with it. Especially after reading Justines blog and seeing how insightful her posts are, and reading Kimmie's blog on who we want to be. Well, I'll tell you about the person who I DON'T want to be, the girl sitting at her laptop writing about silly things and worrying about boys and such. (Although, it IS kind of a big deal for me... because, honestly, boys don't like me) I want the things I say to really matter... and I'm kind of failing at that.

One thing I must ask is why IS drama so important to so many people? Personally, I would rather not be a part of it. But once you DO get caught up in the middle of something it can get kind of addicting. Sometimes it's hard to leave well enough alone, even when you know it's the right thing to do. So what is it about this obsession? Do people seek to feel better about their own lives by hearing about other people's troubles, is it (as it sometimes is for me) people living vicariously through the experiences of their friends, or is it something else? I know that many people have asked this... but still, I wonder. I have had a virtually drama free summer and now, a week before I go back to school (yes, that's right, a week) it starts up UGH.

So, I decided (after all of that) that I would be much better off writing about my day and just the silliness that goes on at camp. But now, looking back, I've already written an entire post about exactly what I said I was NOT going to write it about. Sorry, once again :)

Alright, I'll give you a little snippet of my day anyway...

In case you didn't know (you know for those of you who don't stalk me. Jessie and Allie, I'm looking at you...stalkers!) This summer I've been working as a camp counselor. I actually really love it. I've always loved working with kids, and kids (for some reason) just like me. Let me tell you, it makes the job a WHOLE lot easier for me. It has also been really great, because it is a Jewish camp. Although I'm not Jewish, I've learned a lot about Judaism. I've always been interested in different religions and it has been really cool for me to learn about. I've been eating kosher all summer, and I can now say a prayer before meals in Hebrew.

This week is color war at camp. Basically, the camp is split up into two teams (blue and white). And then the teans compete in different competitions in sports, spirit, and art. Of course no color war would be complete without some good old fashioned bribery of le judges :) Which is why I got up at 3:30 to finish baking two batches of cookies and frost them with white W's. In case you hadn't guessed... I'm on the white team! GO WHITE!! Well , I felt really guilty about not writing anything today... which is why it is not 5:25 and it is looking as though I will get less than 2 hours of sleep *sigh.

Does anyone remember that Bill Cosby show "Kids Say the Darndest Things?" Because that's what I feel like at camp a lot of the time! I mean come on, when you're surrounded by little kids I guess it's bound to happen. Sorry, that really had absolutelt no point exceot that little kids are annoying.

**Observation** I've decided than 3-4 (ans maybe 5th) grade is the BEST group to be a counselor of. Because the little kids need your absolute attention ALL OF THE TIME! And while adorable, they can also be very clingy... and it's hard to do your job when you have a 1st grader hanging off of you. It is also (not) a proven fact that while in 1st and 2nd grade little children have the attention span of a fly. This makes it hard for them to stay quiet, or pay attention for any period of time, and leads to much craziness and disorder! You may ask... well then why not the 6-8th graders? Another proven fact: Once kids enter middle school an overwhelming of them seem to think that they know EVERYTHING, and therefore do not have to listen. They talk back and, and...get you wet with disgusting water from the pond when you go canoeing!!! (Still holding a grudge for that) I still love both of these groups... BUT if I were to choose the best kids, it has to be 3-5th grade.

Alright, I'm getting tired (what a though, it's 5:34, I shouldn't be tiredd?) and I'm starting (starting? you've been doing this since you started typing Ali) to ramble. Before I COMPLETELY stop making sense... I'm going to go.

I love you all!
Ali

Favorite Skype chat quote of the day: BOOOO I never went on skype today :( I am very very very sorry... and I love you all!

P.S. If you want to punish me for my late post you are more than welcome! Go ahead and tell me what to do... it's fine I'll take it like a wo-man.

EDIT****
Alright I just read my post from yesterday and it actually wasn't as bad as I thought!! Todays is actually much more rambley. The big mistake in the other one was the autocorrect of my phone changing Skype to Stow... GRRRRR. Also there is a point that I meant to make that I left out of this post but... I have to leave SOMETHING to talk about ummm later today? Well that's all. BYE!