Making Arrangements...

So plans are being made, things are moving faster...

September 3rd: Going away party with the youth

September 6th: Moving out of my apartment to my parent's house

September 18th: NKOTB concert in Toronto with Amy

September 20th @ 8:05am: Fly from Traverse City to Philadelphia (with a stop in Detroit, of course. Why would there be a direct flight?)

September 20th & 21st: Staging (orientation)

September 22nd: Travel from Philadephia to New York City

September 22nd @ 9:35pm: Fly from New York City to Frankfurt, Germany

September 23rd @ 1:45pm: Travel from Frankfurt, Germany to Baku, Azerbaijan

Then training will begin...

The Countdown...

So it's been awhile, but I've been busy. I was done with work at the bank on July 3rd - I know that might seem really early since I don't actually leave until September 21st, but I've had a lot to do since then. For the week after that I counseled at High Adventure Camp in Pentwater. It was great! I haven't been at a mainstream camp in years and it was a nice break - can I do two camps every year? Oh wait...

Then I was home for a week. I worked on recruiting staff for Camp New Day in August and on being lazy... Then I went to Family Camp with church and had a great week with friends and the youth. It was amazingly relaxing...it was an odd sensation at camp, especially since it was at the same place where I had just had an action-packed week a couple weeks earlier.


Then back home for another week. That week was major Camp New Day prep.! Finalizing staff, preparing supplies, deciding on evening activities, and on and on. It was a great week...not without troubles and a couple of high maintenance campers, but hey, that's camp. It was a lot of fun and a great way to end the experience. After last year I was questioning whether I would even return, but I did and I'm really glad. They're currently looking for a replacement for me, but no one yet, so right now I'm organizing all of my materials to leave for them since the odds are that I won't be reviewing it with them in person.


So after camp was Michelle's wedding - what a great weekend! I'm so glad I was still in the country for it...it was a beautiful day and I saw people I hadn't seen in a long time. Michelle was beautiful and everything went off without a hitch.

So now reality is sinking in...I'm packing and organizing camp stuff. I'm making lists of everything that I need to do before I leave. I gave notice at my apartment. I'm planning to see people for the last time. I went and renewed my driver's license early so that when I return in 2010 I'll have an unexpired license. I'm in Jenison for a little over three weeks. Then two weeks at my parent's. Then it's off for parts unknown...

5 weeks, 2 days...