My time at summer camp is almost coming to an end. I really cannot believe I have been here since May and it is already the end of August. I have had many amazing experiences here and met so many super sweet kids.

The three weeks before this were all camps for children with diabetes. It was a fun set of camps with many times for the children to test their blood. During the three weeks I learned many things about diabetes like learning what is a good blood glucose and how to read a ketone strip. One thing that was super annoying about these weeks was how long the meals took. Meals took double the time to complete compared to a normal week of camp. However because of team switching and the like i ended up with the youngest or second youngest team for all three weeks. This worked out well as these are the kids i tend to connect easiest with. I have realized now that all three weeks have kind of blended together in my head i have no idea anymore what happened in which week so maybe i will just try random points that i remember but don't actually remember when they happened. One week we took the kids to the pond which was super fun, watching them swim then come out freezing to death as they can't swim at camp due to a uncompleted pool. Another one was giant swing in the last week which was super awesome because even though most the kids were scared of heights every one went one except one even if they only went up a little ways before they started to swing. After kids went on the zip-line, hearing they reactions of how much fun they had on it was sweet. And watching the kids do live action lord of the rings role plays could hardly be beat. The three weeks together were all amazing despite having troubles with my health during the last two. I think the most amusing part was helping with night testings as many of the kids don't even wake up as they are being tested at night. So much fun!

This week has been full of children who have survived being burned. This week has been particularly interesting as for the first time in a couple of weeks i spent more time with the boy campers in my group than the girls. The group of boys have many interesting personalities that at times have at times conflicted which have lead to some challenges. Other than that I have really liked getting to know this group. It had been awesome to see the kids enjoying their time on things like low ropes. I also went rafting this week which is not one of my favorite activities to do at camp but I quite enjoyed it this week minus the getting wet part. It was extremely fun trying to get pictures as the kids slid down a raft into the freezing cold river and see in how excited the girls got when our boar finally achieved a good surf. Overall it has been a great week complete with a firetruck assisted water fight(which i did not participate in but enjoyed watching). Tomorrow I head off to Calaway park to finish off the week.

There is only one week of camp left before i have to return to the real world. I am not looking forward to it. At the same time i sort of have a nervous excitement for returning back to school. I am at a new school and new city for the third year in a row. It will be the start to another interesting year that for sure.