Summer and Such

Oh hey. Yep, over halfway through the summer, and I figured it was time for a summer post. So I just read over my last post from the beginning of May, about how I don't know what I want to do with my life and I'm nervous about working at a new camp. Well, I guess I'm happy to say that it's been an amazing, life-changing summer at Luther Park thusfar, and I've gotten some new insight on what I want to do with my life. Can't say I've completely figured it out, but I know I want to work with people. Kids to be precise. So far my middle school cabins have been my favorite, so I think I might want to teach/work with middle schoolers in the future, or maybe high schoolers though. The littler kids really drain me; I mean, they're adorable, but even when I'm on day camp teams I get exhausted after a few hours. Plus, I really like getting to know my campers, and middle schoolers are at such an interesting place in their lives; they're just beginning to mature and there's so much going on in their minds. I feel like, as a music teacher, I could really make an impact on middle schoolers' lives. I remember being in middle school: most of the time I was miserable, except in band and choir because I had an amazing band director and a...well, a decent choir director (fellow Mccrackenites know what I'm talking about).

Okay, so I sat down and started this blog not really knowing what I was going to talk about, and I already have a fairly lengthy paragraph. There are several other things I could expand upon in this blog, but since I'm short on time I'll just make a list. Sound good? (I tack that phrase on to the end of explanations to my campers all the time, i.e. "Okay girls, so it's flop-on-bunk time, which means we're all going to be super silent and nap, read, write, or make friendship bracelets in our bunks. Any talking should be kept at a whisper. Sound good?" In reality, I don't really care if it 'sounds good' to the campers, because it's what's going to happen. Same applies to me making this list. So if it doesn't sound good to you, you may simply stop reading this blog. Sound good?)

Future Ambitions
-work at a church/Christian organization at some point in my life, possibly as a youth or music director
-open up a bakery with Toushea, possibly entitled "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes"
-sing lead for a traveling non-profit music ministry team (this might be happening soon, I have friends at camp who have done it. My only question is when I want to do it, and how I'll raise the funds)
-record a solo album of (mostly) original songs and have the proceeds go to some sort of charity (maybe a charity that I will found, probably having something to do with depression and suicide prevention)
-go on a fundraising tour for said album
-be a choir director
-be a private voice teacher
-direct musicals (I'm hoping to work at a school where, as the choir director, I'll also get to direct the musicals, so I can keep theater in my life)
-start an indie rock band with Toushea (yes it's GOING to happen)
-dye the tips of my hair purple
-avoid working in the food industry at all costs. I would hate it. (working at a coffee shop is the one exception, and might be happening this year)

There's more, but I really need to head over to the kitchen and start helping with dinner prep. Yeah, I'm on kitchen staff this week since there's not that many campers. We'll see how this goes.