Another crazy thing that happened was that I got so sick I had to go to the hospital. On Saturday morning we woke up before the crack of dawn (4am!!!!) and helped run a triathalon for kids and adults at the Foster pool. Afterwards I wasn't feeling very well, and hadn't had much water to drink and my head started hurting so bad. It turned into a severe migraine that hurt to open my eyes, so they took me to the hospital. After 4 stabs in my arm, they got an IV hooked up to my arm and put fluids back in my body because I was pretty dehydrated. Lesson learned.. there is no such thing as drinking too much water in Okinawa. Seriously.
On Wednesday of this week the weather had finally cleared up! We had our end of the summer Foster Day Camp party at a little outdoor shelter house nearby the barracks. I volunteered to grill the hot dogs haha.. and we exchanged gifts from our secret counselors. I was kinda clueless to who had me, but I had my roommate Hailey, and she had no idea :P I'm so sneaky! I bought Hailey a really cute lacey tshirt from this Japanese mall, a picture frame with 3 pictures of us, a ring, bracelet, and a cute pair of heart earrings. She loved it all! Breanna had been sneaking behind my back for a few weeks trying to get her present for me ready. She told me she stayed up til 2am some nights with Shelby finishing it. It was a huge scrapbook with pictures from our entire trip in it! Seriously the cutest thing EVER. I love it so much! Also, she left she cute little notes throughout the week.. the first one was a little card that said "Goodnight" in Kanji Japanese symbols. I had a counselor named Tess translate for me :) Also, a pair of chopsticks with a holder, and even flowers the day before the party! It was so awesome! After gifts we played a few party games and hung out and enjoyed the night. It was an awesome way to spend time as a whole group.
On Friday it was Dessertfest! Basically what us counselors.. (and kids) had been waiting for all summer long! It's a huge gathering of parents, campers, staff, and counselors where we show the parents what CAMP A is all about! Each small group got a turn to go up and present a song or dance they had made or practiced. My group .. Group 8, did a Dance to Cotton Eye Joe! .. In honor of the Gold Miners theme that we had that week. Everyone loved it, and the kids even decked out in western clothing to really set the stage. It was a lot of fun. Us Camp A counselors also revealed our real names. All summer long the kids had only known us by our "Camp Names." Mine was Miss Toad because it was Mario Kart characters. I performed the song "Camp A, Say what?" and I sang "My name is Taylor... they call me Toad." and the kids all got excited as each of the counselors revealed their real names. After the performances each group was dismissed to go get desserts. The dessert table consisted of Ice cream, fudge bars, brownies, cookies, lemon cake, cookie cake, cupcakes, white cake, oreas, fruit, and even sprinkles for the ice cream! It was crazzzzzyyyy. The kids were obviously lovin' it, and probably on a sugar high because they never get any "unhealthy" foods for snack. We also got the opportunity to get pictures with some kids. We had to ask permission from their parents first though! :) It was a great start to our last weekend in Okinawa!
On Wednesday of this week the weather had finally cleared up! We had our end of the summer Foster Day Camp party at a little outdoor shelter house nearby the barracks. I volunteered to grill the hot dogs haha.. and we exchanged gifts from our secret counselors. I was kinda clueless to who had me, but I had my roommate Hailey, and she had no idea :P I'm so sneaky! I bought Hailey a really cute lacey tshirt from this Japanese mall, a picture frame with 3 pictures of us, a ring, bracelet, and a cute pair of heart earrings. She loved it all! Breanna had been sneaking behind my back for a few weeks trying to get her present for me ready. She told me she stayed up til 2am some nights with Shelby finishing it. It was a huge scrapbook with pictures from our entire trip in it! Seriously the cutest thing EVER. I love it so much! Also, she left she cute little notes throughout the week.. the first one was a little card that said "Goodnight" in Kanji Japanese symbols. I had a counselor named Tess translate for me :) Also, a pair of chopsticks with a holder, and even flowers the day before the party! It was so awesome! After gifts we played a few party games and hung out and enjoyed the night. It was an awesome way to spend time as a whole group.
On Friday it was Dessertfest! Basically what us counselors.. (and kids) had been waiting for all summer long! It's a huge gathering of parents, campers, staff, and counselors where we show the parents what CAMP A is all about! Each small group got a turn to go up and present a song or dance they had made or practiced. My group .. Group 8, did a Dance to Cotton Eye Joe! .. In honor of the Gold Miners theme that we had that week. Everyone loved it, and the kids even decked out in western clothing to really set the stage. It was a lot of fun. Us Camp A counselors also revealed our real names. All summer long the kids had only known us by our "Camp Names." Mine was Miss Toad because it was Mario Kart characters. I performed the song "Camp A, Say what?" and I sang "My name is Taylor... they call me Toad." and the kids all got excited as each of the counselors revealed their real names. After the performances each group was dismissed to go get desserts. The dessert table consisted of Ice cream, fudge bars, brownies, cookies, lemon cake, cookie cake, cupcakes, white cake, oreas, fruit, and even sprinkles for the ice cream! It was crazzzzzyyyy. The kids were obviously lovin' it, and probably on a sugar high because they never get any "unhealthy" foods for snack. We also got the opportunity to get pictures with some kids. We had to ask permission from their parents first though! :) It was a great start to our last weekend in Okinawa!
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