Chapter By Chapman

Oh my goodness! I cannot believe I have nearly been here for 3 weeks. The time has absolutely flown by and I can’t believe that I didn’t know the other Counselors or any of the campers a few weeks ago - it already feels like we’ve been friends for years. So much has happened in the past 3 weeks so I don’t really know what to do this blog post about. I think it would be nice to highlight a few of my favourite moments or events that have happened that in another 5 weeks time I may have forgotten. Firstly, I would like to announce that me, the girl who used to scream and cry if there was a spider in a mile radius of me, has now acquired the ability to grab spiders by their legs to remove them from tents. I am also now highly skilled in using a broom to guide beetles and moths away from my petrified campers. If you’d met me a few years ago, you would not think we were the same person. Mini Camp came and went in a blink of an eye but being able to put all our staff training in

               I arrived at camp at about 9pm (2am UK time) on Sunday evening after leaving for the airport at 8am UK time, and the journey actually went surprisingly quickly, despite the lady sat next to me on the plane continuously hitting me in the face with her jumper sleeve and hogging the arm rest. Whatever happened to plane etiquette, huh? I then spent the very silent 4 hour car ride from Washington airport to camp editing a YouTube video about what to pack for camp, which I don’t have good enough WiFi at camp to upload, typical! We stopped off on the ride for an Arby’s and the lady there told me nothing on their menu was vegetarian, that’s America for you! The first views of the mountains in Washington, Virginia and then eventually West Virginia were gorgeous, but don’t compare to the views at camp.                 When we arrived at camp, we met our Camp Director, who had already memorised everyone’s names, and then crossed the river on the hand-poled barge at twigh

Some of you may remember my first ever blog post, Chippy Life Lessons , which was nearly a year ago now! (Can you believe how quickly that time has flown?!) It was all about what I learned whilst working at a Fish & Chip Shop for 6 years. Well, that was just after I left that job, and I have been working at a different job since the end of August and once again, it is my time to leave. I won't be leaving forever, I will be coming back as part time, so I guess I have to be careful what I say in this blog, but oh boy have I learnt a lot of things in my 10 months there. Our Staff Christmas Party 2017 I have been working as a Spa Receptionist at a spa that is connected to a hotel for the past 10 months. My Reception team also double as the Beauty Reservations team, at a desk round the corner from the main desk. Our team is made up of 7 girls, all a similar age to me, but within the spa, we also work with a team of managers, beauty therapists, personal trainers and life gua