AFS Camp

April already, wow time sure goes by quickly! Last weekend I had my AFS camp, which was why I was away from the internet and facebook and my blog for a few days. We drove down on Friday (I spent Thursday night at my support coordinator Lisa's house) for 6 hours and when we finally got there we got to meet everybody for the first time. It was akward at first but also very interesting. The rest of the weekend was spent getting to know people, playing cards, staying up late and having all sorts of fun (with a bunch of orientation thrown in there, but that wasn't the enjoyable part!). It was an awesome weekend, I had SO much fun and it really made me realize why I chose to come with AFS. It was such a community and everyone got along so well, and we all had that common tie that brought us together. It was an amazing experience. I barely slept all weekend, seeing as we went to bed at 2:30 the first night, got up at 7:00, then went to bed at 4:00 the next night and got up at 8:00, so I was pretty trashed on Monday, but it was well worth it. It was almost like a giant sleepover, except with people you had only known for a day and felt like you had known much longer. To be honest there was so much that happened that I can't really write it all down for fear of leaving something out, but if you look at any photos anyone took you get a pretty good idea of what we did all weekend. I think it is safe to say everybody was feeling pretty sad as we left and realized we had to go to school the next day and couldnt stay at camp forever. This week... happened. I think I will leave it at that. Tonight though was my parent-teacher interviews and all my teachers said they loved having me in class, which was great to hear! It was also mufti day to raise money for Japan. One more day and then the weekend - then in a week we have school holidays! We are leaving a week from tomorrow to go on the Otago Rail Trail, which will be fun. Then I might spend a week at a batch up near Nelson, which I am also excited for. So yeah, had an incredible weekend, and I am looking forward to break!