When I first arrived in August, I expected mean teachers and tons of work. I soon realized, it was all made up in my summer nightmares. The teachers were not at all terrifying (well most) and I did not have that extreme of a work load. By October I was finally settled in to the seventh grade life. Eventually I figured out I did not need to be so scared of seventh grade.

All in all I learned some pretty good things in seventh grade such as

Studying really is key to making good grades

There is absolutely no way to make it to seventh period on time

Never to attempt sneaking someone into the school dance…

As the year comes to a close, I am sad to leave seventh grade but very excited for eighth! And I now know not to be scared of a new school year.

Camp Longhorn is my home away from home. And it is one of my absolute favorite places to be! Camp is so insanely fun, yes you might think it would be scary being away from your family for two weeks, but time flies when you are at camp.

The first day of camp is super exciting, your parents drop you off and you go to the main field and wait for all of your cabin mates to arrive. Then as soon as everyone does you go to your cabin and pick out which bunk you want, I always go for the bottom (easier to make your bed for inspection every morning.) then we go hang out and swim in the lake for awhile, and afterwards we hit the showers. Now that, is a race. There are only four good showers in girls camp and everyone wants one of the showers with perfect hot water and pressure. So you better be ready to run if you want a good shower. After we shower we go down to the chow hall, which is basically a big outdoor cafeteria. Let me tell you this, camp food is the best food. Most people wouldnt think camp food would be good at all, but it is simply delicious. You eat with your cabin and then when you’re done you go back to the cabin and get into your pjs and go down to campfire. Now campfire is not a tiny little pile of wood and people sitting around it, no it is a huge stage and riser like things. We sing songs and celebrate our first night of camp. It makes me so happy to come back to camp every year and I can not wait for camp this summer!