pack your bags!

I'm going to leadership camp!

They call it leadership camp, but really its 5 days "in camp" (horseback riding, high ropes, team-building stuff) and then 5 days canoeing "on trail" (carry your food and clothes, set up your own camp, portage your own canoe!) So it's more like "adventure camp" or something.

I went shopping yesterday to buy "appropriate rain gear," some non-cotton underarmour (apparently, COTTON IS THE ENEMY!), wool socks (again, cotton loses the battle), and a new fleece (Columbia for camp and a new North Face for school-thank you mommy!)

So now I'm SUPER excited for camp! I leave on Wednesday :]] My dad's not crazy about me leaving so soon after I got back, but whatever. I personally think it's gonna be AWESOME!

I get back on the 8th, and then start school on the 13th. (AHH, WHERE HAS THE SUMMER GONE!?!?!) And I have a stake dance on the 16th! Which helps ease the pain of going back to school :]] And i have a beach party the weekend after that...
But I'm getting ahead of myself. The point is, the summer's coming to a close. But I've got one last big adventure before school (blahhh).

OH YEAH- 4 months and 10 days til my 16th birthday! (not that I'm counting, or anything)

mini update.......

I GOT THE SCHOLARSHIP!!!!!!!!

Which means I have:

A ten day leadership camp to attend at the end of July.

Twice a week reading tutoring throughout the next 3 years.

ACT/SAT seminars.

Participation in Scholarship activities (plays and such in Chicago).

College visits funded by the program.

5,000 dollars a year to attend a highly selective college (And BYU Provo is highly selective- I already checked!)

And this all adds up to......

One heck of a college application!

Ok, now that I said that, I can give a teeny update on my life right now.

I'm currently in Utah visiting family :]]]]]

We've been doing so much fun stuff, and I've been hanging out with my ADORABLE nephew Jonah. I'll upload pictures on my next blog, but I'm using Karen's computer and all the photos are on Emily's.

I come home next Tuesday (unfortunately).

And P.S. to Andy....

This entry is numero DOS. I speak Spanish, not French! :]]]