My Camp Name Is Texas And When Kids Ask My Real Name I Tell Them "Tejas". None Of Them Speak Spanish

2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner, bar soap for body, forget shaving, learn to appreciate cold showers

How do you master the art of a 3 minute shower?

First of all, this is possibly the most amusing question I’ve ever received.

The art of the three minute shower…

1) 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioner. If you can find the combination shower/conditioner/body wash, even better. (Some people call this bar soap.)

2) If you’re even considering waiting for the water to reach a decent not-too-hot or not-too-cold temperature, you’re wasting time and lying to yourself. This isn’t the Embassy Suites.

3) If you’re feeling especially lazy/crunched for time, the shampoo you’re rinsing off down your body DOES count as a body wash.

4) If you’re a girl and you’re considering shaving your legs in the shower….BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (seriously, I’m crying from laughing so hard.)

Any more suggestions, counselors? Comment and share your secret to the 3 minute camp shower!

This movie is a national treasure

 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) dir. Gil Junger

Request:

Tom Holland defending his partner’s pronouns.

Or worse, going to Thriftway covered in filth with people from camp

Being judged at Walmart for being covered in dirt with fellow counselors

BRENDAN FRASER Celebrity Horoscopes with Lynn Hirschberg | W Magazine (November 22, 2023)

Transition from Camp to… the Real World?

I am honestly having a rough time transitioning from camp life to daily life. I lived and worked at camp from June through October and I find myself comparing life to camp. I went to wash the dishes: no Hobart, no closed toed shoes, no apron, and no shenanigans to the sound of Green Day or P!ATD. The TV in Shutanka usually had some sort of weird movie, a nature something, or a cartoon of some sort: the news is seriously depressing. Being myself with my coworkers and friends versus being "myself" with my family is strange. I miss campfires, late DnD sessions, and walking down the trail of happy feet just to get to my bed. I miss the crunch of gravel under my feet, the sound of the waves crashing on the bulkhead, and the still, cold mornings followed by breezey afternoons. But, here I am. I stayed with my sister about 30 minutes from camp for a few days, then I flew to California to stay with my Abuela, and in a little over a week I will fly back to Texas for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Don't get me wrong, I love being with my extended family in Cali and I am definitely excited to be seeing my mom and brothers in the near future and I am stoked to hold my dog again. But I also cannot wait to go back to my island home at camp. I am having camp withdrawals and it's pretty rough.

A lot of this is just listening to and knowing my body, but I almost religiously track my medication intake, menstrual cycle, and always take note of when I’ve gotten too little sleep. A change in any of these things could trigger a seizure. I’ve been very lucky to have a medication that has worked for me at a reasonable dose for 16 years. UNFORTUNATELY, that means I’ve been on a mood stabilizer since I hit puberty… mental health treatment is difficult now…

Epilepticon Day 28 prompt

What’s something you do because of your epilepsy that most people don’t realize is related to your epilepsy?

Cue the part where I start singing in reaction to this meme: ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ THE STORY OF MY LIFE!! ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

When your cabin has to perform a skit

Introducing Young Boys to Pronouns and Gender Identity

*Has a pronoun talk with my chilluns and talks about how gender identity is nothing to be ashamed of and we are a family so there is no judgement at camp*

Camper 1: "So why is [Non-Binary Camper] wearing a skirt?"

7 Other Campers: "It's a skort!"

NB Camper's Twin: "Don't worry Texas, we were paying attention, I just can't stand when people can't get the difference between skirts and skorts!"

*I haven't been this proud since that time I had a cabin filled with Harry Potter obsessed 3rd graders.*