the summer's all in bloom, the summer's ending soon.

well, this long, uneventful summer is finally drawing to a close.  i honestly thought it would never end. the first couple of weeks were some dark times. elon really did become my home last year, and leaving it was so hard. and now, in two short days, i am going back home.  i love my family and friends here in joco, but it just feels so stagnant sometimes, so suffocating. one more day until everything is alive and fun again!

I finally finished camp today. i thought it would never end. it was literally the job from hell. it's not the kids that made it that way, although sometimes they made me so frustrated, it was my horrible, horrible management...who couldn't even muster up a "Bye, Bhriel! Thanks for working here all day, everyday this summer! Have fun at school, good luck!  Thanks for pouring your heart into everything you've done here! Hope you come back next year!"  Nope. actuallly, I didn't even get a goodbye.  That's what hurt the most.  I should have stormed into that office with a big "eff you."  but i somehow took the mature road out. and it's all over.

The kids tore my heart out though. they were crying, and hugging me like they would never let go!  One little girl who i just got to know last week was like "Ms. Bhriel, I just found you, and now i'll never see you again!" oh, my god i could have died.  I really did come to love them like they were my own.  It honestly felt like i had like 16 children.  I spent more time with them than their parents this summer. But it's over. and I'm so thankful.  It was really killing me slowly.

Tomorrow: Elon. Words cannot describe how excited I am.  I feel like i'm going home. I am going home.  Celeste will be there in the afternoon, and my best friend alyssa is coming down to help me with everything!  AHH!  I'm so excited!!!!!  That's about it-until next time...when I can put up pictures of my AMAZING apartment...

love.

b.