I'm back... again...

I swear, I still want a blog. Time just gets away from me, you know? One day, it's the beginning of June and I have an entire list of things that I just know I'm going to get done over the summer, and the next minute... it's July 14th and I'm leaving in two days.

I realize this blog is kind of turning into a rant spot for my mother, which is fine, because I'd much rather she rant at a computer than at us (love you, mommy!). But I do want to keep going, and I'll try and do a better job at posting.

I'm going to try and use the blog as a journal for the writing camp I'm going on for the next two weeks - most people who read this blog know where I'm going, but just for the sake of ease I'll explain.

I was accepted to The Kenyon Review Young Writers' Workshop. It's a highly selective, intensive two-week writing camp held at Kenyon College for high-school-aged young adults who love to write. I applied last year but got wait-listed, and this year I was accepted (with a full-ride scholarship to boot!). Kenyon's been called "the Harvard of creative writing" so I'm pretty excited to go. The camp consists of 3 classes a day - each an hour and a half long, so five hours of writing per day (it consists of about 50 hours of in-class time over the two weeks, plus there's homework and readings to do. Yes, it's more than most college courses. It's intense. And I'm super excited.) We live on campus, and all the facilities are open to us - gym, track, swimming pool, etc. We live in dorms with roommates, so it's basically like two weeks of college. But just writing.

It's going to be awesome.

So anyway, I leave on Sunday and I'm *hoping* to use the blog as kind of a journal to keep fam and friends updated while I'm away. If I have time, I'll post pictures, but since I can't do lengthy posts on Facebook, I'll be doing it here.

Summer has been intense. I've been working full time (generally 50-60 hours a week) with two (basically three) jobs. I've been outside all the time, since both jobs are lifeguarding, so it's safe to say I'm a little sick of being outside (how often do you hear that?). I cannot wait for these two weeks off to relax, have fun, and actually wear clothing that doesn't involve a swimsuit underneath.





I'll try and post more often. Seriously.