Sooooo I'm here in Switzerland and have been for 5 days and somehow it feels like I never left even though its been 2 years. Nothing at International Summer Camp Montana has really changed since I was last here but there are lots of cool new people to meet and some new additions to the building. When you're here you just kind of integrate yourself back into the routine of early mornings, looooong days and late nights so I'm already living on no sleep only 5 days in.
I'm sitting in our staff room taking it easy with CNN in the back round(it being one of the only english channels we get unfortunately) trying to catch up on what's happening in the world but right now the only important information has to do with Michael Jackson's death so I'm not getting far. Living at ISCM is like living in a bubble, so I'm going to try my best to keep updated with what's going on back at home.
Its really hard to describe what camp is like...its pretty surreal here but I'm going to try my best at it and hopefully you can get a glimpse of of my life here. This week has been pretty relaxed because of orientation week which is awesome because I'm still trying to organize my internal schedule to fit camp time. There are about 119 staff members and about 100 of them I didn't know so this week is about remembering names and getting to know the people I will be spending the next 8 weeks with. Today is our overnight hike which takes a few hours and we practice hiking up to the overnight hut so that we don't get lost(although it happens anyways). Its a beautiful view all the way up and although I've taken photos my past 2 summers I'll probably take more and post them either on here or facebook. Tonight is our staff party which is usually a shit show. We dress up, we drink on camp and get served by our directors, we go out and then we wake up hungover tomorrow for breakfast at 7:45am and have to survive a day of staff photos, swim tests and activities...at the time its a fabulous idea but the next day you always regret it.
I'm still not totally sure on how to write a blog or if anything I write is even remotely entertaining BUT I'm still working out the kinks so bare with me. I'm going to take videos and post a few photos too once I actually take some.
Oh and before I go...everyone should download skype. My name is janeannett and even though I'm 6 hours ahead, I'll be up most nights because of my position first session so I can schedule skype chats for sure!!
Until next time,
Jane
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