#32

Hello!

I'm typing this on my new Macbook Pro, which is crazy! I noticed that at the time of the previous post (literally 11 days ago) I was just complaining about "I should soon be thinking about upgrading my phone" etcetera, and now I've had both a new phone and laptop since Thursday. I feel kind of bad when I tell anyone I bought them, because it seems so much like bragging about money to me, you know? Although the only reason I could even justify buying such a ridiculously overpriced laptop was because my maternal grandfather keeps sending me and my family money, because my mom doesn't want to talk to him. I guess he wants to help anyway, but I feel kind of bad using the money since he basically isn't getting anything for it - my mother still refuses to talk to him or keep in contact. Well, whatever. It's not my problem. If he has money enough to throw at us then let him have at it, I think.

I just returned from camp about an hour ago! It wasn't very tiring - I slept well and there were night "guards" so the other camp leaders didn't have to stay up. The young-leaders-in-training were mostly great too. There is a random group who aren't even going to be young leaders at camps this summer though, who just wanted to come to the training camp because it's a camp...? They wreaked some havoc but it was only like 5-6 kids so it was okay. Even they did their duties pretty diligently, and all in all everything went well and fun was had by all. I also bonded quite a bit with some people I hadn't talked to a lot before, and it was a lot easier to feel like a leader/worker at this camp because the only role I've had when working with that church's workers has been the role of an employee, basically. I still have to struggle a bit with it in my own congregation.

All in all this trainee period has made me grow a lot as a "professional"... I feel a lot more confident about various responsibilities that go with the career path I'm basically studying for. The rise in confidence makes it a lot easier to work and have a good attitude even though I stress about things a bit in advance.

I was going to go to a movie tonight with M, but he apparently broke himself a bit at a bar last night. Ouch. Oh well. I might go see my friends' theater production later this week, and then I already have the first "city days" of the summer's first confirmation camp! Whoa!

Anyway, I'm gonna be doing some schoolwork before that. Bye!