  Hey everyone!  I'm finally back from girls camp!  I'll do as short of an overview of the week as I can ( though its very long,  and I'm sorry for that)  while still saying what I want to say,
 starting with some good stuff,  then some bad stuff,  and then I'll end with some more good stuff so it won't sound like such a downer :  First of all,  I have rocking friends!  On Tuesday,
 I got a letter from Jennifer,  a postcard from Andy ( which was thoroughly hilarious)  and multiple letters from Lenny ( one of which we read out loud at camp fire in front of everyone.  We said that it was written to Rachel Miles,
 haha)  And then on Thursday,  I got the most exciting letter of all ( no offense to the rest of you awesomes who wrote me)  It was from Jon!  He made me the funniest little book with pictures in it of the two of us,
 and he wrote commentary and stuff,  and then he wrote me just a regular letter -  it was so awesome,  especially because that was when I was beginning to have a hard time and I was frustrated.  It was so awesome -  Jon,
 you rock :  Thanks to all you who wrote to me,  it made me so happy,  and thanks to Neil for the valiant ( yet unsuccessful)  effort ;
0)  So,  a very brief overview of some of the negatives of camp:  We were having a major modesty and respect issue at camp.  Also,  I was in the cabin with camp committee,
 who are separate from us ( the presidency)  but didn't really understand that,  I guess,  so the whole week there was this whole drama about how they thought we thought we were better than them,  and then they didn't bring their own alarm clock so we had to wake them up for flag every morning,
 and then they got really mad at us because they didn't want to go to flag,  even though they were in positions at camp where all the girls knew who they were so they needed to be examples,  and they blamed it on us that they should have to go to flag at girls camp.  They've done it for at least 5 years now,  why is this year any different.  We had way too many pranks at camp.
 I don't want to go into details,  but one in particular had nothing to do with me except that it was.  done to me.  I wasn't offended or anything,  it was all out of fun and what not,  but the adult leaders were very close to making me apologize to the whole camp because of what the girls had done.
 To me.  " Hello everyone,  I just wanted to say I'm sorry because I have friends that don't think things through.  I don't know,  it was just dumb,
 I don't think the adult leaders thought things through either.  I didn't end up having to say sorry,  and the girls were talked to and what not.  Anyway,  that was just like,  1/
10th of the things that went on,  all of which I had to fix because they happened to/ because of the girls I was rooming with.  the ones that were giving us problems anyway.  Oh well,  enough of that.
 With everything so stressful,  the other members of the presidency and I had an emotional breakdown.  which was scary,  emotional breakdowns are a strange experience.  Everything was just weighing down on us.  and everything turned out alright (
though the worst came after the emotional breakdown,  haha)  A lot of great things happened through the week,  though they are hard to find through all the hard times.  I learned so much,  and a lot of things stuck with me:
 One of the teachers said,  " Happiness is a choice"  I love that,  because I know a lot of people who talk about how sad they are and unhappy they are with life,  but really.
 happiness is a choice.  I know that probably sounds hypocritical because of all the complaining I did about camp already.  So I am going to modify that phrase:  " Happiness is a choice,  unless you are severely sleep deprived and stuck in a leadership position at a secluded location for a week with 200 hormonal and overly dramatic girls.
 I also learned some things about myself.  First,  I learned that I have a phobia of germs.  Haha,  I would brush my teeth before and after meals,  and even some other times in between then.
 I was constantly using my hand sanitizer,  I couldn't stand it when people sat on my pillow,  and.  I don't know,  I just realized that man,  germs scare me.
 I also learned that when I want to,  I have a lot of patience.  In my cabin,  there were two.  not completely mentally stable girls put together with Kendra,  a black girl from inner-
city D. C.  who isn't LDS.  All week,  Kendra would say something completely inappropriate,  vulgar and loud,
 and then the other two girls would start screaming and yelling at Kendra,  and none of them really knew what they were doing,  I mean,  they didn't know any better.  It was so frustrating because all 3 of them would mouth off to us and adults,  I was going crazy by Tuesday.
 But,  I'm happy to say that all 3 of them made it out alive :  I am pretty impressed with how well I controlled my urge to yell at them and be rude and stuff.  It was a good week for helping me to reanalyze the person I want to be and get everything back into perspective.  That was partially because I got to read scriptures more often than I usually do and be surrounded by a positive environment where I could actually think,  and also because I was around so many amazing girls.
 The three girls that I bunked with ( different from the three girls I talked about earlier)  who were in the presidency with me are so amazing,  and we all came to the agreement that boys,  for the most part,  are much less dramatic than girls,
 and that they are so much better to be around for that reason.  But all three of them aren't very dramatic,  so we got along great,  and I grew a great appreciation for all my friends that are girls that aren't dramatic about everything.  I also laughed at all the boys I know that are dramatic.  *
As a very small side note,  my friend Kiera Bennion and I decided that I am going to marry her brother,  Dane Bennion.  This is because we have the same birthday so we will never have to worry about forgetting each others',  and if we get married on that day,  we wont have to worry about forgetting that either!
 Also,  I want to have very musically inclinded children,  and seeing as he has the most beautiful voice I've ever heard come out of any teen- age boy's mouth,  it should be easy.  Also,
 his family is so wonderful.  Sounds perfect,  yes?  haha ;  Anyway,  I learned a lot and I got to think about my goals and stuff,
 and despite the massive amounts of stress and pressure,  it was a good experience.  So,  I am going to go sleep and hopefully wake up in time to hang out with my amigo Neil.  Hopefully I'll talk to all you cool people soon!  (
Again,  thanks for the letters guys,  they really made my day.  and week.  and such,  haha)
 Bye!
