SWEP Wrapup

Ah, SWEP is officially over and has been over for 2 weeks. The last week went by fast. We had the talent show on Monday, which was weird. The talent show has always been on the last Friday which is also the all night party and the commissioners meeting. It's normally the most hectic day of the summer, but since we had the talent show early it went quite smoothly. Why was it on Monday you ask? Well, from now on it will be to make our (staff) lives easier, but this year it was because all of the out of town counselors were in town for a meeting or something.

Again, the last week went by fast. Monday was the talent show and BBQ. Of course the highlight of the evening was Chris's poem, but the Humes family singers and my awards were the next top on the list. There were about two other acts that were decent and then the rest were agonizing. At one point Mc and I were covering our mouths and avoiding eye contact with each other to keep us from laughing at the talent we were exposing our guests to. On Wednesday half of the group went roller skating and the other went to the movies. It was fun watching blind kids skate. Don't worry, we didn't let them skate alone, but I have to say they were voting for it. I can just imagine the kiddos out there skating with their canes going as fast as possible. Sure sign of a traffic accident.

The last few days we went to the woodshop, well the kids went to the woodshop while the staff went to Starbucks. And no, we did not leave them there alone, but the guy who runs the woodshop is blind. It's pretty cool actually that a blind guy teaches other blind people how to use tools that could slice your hands off. Don't worry, he's a really good craftsman and is well trusted by the commission. Next, Friday we had a concert in the campus amphitheater. The group is called Land of the Blind, and they are not consisted of blind individuals although that is a proper assumption because that is what the staff thought. We thought we were going to hear a "band" with blind members. But no, it was a, at least what we came up to describe them as, a hippy worldsy group. The cool thing about them was they gave us digery do lessons. They were nice people too.

The all night party went well. As usual, we made a starbucks run. We got there right before they closed and boy were they pleased to see 2 large vans pull up with a bunch of teenagers. Then we went to the coolest doughnut shop called Voodoo Doughnuts. They have maple doughnuts with bacon on them! Don't dis until you try um because I thought they would be weird, but oh my are they good. I only had a bite of the maple bacon because I had one called no name with peanut butter, chocolate, and rice crispys on it. Oh it was yummy! The rest of the night the kids just hung out and packed. Some of them decided to put shaving cream on one of the kids who was sleeping and then in the morning he splattered whip cream at them. Fortunately I was asleep, but I heard all about the big to do when I woke up. There was some screaming and shouting that occurred, but things got smoothed out and everyone survived.

It was sad for SWEP to end, but boy was I ready. Chrs, Mc, and I ended up being there until 4:30pm on Saturday. Ugh it was a long day on only 3 hours of sleep. After we locked up shop we found a hotel, Chris took Jack to stay with a friend of theirs in Salem, and Mc and I took much needed naps. The night was filled with relaxing, alcohol, and some good times. Then on Sunday we went and picked up Jack, had some Whites, and headed on our way to Vegas.

There's more to come . . . . just wait a day or two until I have a free chance to write. I originally started this blog almost a week ago. Opps.