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Jules Arata
Aug 14, 20234 min read
session eleven: ball help
session eleven is always a weird way to end the summer. my camp ends on monday night, && that is the start of the week for everyone else....
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Jules Arata
Aug 7, 20234 min read
session ten: && what about it??
this session was strange in almost every way. it was our last week as a team at ranch, with only 17 campers. and 8 counselors, that's...
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Jules Arata
Jul 31, 20234 min read
session nine: #thegreatcommission am i right?
this session was so sweet to me. it was our smallest session yet, only 59 campers in my sweet little dining hall to love on and teach how...
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Jules Arata
Jul 24, 20233 min read
session eight: a bird in RDH?
this session was special. it was much like session five, one where i just connected so easily with the campers. a session that i spent...
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Jules Arata
Jul 17, 20233 min read
session seven: silky chicken? yeah so probably
this session it hit me. exhaustion from being here for two months with only four days at home. && the reality of camp coming to an end,...
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Jules Arata
Jul 10, 20233 min read
session six: just trusling
this session had a goofy start, with it being the fourth of July and all. it was a day full of arrivals && bomb pops && glitter && human...
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Jules Arata
Jul 3, 20233 min read
session five: SPF
this session was an absolutely answered prayer. i was nervous bc i truly loved the session four campers and watching them leave was hard....
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Jules Arata
Jun 26, 20232 min read
session four: be still my heart
this session, i had a late start. i missed opening day due to being out of state, so i thought i was gonna be at a disadvantage. i knew...
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Jules Arata
Jun 19, 20232 min read
session three: for your sake
this session was opposite in all ways. there were 20 more campers, everyone got sick, and i left halfway through. a session where a lot...
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Jules Arata
Jun 12, 20233 min read
session two: small but mighty
this session was smaller in a lot of ways. one with less campers, && less campers. one where i would dare to say the dining hall felt...
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Jules Arata
Jun 5, 20233 min read
session one: silly goofy
this is the part, just like last summer, when i start to remember. when i remember how hard mondays are, how i am thrown onto an...
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Jules Arata
May 29, 20232 min read
staff training: take 5
"this year camp has felt different." this has been my response throughout the last two weeks when loved ones from home have asked how it...
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Jules Arata
Aug 15, 20223 min read
session eleven: closing time
8/9-8/15 camp coming to a close is not a feeling that gets better, but it is one you get used to after 4 summers. this summer is...
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Jules Arata
Aug 8, 20223 min read
session ten: how is it almost over?
8/2-8/8 the last full week of campers, and there were only 30 of them. an entire camp and dining hall for 30 15-year-old campers, their...
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Jules Arata
Aug 1, 20222 min read
session nine: rollercoaster
7/26-8/1 to be honest, i really don't know what to write about this session. it kind of feels like a blur. more and more people are...
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Jules Arata
Jul 26, 20223 min read
session eight: girls week part 2
7/18-7/25 man this week. to start the week with being inside of a truck when a fire extinguisher goes off and you cannot escape fast...
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Jules Arata
Jul 18, 20222 min read
session seven: girls week
7/11-7/17 girls week. what a beautiful thing to come back home to. a week of baking and going to the farmers market. of movie nights and...
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Jules Arata
Jul 11, 20222 min read
session six: rest
7/2-7/10 an entire week off. still truly a concept that i struggle with. i have always dealt with FOMO, but camp FOMO is worse. and i...
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Jules Arata
Jul 4, 20223 min read
session five: welp
6/28-7/3 not gonna lie, this session was hard. i walked into it not knowing any of the campers bc this was my session off last summer. i...
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Jules Arata
Jun 27, 20223 min read
session four: bittersweet
6/21-6/27 this week started off with our bus getting in 3 hours late and giving them little caesar's for lunch. but there were some...
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