10 things I forgot about Girl's Camp

I was the camp director for my ward's group of girls and went with them to girl's camp this year. It was an exciting week! I'm grateful for the experience. I had a blast my own years at camp and was happy to go again. We had a baseball theme this year and our 'team' name was the Seekers! It was based off of D&C 88:63-64 with a Harry Potter twist. My camera died the first day I was there so I have no pictures. But I've put together a list of things I had forgotten (or learned) about camp though..

1. If the past winter and spring were wet, there will be LOTS of bugs. I don't know how many mosquito bites I had, but I had so many on my ankle that it swelled up like I had sprained it. True story. I'm like a giant strawberry to them! There was also something crawling on my nose one night...
2. Don't forget to bring tissues to the testimony meeting on the last night. I forgot and had to use my dirty hands. Oh well, it was worth it to hear the beautiful testimonies (and sometimes thank-you-monies) of those sweet girls.
3. Girls will be girls-caddy, sweet, loud, scared by bugs, dramatic, homesick, daughters of God.
4. Sleep is not an option at camp. Let's just say earplugs were a lifesaver along with an airmattress!
5. Everything (almost) can be burned in the fire. Glowsticks are especially fun to watch! I got the pyromaniac award one year at camp.. someone got that award this year. It also saves on trash.
6. Prayer works. On the last day it rained and many vans got stuck in the mud. Only after they said a prayer did they get unstuck.
7. Prepare for all contingencies-it always rains at camp. In past years, the camps here have had issues with tornado warnings and had to spend nights crammed into the bathrooms. Luckily this year we had great weather. However, I didn't bring raingear so the last morning we got soaked while we packed up camp in the pouring rain.
8. Camp gives you a reason to be you. No makeup, no shower, no boys, no worries! The girls had a great time just getting to know themselves, each other and their divine nature as a daughter of God.
9. Camp bathrooms, flusing toilets or not, are always gross. I always had latrines (tin can pit toilets) at my camp but these girls had flusing toilets. They were still gross. Luckily, they let the leaders in on some secret showers up the road. So while they went hiking..we showered in luxury.
10. Anything tastes good at camp. No matter how gross it looks or how burned it is, everything (almost) tastes good at camp. Especially smores.