Sanya+Chauhan

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**Come On!** **“Come on clock move, move,” I moaned over and over again. Maybe staring at it wont make it go faster, and guess what, I was right. That's the first, most of the time I'm wrong but I guess things change. I knew the whole time I would be in Camp Bernie something would go wrong but if things went normally, that wouldn't be normal for me. So basically normal isn't normal for me.** **Happy, excited, joyful, anxious, those and many more words describe how I felt going to Camp Bernie. October 28, 2008 was the day my fifth grade class and I left to Camp Bernie. My mom drop me off at school around seven. I was stuck in the car cause my mom won't let go me. I thought she would be happy that I am going but apparently she wasn't. Finally she let go and we said are goodbyes. As I entered the sweaty and stinky gym I saw about 10 kids, half from my class and half from Mrs. Goldberg's class, the other fifth grade class that was going to camp Bernie with us.** **I was so bored, its like me head was on Mars. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't talk to anyone cause none of my friends arrived yet, I couldn't use my cellphone cause the teachers said not to take it. Later I realized that I labeled my bag wrong. The cabin was in was Jaqua B and I labeled everything saying Jaqua C, so I had to relabel everything. It wasn't that bad considering I only had two bags. So, I did that for about five minutes.** **After that, I walked around the gym maybe five times, that made me very dizzy. Finally, a miracle has been placed upon me, my best friend Erika walked through the gym door. When she took her first breathe I knew she regretted walking through the door. We had are usual conversation. I'm bored, I complained.** **Me too, Erika mumbled**

**"When is the bus coming," I asked to produce some type of conversation.**

**“How should I know,” she snapped back at me. That's how Erika is, one minute she is this sweetheart and then another minute she can be screaming in your face. I have gotten used to it after five years. When we were is 4th grade she would always give me this stare that would scare me so much I used my folder to cover her face. She would always do that to mess with me but she never meant it. To this day she still does it but I have gotten less scared over the years.****At last, the buses arrived. “Yes we can leave,” I chanted.**

**“I know right its about time we left,” Erika responded nicely. Being in that gym was like being a mouse stuck in trap for hours. Boarding the bus and taking roll call took about half hour. Remembering that Camp Bernie wasn't close by made me gloomy again, but I got over it. Being on the bus is much better than sitting in a cramped up gym.** **The bus ride was pretty boring but I was happy to be back on land. Now I had to find my bags which I thought would be complicated, and it was. Once I tell you, you're going to think that it was so easy but trust me it wasn't. So first we had to go by the tree that said our cabin section. For example, mine was Jaqua B, so I had to walk over and go digging through 50 pounds of duffel bags and garbage bags. I finally found my bags and waited for Erika to find hers. After she found hers we had to start walking to our cabin, which was no easier. (The walk was up hill, fun).** **Big, Tan ,and Wooden**

**“Ugh are we there yet,” I repeated over and over again in my head. A five minute walk felt like a five hour walk, but it was all worth it. As my eyes stumble upon a big, tan, wooden cabin my eyes start to grow bigger and bigger. I was amazed by the huge cabin because I have never been camping before, so I was ready to feel the experiences of camping. All the girls that belonged in Jaqua piled against the door.** **Pushing, shoving, tripping was what all of the girls were doing as we came in. Trust me its not fun being pushed against a wall by a ton of girls. I think I made a girl fall cause I hit her with my duffel bad. Its not my fault there was barely any room to breath. I'm serious there wasn't any room to breathe either the girls were taking up space or all the bags were.**

**The first morning of camp Bernie**
 * My heart was pounding with excitement, it was time to pick the beds we would be sleeping in. I actually don't know why I was so excited, I guess since we just got there I was a little over whelmed. I was also nervous. You would think that why would u be nervous to pick a bed, to tell you the truth I am terrified of the top bunk. My older cousin Renu told me when she went to camp Bernie a girl with braces was on the top bunk and she fell during the night. The worst part is that the brace got caught on the wood or it got caught on something. So being a girl with braces and a girl that tends to fall a lot during the night, there was no way I was going to be on the top.****I raced over to the bottom bunk like a cheetah chasing its pray. Unfortunately, being the smart person I am I picked the last section in Jaqua B. I was only afraid because there was a door and I thought that when I was sleeping a hobo would come and eat me. Wait, can hobos eat people, I think they can I mean what else are they gonna eat.**
 * Of course it wouldn't happen but you never know strange things have happened to me. Like one time I went to Atlantic City and I was eating dinner at Rainforest Cafe and a hobo came up to my dad and asked him for a dollar. Since my dad is a generous person he gave him a dollar, now if that were me I would have ran away screaming there's a hobo trying to eat me. And one time my dad gave a old homeless man a drive in his hummer bought and him lunch, this just happened recently.****Everyone was screaming and shouting, running back and forth, not that I wasn't doing it to, it was very chaotic at the time. At last it was time for my first activity. My first activity was a compass, direction thing. We had a card and on the card it said different directions. So it either said north, south, east or west. And then there were cones set up with letters on them, so we go to the cone and right down the letter on the card.**
 * It wasn't the funnest activity and it wasn't he worst, it had to be one of the most confusing activities. And to this day I still don't no where north south east and west are. Ok I know where north and south are but I have know idea where east and west are. My 4th grade teacher taught us a trick to remember it. It went like this Never Eat Sour Worms or Watermelons either one. So obviously the never stands for north the eat stands for east, the sour stands for south and the worms or watermelons stand for west. Are next activity involved using our senses. I remember walking into the woods seeing a herd of deer and a fox.** **My teacher found something in my hair so I screamed. I hate bugs so much, I still can't kill a spider without calling my mom. So first, we had to be blindfolded. Then, we were brought to this rope course. We had to hold the rope and just walk following it. Since we were blindfolded I couldn't see a thing, I kept tripping, I am very thankful to have my sight. The next part of the activity was to smell these random items and shake things to. All the items were in that photo memory box.**
 * I all most forgot to tell you where the ropes lead us, the woods. It was just another place in the same woods, not much fun there. I thought it was going to take us to like candy land or something. But more woods, I was a little disappointed. I got over it fast because I still have the whole camp Bernie to experience or so I thought.****That night we had to do the walk. I forgot what the walk was called, but long story short we had to take a walk at night and it was pitch black. Now I will say the longer version. Back at the cabin we had to get ready for the walk. I was a little scared because one of the counselors told me that there were two bears on the campus. Ok I lied I was really scared to go on the walk. Since I had no choice whether to go or not I put on my puffy winter jacket and gloves and headed out the door. It was pitch black, the only thing I could see was the moon shining down us.**
 * Anyway, we followed the counselor onto a rocky path leading into the woods. I was praying that a bear wouldn't come me to me and scream in my face. All of a sudden I hear a a walkie talkie go off.**
 * “There seems to lighting,” the person on the walkie talkie was saying.**
 * Ah ha saved by the lighting. I thought in my head.**
 * “Oh never mind its just a plane,” he replied**
 * Shoot so close. There was a good chance of us going back to our cabin but no it had to be a plane. After that moment of disappointment we continued walking. I tripped so many times, it was really hard to see, as I said before it was pitch black. As we were walking I kept hearing sounds. I tried so hard to ignore them but they were so distracting. Then I realized it was just the wind rustling through the trees. That made me clam down a bit.**
 * After a while we stopped and the counselor handed us these mint life savers, I hate mint it gives me a head ache I don't know why. Anyway, when u bit it, it lights up in your mouth. It was pretty cool, its like there was lighting in your mouth, but I still didn't like the mint. After the walk we headed back to our cabin. All the girls changed into there pajamas and gathered around the fireplace in the middle of the cabin. We made smores, yum. That turned out to be a really fun day.**

**“Why did I chose to wash my hair?” I was wondering in my as a was gradually waking up. My hair was wet because I decided to wash my hair the night before, which was not a smart move. I tend to act without thinking so that explains a lot. Like one time it was a week before Christmas and I accidentally told my mom want I got her. Wasn't much of a surprise on Christmas, but it turned out alright I got her something else and I didn't tell her what it was.**
 * I was freezing, I even had three layers of clothing on. My eyes were still blurry so I thought it was like one in the morning but it turned out to six in the morning. Of course it didn't look like it but it was. The sky was dark, the moon was still out, and not a single sound came into hearing. I was very grumpy that morning because all the teachers were screaming “rise and shine, when it obviously wasn't shining.**
 * They were also saying wake up and get up, I was moaning and groaning over and over again. I don't even wake up this early for school. Eventually I got up, I waddled my way to the bathroom to brush my teeth. Like I said before my hair was wet, but ironically one of the teachers had a hairdryer and luckily for me she let me use it. After, I finished drying my hair I got dressed and looked out the door window and guess what, it was snowing, in October.**
 * I was on my toes when I saw the snow. Just the scenery was amazing, the snow trickling down, the icicles hanging from the gutters, the snow piling up on a tree branch making it snap. To this day I have never experienced snow in October again. After I watched the snow for about five minutes Erika and were being rushed out of the cabin because it was our turn to set up the tables for breakfast. I quickly put on my gloves and and head band that covered my ears so they won't form icicles on them.**
 * All the girls who's turn it was to set the tables marched up the hill to the dining area. I was very cheerful this morning, I don't know why. I'm guessing it's because we had waffles for breakfast but I knew it was something else. Do u ever get the feeling that something that something great is going to happen? That was the feeling I was having. As I walked to a counter to get napkins for the table I stumbled upon a satisfying aroma, I could smell warm waffles being made and the sweet smell of maple syrup. The warm feeling made my spine chill, it was a very upbringing smell and I couldn't get enough of it. I went back to that counter every chance I got. Normally I wouldn't care for waffles or syrup, to be honest I don't even like syrup. But there was something different about these. I guess I was just feeling a little home sick. When I am at home I would always wake up to the smell of my moms signature cinnamon pancakes.**
 * Enough, about food lets get back to the morning. After all the kids and teachers were seated at there assigned tables we started to introduce ourselves. For instance, I said,“ my name is Sanya and I like volleyball.” So it was that kinda thing. Finally, the moment I have been waiting for it was time to eat. Being surrounded by the smell of waffles can make a person hungry. I tried to get online as fast as I could. Mission accomplished. I wasn't first I was like the 19th person online. I really didnt care I just wanted waffles. So I get my waffles and slowly walk back to my table. I walked slowly cause I can be sort of a cluts and I didn't wanna risk anything.**
 * I finished eating and since I was the person to set up the table it was also my job to clean up the table. Awesome for me, no I'm just joking it was actually kinda fun cleaning up considering I don't do any work at home. It was time to go to our first activity of the day, and let me tell you I was pumped.**