NeglectNeglectNeglect (again)

I'm bad about neglecting my regular posts...shame shame. Although funny enough, the last time I posted was about a week 1/2 ago and yet I feel like it's been 3 or 4. School is somewhat over, although I have a few online things to finish up, yuck. In a little over a week, I leave for my first two weeks of camp. I'm excited, but I'm kinda dreading it at the same time. As much as I hate some aspects of summer on the obx like traffic, I overall love it. I love the relaxed lifestyle. I love being right down the road from the beach. I love watching the sunset from run hill or just from my backyard. I love living on the sound and hearing the water hit the bulkhead at night. I love the constant sting of saltwater that hits your skin whenever you walk outside. I could go on and on...summertime on the obx is just different and I am so grateful for that. On top of that, I won't get to be with some of the people I love most as much as I am used to. I have lived with my best friend, Olivia, since last summer and have gotten used to seeing her on a regular basis even when she was at school. I was looking forward to being in the same house again all summer, spending our days off at the beach, doing random late night trips to get ice cream, having lots of girl time when we need it, and all that. Granted, we are staying alone at my old house for the next week until I got to camp for my first 2, then another 3 weeks until I go for the rest of the summer...but I'm not sure what either of us are going to do once I leave that second time. We understand what we like girl time to be. We're not like most girls that obsess over boys and act completely stupid...we have our moments, but overall we're not like that and so girl time for us doesn't consist of that like it does most girls. Then there's my brother and sister. I've had the opportunity to finally get to be around them a good amount the past two months after hardly being around for a year and 1/2...I love them. We have been through things that only we can understand with each other and it has given us a bond that a lot of siblings don't have. Nick is truly my very best friend. Katie was too young to remember or understand a lot of the stuff that went down between my parents so she doesn't have as much of a bond as me and Nick do. All the same, I'm going to miss both of them a good deal while I'm gone. There's a few other people I will miss greatly, but those 3 are at the top of my list.

All that aside though, I really am excited for camp. I don't really know what to expect, so I can't make a list of specifics I am excited for other than opportunities that I don't think I'd have if I stayed on the obx. Pray for me this summer that I don't get too homesick and that things really do go well!