Day 94.

This week has been a roller coaster of mountainous ups and deep downs for me. The lowest down I must admit was last night when I wrote the rather emo post about what I was currently going through. Tonight on the other hand has been a huge up. I love my girls so much, they have made my first experience as a counselor so incredibly amazing and I want to do this over and over again. I haven't gotten to connect with everyone of them individually yet, but they seem to have connected as a group pretty well and I feel like I have connected with quite a few of them. Every year, Girls State has skit night where every city prepares a skit to perform on this huge stage and when they're done us counselors surprise them with our own skit. Since we were surprising the girls, my other co-counselors and I have been a bit distant the past two afternoons which was unusual; we have been all up in there business in a caring and I hope nurturing way all week. So during skit night, all the counselors sat together and everyone else sat with their city. I couldn't sit with my girls but I Mandy and I just had to move front and center when they perform. They did so good! I am so proud of them. Well, the night of scheduled activities ended earlier than some of the other nights and we all had to vote on a few things before bed anyways so we snagged the big downstairs common room. We voted, chatted, ate pizza that Shelby surprised them with. One of the girls made awards for everyone that were incredibly thoughtful and just so sweet and including. I got "best-friend and counselor" award because "I showed the all pictures of my boyfriends." Ha. Though I think there was more to it than that, or at least I hope so. They all went bonkers when they saw me looking at my facebook and I saw Alfred's new hair cut. One of them wanted me to tell him to add her on facebook. These are high school kids...  Oh goodness. Their skit was making fun of themselves and their mistakes in the most loveliest of manners that shows such a good character and heart that few adults have. I really hope Mandy, Shelby, and I have been able to touch their lives in some ways. They are so special, unique, and wonderful. We have an Asian rapper that broke out in free style for us and is legit one of the coolest, hippest people I have ever met and I can't believe she waited until tonight to tell her about one of her passions. We have a miny Lindsey Holmes, who I love and adore and want to take home with me and protect from herself just like I have so many times wanted to do to Lindsey. They have the same wonderful and good spirit that has been suppressed and suffocated by different things and thus they make decisions I wouldn't. But then again, who says what I think is always best. It isn't. We have a young woman who has never been away from home before but who is standing before crowds and taking risks and making new friends. Each young lady has their own special story and attributes that I don't have the energy to write all. I could see every single one being a Sigma, which is a huge compliment coming from me...I rarely see people and think, you live up to Sigmaness. Oh and I have made such good friends with the counselors here. I adore my co-counselors; they are both amazing though I have made a special connection with Mandy. I told her today that I plan on her and I being friends for quite a long time. .....I'm actually planning her wedding right now and will be the made of honor though she didn't really approve of my choice of her groom..... Can you tell I might like my girls a little bit?