I woke up at 8am, just as my mom was driving away to work.  Barbara fixed me two packages of oatmeal.  I ate and then went back to bed with her iPhone.

I stayed on her bed watching the iPhone and answering her questions about Camp until 10:30am.  Then I was off to play with Julian and Xavier.  We played some at their house and some at my house, and some outside.  I played with those two boys almost all day.  We had a couple of breaks to "chill" for a bit.

My chore for the day was to put clean sheets on my bed.   I didn't read.  Barbara wants me to, but I'm not willing.  I think tomorrow I will have to read before I am allowed to play.

My first football practice with the Dolphins was at 6pm at French Elementary school.   Mommy got home in time to take me. 

I wore my new football cleats and they felt good. I have a new mouth guard.  I was also given the flag I am to wear and I need to remember to bring that to each practice.

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I may write things about Camp Longhorn for the next several days as I think of things.

More about Camp Longhorn:
The bus drive to Camp took five hours and it was long.  We could stand up and walk around and meet each other.  There was only one boy on my bus who was in my cabin.  We stopped to get fried chicken and ate our lunch on the bus. They had candy for us to eat.  There was no singing or leader led games or such.

We were not allowed to bring any food, candy, or gum to camp.

At camp Mark, the camp director (who lives in a house on the grounds with his family) announced that these are the counselors for Rattlesnake Down and I went up to them and we followed them to our cabin.   I picked out the upper bunk I wanted.   

We had not made our beds before the announcement came that we were going to move to Camp C3 because there was a fire nearby.   We each took our laundry bag which had our bedding and swim suit in it and a change of clothes.   It was not scary.  At Camp C3 my cabin-mates were assigned to the Minnow cabin and we had bunk beds to sleep on.  It was just like our camp.  We stayed there two days and we did everything we would have done at our camp.

Every morning I went to the Pit Stop to get my allergy pill.

Since most of us had never had communal showers before, the counselors told us how to dry off inside our shower, then wrap the towel around us, and tuck it in itself.  Then we could put on underwear, then we could take off the towel giving us some privacy.   (Barbara noticed that I had not used any of the shampoo I took.  She questioned me about that.  I used other guy's shampoo.)

We brushed our teeth outside at a trough with water taps in a row.  We hummed Happy Birthday twice while brushing our teeth.  That is how long we should brush.

There was a soap dispenser for us to use to wash our hands, but no towels to dry our hands.  We were outside and they just air dried.

We slept in our underwear, not bothering with sleep shorts.  We did not have electricity in our cabin, so no air conditioning.  Most of the campers brought battery powered fans.  I had two.  My big one (about a square foot) fell off my upper bunk and it did not break.  The cabins are all big screened walls. 

For breakfast I always had cereal except on Saturday when we had bacon and eggs.  The bacon was good.  The only food I didn't like was the fried chicken because I couldn't cut it with a knife.  My favorite dessert was the brownie.

We wore our swimsuits all day every day.  I wore the same bathing suit every day.  I forgot I had others in my trunk.  Before dinner we changed into shorts and shirts.  I wore five of the eight outfits I took.  We had a campfire every evening.  We sang songs, and each cabin performed sometime during these two weeks.   They did our laundry once half way through camp.  I did not change my bed sheets.

My favorite thing at camp was kayaking.  There was only one boy per kayak.  It was cool.
Now I know how to play pickleball.  Grandma and Papa love to play pickleball.  Grandma plays several times a week.  There was a tether-ball pole outside our cabin.  I was good at that.  Actually I'm good at everything.

We brought home a "certificate" showing all of the activities that we excelled at.  Each year more activities are added that are age appropriate.

We had an in-camp swim meet.  I won three ribbons, first, second, and third place in different events.  I lost my blue ribbon.   Of course, it was for breaststroke.  I was a good five seconds ahead of the next boy in my age group.

I swam a mile  in 42 minutes and 49 seconds.  I am listed as an advanced swimmer, not a beginner.

I didn't have a best friend at camp.  I liked them all about the same.  My favorite counselor was Avery.

After the campfire, we came back to camp and the counselors told us stories.  It was easy to fall asleep.  I was asleep before they finished their story most nights.