Sky, Tree, Hamilton. Freedom, Maine. June 28, 2017

Tonight is the beginning of my first 36 hours off. I came home, took a hot shower and watched lots of Friday Night Lights. So soothing. Aaron is in Watertown, MA until Friday, so I am solo for my day off. So far, camp has been extremely busy. It's like a beehive. I am teaching yoga to two girls. One of them has never paid any attention to her body, but she seems to be enjoying doing yoga. Although, today she asked if we could play Twister. The other camper is lovely. She does competitive gymnastics, so she is really in touch with moving her body. She is going into 7th grade and she is the sweetest. I'm really enjoying having her in my class. She gave me some pointers on how to stick my handstands, so awesome.

The other class I am teaching is shibori and it is amazing! I am madly in love with it and the the kids in my class are fantastic! They are all really into shibori, too. I got really, really excited today when they were unwrapping their projects. I did a photo shoot (another one) of Hamilton, the piglet. There will be more photo shoots with him, next time with only 2 campers and a counselor. He's skittish.

I am looking forward to sleeping in and buying some yarn tomorrow. Maybe I'll hit a beach (it will not be the same kind of beach as Hawaii). Or, maybe I'll head home after my yarn buying and just relax. Read Jamie and Claire. I wish Aaron was coming home tomorrow. I miss the boys, too.

I've cried a lot already. The beginning of camp was very stressful. Things feel better since classes started and I can plug myself into teaching and taking photos of the lovely things at camp. It is so strange to be far away from my people and to land in the middle of a pop-up community with all new people that are not mine, yet. It is such an interesting social experiment, one that I put myself into every year when I get to camp. Finding my place. It is so interesting to leave my place, my home, my community. I know where I belong and who I belong to. Then, to be in this new community and to search for my place. It is difficult and challenging. Today, I felt wonderful and excited about meeting new people and making new friends. However, it is exhausting to be around people that I don't know intimately and they don't know me. I love it and it's hard. I am meeting such lovely people. And I'm feeling quite awkward, quite often. It's good. And then it feels amazing to be alone and quiet.

Also, I really miss Moko.

Love, Eden