Hay all! well just got back yesterday from adult camp and I must say it was different then I thought. First off there didn't seem to be much structure in what was going on. It seemed a lot more like a free for all, open ended and that was a little uncomfortable for me since I was expecting more of a separation for the men and women. I was hoping to be spending the week with just the women and yet found myself with the men and women and that was a disappointment.
I wanted to find myself a partner and saw that there were no singles event so I could not tell who was a couple and who was single. Everyone was together at everything and so there was no telling apart who was with who. So that again was disappointing.
Main it self was nice. Tall trees, the lake, the stars, nature itself was very open and beautiful. It was sunny most of the time and I swam in the lake as often as I could. I also did some other actives such as Broadway dancing, songwriting, and the ropes. All were nice and fun, but I still was having a difficult time being relaxed when there were way too many men around and not finding a woman that was single.
Did I mention I was the only woman from Chicago. The majority of the people there were from New York, Massachusetts, and the DC areas, so I felt even more unsure of finding someone. I did end up talking to a few partners and that was OK. At least I didn't get socked in the mouth for talking to someones partner.
At the end I saw that the whole point of the camp was not to find someone, but to just hang out as a community. I didn't get that till the end that no one was there to find anyone, just to be there. I still could not except that since my whole point of going was to find a partner and not succeeding in that I was just plain annoyed.
I had a plain ticket home, but went on the Amtrak train instead. It was very nice and relaxing after a frustrating week. The train past Boston, Upstate NY, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, and then Chicago. I needed that slow ride home so I can think about the week and how I could have used that time better. I could have made a friend, relaxed, do more of the activities, or something instead of focusing on something that was not there. A single woman. So here I am and I am not planing on going back any time soon. But maybe in the future I mite, just to see if I can change my tune about it and maybe just hang.
