Blogging Boldly with Heleni

Day 1: 

• We left very early on the bus, 07:00 for Durban.
• I didn’t know who to sit next to on the bus, but then I sat next to a girl that I know from orchestra.
• It was a nice ride, 8 hours (slept for 3 hours, 10 different sleeping positions 😂).
• We made 2 stops.
• When we entered Durban, it got really, really hot and it felt like the bus driver still had the heater on!
• It was a LiTerAL sauna in the bus and for some reason the teachers didn’t do anything about it, but maybe there was something wrong with the bus. 😅
• We had to carry our bags up and down a bunch of high and low hills. 
• It was terrible + I over packed. 😭
• We practiced in the heat, but the wind was a life saver!
• We got a chance to get water and jackets in our dorms.
• I’m in a dorm with 11 other girls, imagine that!
• I don’t really have main friends in my group or dorm and maybe overall in softball. 
• I wasn’t feeling well because the coaches were teaching in the dinning room where we ate our breakfast, lunch and dinner. It was really hot and I got dizzy, nauseous and a headache, as it usually happens when I’m hot.
• We got to relax and shower, I took a cold shower (as it helps for my headaches/migraines). 
• The showers there were AmAzinG and had really good water pressure. 
• Lights out at 10 pm.

Day 2: 

• I believe we trained for about 6 hours with only 3 breaks! 
• I had a terrible headache and the running in the sun and heat was making it worse. 
• We went bowling at quite a large mall, it was really fun. 😋
•  Lights out at 22:30. 

Day 3:

• First we went to a really cool aquarium! (The pictures are in the beginning of the blog)
• After that, we went to the beach! 😝
• My headache was much worse than the previous days.
• It was really fun and each age group had some time to relax and swim. 
• The waves took me down a few times. 😂
• I was really tired and slept on the bus ride back, I sat alone but I was grateful for the comfortable nap. 
• Before we got on the bus I asked a girl in my dorm, (the one who organised who showers when, as we only had 3 showers). I asked if I could shower in the 2nd group so that I have enough time to get my things together.
• By the time I got to the dorm, she said that I have to be one of the last to shower because there were girls in our dorm that didn’t shower the previous morning or night, so they had to shower first.
• I mean really, how do you skip a day without showering?
• I felt really dirty and sticky and I needed that cold shower.
• BAM! That’s when my migraine hit me hard.
• I burst into tears, that’s how painful it gets. 
• One of the girls in my group took me to the coaches dorm and I slept for a bit on their couch in their TV room and waited for it to get better.
• They also gave me electrolytes in my water, in case I was dehydrated.
• I hadn’t eaten a lot that day so that might’ve been part of the reason.
• I was showering when one of the girls in my dorm that left last, switched off all the lights! 😔
• So inconsiderate!
• After eating I went to go sleep.
• I called my mom. To talk to her about how camp was so far and my migraine.
• Talking to her always makes me feel safer.
• Lights out at 10 pm, but for me, 7:30 pm.

Day 4:

• The next day, everyone was happy we were going to leave the following day.
• We ate breakfast (The toast was aMaZinG 🤪) 
• All the girls moved down to the field and the coaches taught us a fun dance.
• We went straight into warming up and doing different activities, but after that I sat out because my headache didn’t go away and was started to get bad again.
• We had lunch and then we went to the MALL! 😝
• It was super fun!
• Lights out at 10 pm.

Day 5:

• Day five was the last day at softball camp.
• We had our breakfast in a to-go bag to eat on the bus.
• The coaches gave out prizes and certificates for going to camp.
• The uphill back to the bus was torturous. 😂
• The trip back home was much more fun! 🤗
• We bought pizza at our first and only stop.
• Got back at our school at 20:30.

Honestly, I enjoyed camp. It was full of different experiences. The best part was that I made new friends.

Stay tuned for my next blog 😋