So happy to hear you had a great time at camp! Welcome back!
While you were away, I moved to my own apartment! I love it!
Cindy
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 12:50:12 -0500 Perk <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Hi everybody ,
>
> I went to Camp Courageous of Iowa in Monticello, Iowa , from August
> thirteenth to the eighteenth. I went last summer and I really
> enjoyed
> myself there , so , I decided to go again this summer. I saw some
> of the
> old staff from last year. To my amazement , one of my last year's
> counselor
> was one of my counselors again , this year! My parents dropped me
> off and
> picked me off there. The food was not the greatest , but , I ,
> survived. I
> didn't sleep well either there. I think my bed was too small. Some
> of the
> activities , that I participated in , this year , while I was there
> , were:
> help feed and water the animals , Arts and Crafts (I made a costume
> for the
> dance. I was a space person because the theme of week was out of
> this
> world. I asked the camp staff to see if they could find me a big
> box like a
> refrigerator box in which they found one. I covered the box with
> something
> like aluminum foil. I wanted to take a picture of my costume on my
> camera ,
> but , unfortunately , I didn't. The camp director said to me if we
> had a
> contest for the best costume , I would had won. I came up with my
> costume
> idea , all by myself) , Burma Bridge , (this is like walking on the
> high
> rope , like people do in a circus. I was afraid to do this at
> first.),
> canoeing, hikes, ice cream making , (We made chocolate ice cream,
> but I
> would have preferred vanilla), cookouts, campout, superzip, (this
> was like
> the Burma Bridge, swimming , trampoline, treeclimb, and playing
> cards and
> games. We had a hypnotist.
>
> For those who are new or don't remember who I am :
>
> I was born on July 5, 1971. It was a complicated birth. . . I
> couldn't cry
> , breathe or suck. The doctors thought I would be a vegetable the
> rest of
> my life. As a result of all of this , I was diagnosed with Cerebral
> Palsy
> at the age of three a half . I am very physically disabled because
> of all
> of this. I can't walk , talk , or feed myself in the 'normal way."
> When I
> was four years old , I was the Cerebral Palsy Poster child. I went
> to Day C
> are for that had disabilities and Early Childhood. Then I went
> through all
> of school. When I was in fourth grade , I was put in to a special
> education
> class in school. I used to to drool a lot and I had a surgery to
> stop that.
> When I was a freshman in high school , I had what looked like
> seizures but
> actually it was suicidal attempts. I won the award for the
> outstanding
> handicapped citizen for the state of Wisconsin. I went to college
> and
> double majored in Data Entry and Accounting. I update telephone
> directories for a living. I do about twenty to thirty a year. I do
> it
> right from my home. I also make and sell my own greeting cards.
> As I
> mentioned before , I have had a lot of problems with depression and
> suicide.
> From 1992 to 1998 I was in counseling and from 1994-96, I was
> hospitalized
> seven times because of this. The reason of all of this is because I
> couldn'
> t cope with having a disability. My family consists of a father , a
> mother
> and three brothers. I also have seven nieces and nephews and one
> on the
> way . I collect angels. I'm really involved on the Internet. I'm
> on
> several of ListServs, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger , Ya-Hoo Instant
> Messenger , and mIRC. My ICQ UIN # is 16632777. My screen name for
> AOL
> Instant Messenger is KJPink. I can be reached by Ya-Hoo Instant
> Messenger
> at kathy_pink_2000. The servers that I'm usually on on mIRC is
> BrightNet
> or ChatWorks. I have a Home WebPage . It is at
> http://homepages.msn.com/WindowsWay/kjpink/.
>
> Kathy Jo Pink/Perky/Pinky
> AOL Instant Messenger ScreenName KJPink
> ICQ UIN # 16632777
> http://homepages.msn.com/WindowsWay/kjpink/
> SafetyEd International's WebSite: http://www.safetyed.org
>
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