RFKC catorce

Dear friends and family,

In one hour from now I leave for the San Bernadino Mountains for camp. This is no ordinary summer camp, but one that was created with the intent of creating positive memories for abused and neglected children: Royal Family Kids Camp.
http://www.rfkc.org/site/c.ikIPL8MWJxE/b.4010393/k.89E5/Facts_and_Stats.htm

Being a part of this camp has been on my heart since I was in the 6th grade@1987, when through the foyer doors one night, I saw a video being shown about RFKC. To be a counselor, one has to be 18, so I waited year after year, until in 1994, I was able to be a counselor for the very first time with my home church in Lakewood.

This year I will be participating in my 14th RFKC, and my 3rd year with Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena. It is both the most fun and difficult week of my year, but I keep coming back because of the kids.

This camp is free to the campers, but if you look at the statistics link I posted, the camp is not cheap.

I wanted to use my blog to hopefully give the readers an opportunity to donate.
http://www.lakeavefoundation.org/donate

Any amount is more than welcomed!!!

Thank you so much,


Jeremy

Is a PS even acceptable in blog posts? Anyway, please keep all of the staff, counselors, and campers in your thoughts and prayers this week!!!

Your Sunday Library Story of the Day!!!!!

I just get to the reference desk from the Teen Center, and hear some lady shouting on her cell phone as she goes down the elevator. We could hear her as she went down to the first floor. A minute or two later, she comes back up the elevator, still on her angry call, apologizing and denying, and shouting.

So I get the bright idea to see how many times she will come up and down the elevator, so I push the call button to come up to the 2nd floor.

She is having this loud conversation while other customers are in the elevator! By my count, having pushed the call button 5 separate times, she made about 7 complete trips, with no regard for her fellow library customers.

On another note, one of our fave internet customers asked for more time on a computer, and I asked "are you still logged in?" followed by an immediate, sarcastic "why do I even ask?" The customer almost always comes up to the reference desk (at least 4-5 times a day) after the time has expired.

Other than that, a very calm day at the library. Perhaps the message was finally sent: "go to the freaking beach!!!!"

LJF

Here are some pics from my laptop of my nephew Landon, who could sit for hours looking at himself on the computer!

Library/bad parent story of the day

All of you parents hopefully can forgive me after this...

So, I am sitting at the information desk on the first floor, when I hear a lady cry out by the self check machines for her child. Apparently he ran away while she was checking out DVD's. It does not take long at all to check items out mind you. He wasn't just a few feet away, but halfway out in the parking lot!!!!!! So the mom runs toward the door, bangs on it because it wont automatically open quick enough and then starts yelling for her kid to "come here." I was shocked. One would think that she would at least go out and get him, but nope, she made him CROSS TRAFFIC, to come back to her, so she could finish checking items out.

So now she gets back to checking out, and decides to go to the customer service desk to have someone help her. You would think then that she could keep tabs on him after what had just transpired, but nope, she was looking all over for him again. Finally she "asks" (rather than just taking) him to hold her hand, which is what should have happened all along.

updates

It looks like I am going to be on yet another medication for my Crohn's disease. Cimzia is the name of the game this time, and it is injection based. So in a few days I plan to receive the vials, and will give myself a couple of shots every two weeks, and then every four weeks after that. Hopefully that puts me into remission soon!

This has been the major reason I haven't been able to blog much or even follow others. I just haven't had the energy.

A belated thanks to all here who supported me on my 1/2 marathon in San Antonio for Team Challenge and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. In that one race we raised almost 1 MILLION dollars for research!!!