I Have Begun the Countdown of Camp

The official countdown of camp began as of this morning.  It would have started sooner, but I had a cold and I didn't want it to ruin camp, so I've been busy with that, but now it's time to really think about camp!
I've still got to pack, but I'm doing that today.  My dear brother Chris gave me a beautiful backpack (it's a CamelBak) that I'm going to take with me.  I'm truly going to be the coolest girl there.
I aslo have to say goodbye to my pets... and Rosey.  Five whole days in the woods without my companion!  Sure, Emily will be there, but who's always with me on those adventures?  Who's always there to stop and hug me when I need one?  Who's always there to explore new territory with me?  Who's the one who listens to my stupid jokes and likes them?  Who's always the one who's just plain there for me?  Rosey!  These are virtually all the photos of Rosey I have on my computer.

Chris took this one.  Isn't she beautiful?  That's my girl.

Nosy Rosey.

See my face of delight?  Also note her blurry expression of love.

We go together.  We just do.

That day was fun.

Being Rosey.

Also being Rosey.

She's eating grass.

She's eating grass here, too.

I'm tickling her with a horsetail.  We have so much fun together.

Silly dog.  She's watching Sara.

I love that look.

That day was also fun.

What a perfect paw.  Never take these things for granted.

Doggie... what am I supposed to do?  I'll have a whole new place to explore, but no one to explore it with!  Well, I'll have a whole cabin-full of kids to explore it with, but no Rosey!  No fellow adventurer and companion!  No Rosey... I have one weekend to be with my sweet puppy. Then I'll be torn away from her ever so viciously and thrown into a bus where I'll be taken to far away Duvall.  It's not fair.  It's life.