Girls Camp (A First...)

Addendum to Hillary's post about Girl's Camp:
It's true, I had a great time despite the fact that I was only able to attend the last day. Since this was my sixth time to girls camp, it's becoming more difficult to reach 'first' milestones. However, this year I was able to accomplish a 'first' thanks to my little buddy pictured above on the notecard. This year marks the first time I have ever been bitten by a tick. Yes, while driving home from camp I wondered what was causing my irritating bump on my leg. I discovered it while we were unloading the camp gear in the camp shed. Many suggestions were given on how to remove it but Jim McManis and I decided to use his cool tick removing kit. We pulled it out quite easily with this tool that looked like a cross between a toe nail clipper and pliers. You may be wondering why I have such a large scab (picture taken one week later) on my leg if the tick came out easily. It's because after we took the tick out Jim decided to prob a bit further to make sure we didn't leave any tick parts in my leg. Well, after hearing my flesh crunch a couple times I told Jim I had enough of his probing. My leg was sore and tender for a week, not from the tick, but from having my flesh pinched. I kept the little bugger as seen in the photo below. I do need to give Jim props for successfully removing the tick without resulting in Lyme disease.

Can't wait for next year's girls camp!