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Name: Miss. C a m i l l e
Interests: Freedom, sweets, music that is smart, fresh, classic or gives me the warm fuzzys. I like Teaching, learning, fresh daisies, studying people, clothes that make me feel pretty, synchronized swimming, camping, bicycles, and the smell of fresh cut grass. I love My dog, my home and the people that fill it up. Pasta, and laughing, the joy, delight, and sheer happiness I feel every time I dance. I enjoy Purity, talking, coffee, Vogue, Polaroids, good movies, color, love, being surrounded by people but feeling the since that I am alone with the Lord, my precious friends, high heal shoes, the Bible, New York city, India, parties, princess, princes, and Jesus, the savior of my l i f e
Expertise: world peace, love and all that jazz.
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Member Since:
11/9/2006
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| And I think to myself - - - What a wonderful world.
I am so in love with so many things in life. I think right now I am having a moment of shear gushing love. I reilaize how stupidly blessed I am, and it I hurt with love for life. - - - my family, my job, my espresso, my big daisy in my little cabin back on the ship, the fall leaves, the bus, my mom's food back at home, my siblings love for me, the coffee shop I am in with my three fellow synchronized swimmers, my father bwing a loving, giving father of 7, Finland, my lovely friends in Tampa.... honestly I could go on forever and ever.. I am so thankful for the Gym on my ship, the dinner in Finland I ate last night, my conversation via skype with Logan, My roomate, my awwwwww... everything..... and mostly...
My God! He is the reason for this love, joy, and peace I feel so deeply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Happy Birthday to a dear dear friend.the laughter and comfort she brings me is irreplaceable. Such a fantastic lady. I wish I could share her 21st birthday with her... Lucy Caroline Minton. I <3 U  ------------------------------------------------- Today is my last day in Finland. I am very happy it is a sunny one. First time since I have been here. We have some good plans for the day! First was espresso and internet. We completed this- now off to explore. -------------------------------------------------- Good day world. Enjoy. camille jeanne | | |
| ---Hello to the world outside my world---- I will take you on a photo and video journey of my life journey thus far! Edit: (I have a lot of pictures and videos... but I forgot my cord for my camera... so here is a journey.. without many pics.. I will post a better looking post later, this is just a fill-you-in one) After two weeks in Ft. Lauderdale we packed our apartment :  We spent quite a few hours in the airport. Then we all hopped aboard a charter plane, about 100 crew for the Oasis, strait flight to Europe! : I slept most of the 9 hour flight cocooned in my newly purchased, brown, and cozy blanket. I had my hand clinging onto the curl of my mustache pillow. I also watched " I'm not there". It was enjoyable, but i was so tired. I believe I dozed off a few times. But it definitely was comforting, the music made me miss home... and Carolyn. Cate Blanchett was wonderful:   We landed in Finland around 3:00 pm (we had left Florida around 9:00 pm) Finland is cold, Finland is pretty. They took us directly to the ship to be signed in and accounted for. It is such a MASSIVE ship. It blows my mind this thing floats on the water... It amazes me. There is SO SO much. 3 huge theaters one is an ice skating rink, a carousal, zip lines, tons of restaurants, a million bars, a mini golf coarse, a wave pool, a "central" park and seriously... SO much much more: Now that I have given you a picture of all that hugeness :) let me give you a picture of Glaucia and my - - t i n y- - room. We got settled in pretty nicely. I am so lucky to have a roommate that doesn't mind my 24 hour music addiction, or late nights, or sleeping in. She actually loves it. We enjoy a lot of the same music too. Let's just say, we listen to plenty of John mayer! Other than music we have put magazines on our mini table, cards from our family on our walls and some pictures and such to make it cozier. All these things make our cabin.... our home:  The ship is still under... m a j o r construction right now. Sooooo, we all must wear a hard hat everywhere we go until the ship is ready. :) it is pretty comical, Just picture 1,000s of people walking around looking rather similar to bundled up Skittles. hahah! It is said that the Oasis will be ready to set sail (to Florida) on the 29th! Hopefully it will all be finished! As we sail back to Florida and it gets a little bit warmer we will start rehearsals in the pool on the ship... our stage for the show! I can't wait!! Less than a month to get his show cruise ready!   I have been on the ship for nearly 5 days now and all day we jam safety training. We go to training after training with a nap, a workout and a meal or two mixed all in between. I was nervous about missing fall in Florida, and not getting to experience any winter. hahaha well, I am missing "floida" fall... but totally NOT missing cold winter weather. I love it here. I really enjoy the cold. We only get to see Finland at night because of all the training during the day. But after dinner in the cafeteria we venture out on a bus, bundled from head to toe. I've been going to the cute coffee shop for espresso and something chocolatety:  Then often meet up with everyone at the pub after. Everyone from the ship comes there at nights. it's a good time: Last night we had a massive crew party... like 1,000ish people! Free whine and beer. Everyone was rather d r u n k. But not me, as sober as can be, dancing it up on the dance floor. I think people sometimes think I am wasted because they would never has as much fun as I am having without being drunk... they are wrong. I am tired of being surrounded by so so so much fluff. But God is good. I am good too. Having a ton of fun even in the mix of is all. Weeeelllll, I miss home a lot/ I miss tampa/ I miss my family/ I miss my bed and my comforter/ I miss my BIKE... my legs crave the peddles, my face the wind./ I miss my momma's food... Oh how I miss momma Gayle's coking/ I miss being able to dance all over my room. Though I still do it... it's just kinda dancing in place/ I miss scrabble nights/ But ya know, I am extremely happy here. Change is hard and good. I got to skype with Logan and Pete a few nights a go... though it was short... it was sweet~ "With man, yes this would be impossible, but with God all things can be done" <3 -many more pictures to come- love and joy and forever praise. C a m i l l e J e a n n e. | | |
| In a blink of an eye.
This is the first time in the past 5 days that I have had any time to sit and write...
From the moment I heard about the job less then a week ago until now, this is what has occurred:
- Quit my job coaching at the YMCA.
- Dropped all of my 15 private swim lessons.
- Studied scuba diving in the PADI certification book for over 6 hours (with a huge amount of help from sis).
- Spent a massive amount of time shopping in a diver shop, scuba-ing in a pool, and learning in a classroom.
- Bought $300 worth of scuba equipment...
- Shopped with my beloved best girl friends as they helped me think about anything and everything I would need.
- Switched phone companies and got a new phone (thanks to Steph and Pops).
- Had a b i g going-away gathering where I felt so happy to be with all the people I love in Tampa but so sad to be saying goodbye to them for quite a while.
- Got like, 3 hours of sleep a night (if that).
- Packed up the clothes I thought I may need for the next 7 months.
- Said goodbye to Logan, Lucy and Autumn (The Sheilas).
- Drove (well, slept as Dad drove) 4 hours to Ft. Lauderdale.
- Became fully scuba certified by completing 4 deep sea dives.
- Met my fellow cast members and friends for the next 7 months.
- Practiced and rehearsed... a lot-a lot (I haven't swam with a team in over a year - crazy).
- Had many fittings, meetings, photo shoots, and medicals.
- Learned some Portuguese from my sweetheart of a roommate.
- - - - - and quite a lot more.
- I had my first Skype chat with my family tonight! So good, no tears, only laughter :)
To sum up, I got a job I've been wanting, working towards, and praying for for quite a while! I am doing exactly what I love to do; I just didn't really expect to do be doing it on a ship....
- - - - - - I am working as a synchronized swimmer, dancer, and performer on a Royal Caribbean Cruise! ! !
I leave for Finland in 2 weeks, the ship sets sail in December, and I am living and training in Ft. Lauderdale until then!
I will write more later, but I am so sleepy and have a really long day tomorrow...
~Romans 8
c a m i l l e
((Why not? That's pretty much what I said.))
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