Weekly Update 81

Welcome back, I hope you had a wonderful week! This is Seth Oberlender’s update blog on his journey to becoming an author. I am Seth Oberlender. Hello.

I have continued to submit queries to agents but have not been offered representation. Sad, yet I persist.

The past week has been standard, but exciting for the upcoming weeks I will spend at camp. My school sends their students to a youth camp once a year and I am lucky enough to go twice this year. I love the camp we go to for one simple reason: I don’t have to do anything.

As a youth I hated camping. I actually don’t mind the classic tent and campfire camping, I am talking about summer programs, specifically church camps (the kind I was sent to). I couldn’t explain why I didn’t for years. I always said I just didn’t like being there with strangers. I had fun moments and met cool people, but I never had a consistently good time. Until now.

At the camp I go to with my kids, I am not a camper. I am not even a councilor! I am simply there to observe and help… and it is SO MUCH FUN. No one is making do things, I don’t have to stay in a group, and I have so much free time in nature. I do help with activities like fishing, archery, hiking, etc. However, none of it is like it used to be because I am an adult. I also get to ride in and drive a golf cart. Literally the best time ever.

This update is coming to you the day before I leave, and I will be leaving again next week. So don’t get too jealous of me reading Walden in the safety of my air-conditioned cabin. See you next week!