Here is a top three list. This is the top three comments I did not want to hear when I got to camp.
1. I wish you were in ski camp
2. You are not in Trailblazers
3. You are the new PD
Only one of these was not said. I am not the new PD of boy's camp. Steve Henn is coming in on Monday to take over the position. Instead I am in the Pioneer cabin. For those of you who do not know, the Pioneer cabin is 4th grade age and is a two story cabin with a fire pole. This sounds like a lot of fun at first until you realize that you get to walk those stairs in between every activity. Besides, the second floor is always about 5 degrees hotter then the basement. This is not a plus when you are talking about days that are 90 degrees plus. Looking on the bright side, this is only a one week session.
My first night at camp I stayed back with the campers staying over between sessions. I received a piece of good news when I found out that JL was in charge of entertaining the campers after dinner. They had filled water balloons for about 45 minutes that afternoon. After dinner, we went to get set up in our cabins for the night then came back. The campers had the option of finishing the movie they started earlier or playing with water balloons. Most of the staff very quickly volunteered to watch the movie in the air conditioned lodge. I went outside to play with water balloons. It was a lot of fun -- for about five minutes, then the water balloons ran out. We played in the hose for a while and then went in and ate ice cream. We went to check on the movie watchers to find out that they did not find the movie they had started earlier so they started a new movie. So they saw the first five minutes of the movie and then joined us for ice cream. At about 7:30 we went back to the cabins to shower and get ready for bed. To kill time we played Go Fish, Blackjack, and Crazy Eights. I played one game of Crazy Eights and won keeping my streak alive. Once Mark told a story about three friends, killer robots, Pringles, and world domination, the kids went to bed. At that point I was able to head to the lodge and watch The Bourne Ultimatum with Stephanie, Mel, Megan, Charlie, and Eric. I think that is all for now.
My new favorite place!
16 years ago
1 comment:
I was rooting for you... At least it's only 90s. It's going to be 109 here on Monday. Pioneers? Hey, that's ok! At least 5th session is usually a younger session, so you still have relatively little ones. Seriously, Labor Day weekend is going to be incredible! If at any point, you are thinking, this isn't what I wanted to be doing, just think of that, and it will be all better! Aaand that's not even the first time we get to see each other in August! Oh no...20 days and counting!
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