and plans fly away

Well... let's just say that the trip yesterday just didn't go exactly as planned. As I wrote yesterday, I planned a trip to go tubing, etc. Well, 2:30 rolls around and our friendly bus driver pulls into camp. I walk over to say hello and talk about where we were going and she tells me that the bus company had called and left a message a few days before saying that the road we needed to take to go tubing was a road on which the bus was not allowed to travel. She then told me that she had a new set of directions, but that it would add 4 hours to our travel time. Now, if you didn't know, I work with 7-9 year old boys. If you think I was going to spend 4 MORE hours in a bus with those children, I am going to need you to put down the pipe. That is just crazy. I said, "Goodbye tubing. Hello Fun Depot." So, 30 minutes later, we found ourselves in the middle of laser tag and video games. The kids were well behaved. I just got really mad because my laser gun didn't work very well during the second game, and my team lost. I don't deal well with losing, especially when I know I shouldn't... which is always. But whatever. We then went to the Italian restaurant, which, as usual, was freakin unbelievable. And my kids were so well-behaved that we let them sit at their own big table and all the "big kids" (i.e. the staff) sat at our own table. I'm not sure which group felt more rewarded by this. A competitive game of putt-putt followed. By the time we got back to camp, I thought that the staff was going to just sit down and die. We were so tired and stressed. But... Shannon (our tribal sweetheart) and I went to Wendy's and got the staff Frosty's. But, this leads me to another sticking point I have. It is the middle of June. And last night, the low was in the mid-40's. I mean, honestly. Why the crap is it so cold? Why am I sitting in my office in my sweatpants and a Patagonia? Why? Why? Why? But, otherwise, everything is awesome. We have a campout tonight. I'm gonna drive the packs up to the kids because our campsite is accessible by vehicles. Oh, the hard life of working with small children. Thank ya.