i lift mine eyes up.

Yesterday was another relatively uneventful day at camp. We did normal things all day, and then, after lunch, packed packs and stuff to go on a campout. I have a kid in my tribe who is severely asthmatic and can't spent the night away from his nebulizer and electricity, so I drove him up to the campsite and drove him back. We went to camp at Royal Gorge, which is a really pretty campsite that is also accessible by road. I pulled up and the kids were collecting wood for the fire, which was an encouraging sight. After we let them stop, some kids decided that the best way to entertain themselves would be playing in the soot from previous fires. For some children, this was acceptable and they participated in the soot in moderation. One child, however, decided to forego any seblance of common sense in regard to playing in soot. He leaned down and covered himself from head to toe. Being completely honest, if I didn't know who he was, I would think that he was an African-American. In fact, one of my staffers made a comment about that, but I won't validate it by repeating it. Let it suffice to say that he was a convincing black man. We made packet meals for the campout, which are phenomenal. (Sidenote about packet meals... Unfortunately, I forgot that we were making them until halfway through rest period. Oops... my bad.) The kids love them. This time, the meat was pre-cooked, so all we had to do was heat it up. That made them even better. Of course, there was a child who complained the entire time we asked him to eat. In fact, he told us that he was going to throw up, so he went over to the bushes with a counselor and "gagged" for about 10 minutes. Clearly, he was attempting to make himself sick. He eventually gave up and went and played. My asthmatic camper started feeling bad around 7:15, so I took him back to camp and got him his breathing treatment. He showered and we hung out around camp for a while. I hung out in the Video Cave with the Hogans and finally went to Shawnee Film Festival at 9:30. The movies were hilarious. Then, I freakin went to sleep. I was so dang tired. So... Wednesday. Here we go.