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days of great trial

So, Tuesday was a looooooooong day. We had Pillow Polo as our afternoon OA, which was great because it was incredibly hot outside. As is par for the course, the children had no idea what the game was or how it was to be played. Given this fact, they still had a number of really ridiculous questions. As you can see in the picture of my cousin above, we gave the kids mallets to use in the game. I completed the instructions, and even answered 6 questions. A small child in cabin 4 posed the sixth question. He raised his hand, pointed to the mallets, and asked, "So, are we supposed to use these to hit the ball?" I just had to smile and nod in order to avoid thinking about how obvious that question was. I mean, seriously? We had to end our OA early to do song practice for Council Ring. Let's just say that I wasn't extremely pleased with that whole event, but whatever. I worked free swim, which was freakin 75 minutes long. Insane. But, I got a pretty good Chaco tan, which I will continue working on today. Last night was Council Ring, which was incredibly short. But the fire was hot, which made me angry, as usual. After Council Ring, we just came back down and hung out in front of the Lake Lodge for a while. I watched some hilarious videos in the Hogan office, including one of a Chippewa at girls camp playing "Little Sally Walker" with a hot dog, until she dropped it. I also got to see lots of people fall in the lake on video. Love it. Watching people fall is one of my favorite things, and when it happens into a body of water, that is even more awesome. Then I had to watch my hill during a staff social time. Bleh. I listened to music, especially songs from Sister Act 2. No big deal. Only a few days left.

starter camp 06...

So, Saturday started with me skipping breakfast to sleep. But, when it was time to tell people goodbye, I went down the hill to talk to them. Now, here is what I dislike about this time of goodbyes. You are standing there with the staff, and everyone is telling each other goodbye. So you have these emotional farewells, but then the person you just talked to goes and talks to ten other people, so you exchange these awkwardly sad and forlorn glances every time you pass each other, which ends up being about 20 times over the next 10 minutes. And, you subconsciously try not to talk to that person again, because you have already closed it out and further conversation ends up being painfully tedious. So, I endured that for a few minutes, then started figuring out what I was going to do with my day. I showered and ended up going to lunch at My Father's with about eight other people. It was a really random, but really fun group. We ordered really fast because people had to be ready to take Seth to the airport. After the meal, we went back to camp and a magnificent sight met our eyes. Philip Bebeau had arrived. God is good. We hung out for a few minutes, then I went with Erin Cooley to the Asheville Mall, which I hate. I hate being around the people in there. I hate the stores. I hate the environment. It's not me being snobby. It's my distaste for shopping combined with an awful environment in which to do it. I was hoping to spend my gift certificates that I recieved for Christmas, but found nothing. I don't know how in the world Abercrombie stays open. I hate the store and am surprised that there are enough people in the world with that perfect combination of money and stupidity to shop there. So many naked people adorn the walls that I wonder if they are really trying to sell me sex from a back room instead of poorly made, overpriced clothing. That night, a bunch of the guys went out to dinner at the Bistro when Corey got here. After that, I don't really remember what went on. I am pretty sure I just hung out in my office and went to sleep. Sunday was Opening Day for Starter Camp. Having 90 kids here who have never been to camp before is insane. It's fun though. TJ Bowden is one of our campers. His granddad is Bobby. No big deal, right? We played dodgeball games and then capture the flag and Bedlam Ball on the upper green. It was pretty dang sweet. That night, I went to McDonald's and got fries and a fountain drink. Score. Yesterday, we had the first regular day of Starter Camp, which was awesome. We went on a campout. It was the worst night of sleep I have had in a long time. There was a kid who cried until 3am. Apparently (and I promise that I don't remember this) I walked over to him at 3:15 and said, "Seriously, shut up. You are keeping everyone else up." I didn't mean to... but it worked. Luckily, no one came up to see the sunrise. I would have set it off. Only a few more days. Weird.