Check-In:
- Woke up at 7:24, only b/c of my Mother. Scrambled out of the house in about 12 min...
- Dad was behind me part of the way. Way Sweet. Then Jared was behind me. There we were, two counselors, rushing to work in our awesome 90's mini-vans, fighting the traffic on Vets.
- Made it at 8:01. Played kickball in which nothing eventful happened, except some kid thought he was hot stuff and after kicking a double, kept taking a huge lead off of second. First, there's obviously no lead offs in kickball and second, he was just seeking attention, showing off and getting greedy. So I hollered at Walter who was pitching and caught his eye, stood right behind second and then Walter pretended to pitch, turned around and tossed it at the kid ... it missed, but he threw it so that the kid thought it went way past him and took off for third, I was literally right next to him when I grabbed the ball and nailed him in the knees. The look of surprise as I threw the ball was priceless. I didn't hear much out of him the rest of the game. He got told. Woot woot.
1st period-Pow-Wow:
- Played counselor scavenger hunt today, boys vs. girls. The girls beat us, and they beat us good. It wasn't a whoopin', but it wasn't close.
- I think maybe we were slowed because two of my guys were shy and slow, and I kept insisting they said please and thank you's ... apparently manners aren't nearly as important now a days as when I was being raised. 'Twas frustrating to have them not get the please/TY concept and to get beaten by the girls.
- That ended way early, so we played categories the rest of the time. That's a classic game in which the same kids always went out early and the same kids always stayed in it late.
- Note: I nearly beat Kim in the last round when the categories was stores in the mall ... but after like 5 minutes I blanked. Needless to say that category was her thing and I could only hold on for so long.
2nd period-Games:
- Soccer and whiffle-ball l were the two games today. Woot woot. I had a big double play in whiffle-ball, where I caught the ball and stepped on third. But I failed to get Kim out in her turn up to bat and I hit a shot to right field that was caught by a camper (I gave him his due props).
- Although, there was a sweet play where counselor Aaron of the Cherokee hit a ball which I got as he rounded first so it was a sprint for the tag, and he literally like a sprint car or something, got low, started losing traction and was like spinnig his tires as he tried desperately to make a turn to get to the base under the tag. I got him on the shoulder, but only just barely. It was humorous because as we were re-living it, I couldn't tell if we were talking about a good race or demo derby or our whiffle-ball play. Quality.
3rd period-Swim:
- THE POOL FELT AMAZING. Everyone jumped right in and it felt great.
- It should be noted that with each day I realize a little more how much I NEED A PAIR OF SHADES! IRK! Definitely wore Kelly's extra shades which were pink. They weren't as hot pink as I would have liked, but I mean, it's hard to complain. Haha.
- Megan, Kimbo, Melissa and Kelly played follow the leader ont he diving board. Teresa and I aren't big diving board fans and David has neve gone off one (hehehe, virgin), so we chilled in the pool and judged them.
- Btw, on the way to the board I was like, "4 Girls, that's awesome!" ... 'cause let's be honest 4 wet college girls in their swimsuits doing just about anything together is awesome ... but apparently this led to a huge thing where the other counselors think I say "that's so hot" way too much. Sad. Apparently calling things that happen/they do "hot" repeatedly is a bad thing. Girls are so confusing. Always wanting attention and compliments, but whent hey come, it's too much ... blah blah blah. Haha.
- Kelly had the best dive of anyone as she gave in to the chantings of Dave, Teresa and I and did an AWESOME BELLY FLOP! I am sure it hurt, but that a way to give in to peer pressure. Way Sweet.
- It should also be noted that all morning it was very hot without a cloud in the sky. We go to the pool and within ten minutes it was overcast and stayed that way until lunch. THAT HAPPENS EVERYDAY! I DON'T UNDERSTAND! It was the only part of the day where I got kind of cold at some point.
- In better news, my towel smelled better as I did get it cleaned last night (along with my two shirts and socks. WAY EXCITING!)
- Kimberly and David also discovered "the jet" and I had to whistle them away.
- We mock Baywatch well. Especially the slow-mo "money" shot down the ramp of the pool. BRILLIANT!
Lunch:
- Seeing as how I can't really have caffeine, I was forced to drink some Minute Maid Mango Tropical Light drink thing ... it was pretty gross.
- Other than that, lunch was pretty darn good. Quiet time was also sweet as Kimbo and I just crashed int he shade, without saying a word to campers, and then they followed suit and all layed there towels out and napped with us. OH YEAH!
4th period-Crafts:
- Had this period off, so naturally I was like, yeah nap time. Sadly, I felt more worn out when this hour was done. I made the mistake of laying with the other counselors on break too ... it was like 7 seven girls. Waaaaaay too much estrogen in one place. With all their chick talk and blah blah blah, sleep was nearly possible.
- Making it ten times worse, ants kept crawling up on the blanket and on my legs. Not sure why it was just me, but seriously I counted no less than 18 ants (and I think that numbers on the low side) ... i was constantly killing ants or punting them very far away. It was way distressing.
- Oh, and I was told again that I think too many things are "so hot", so to compensate I warned the girls I was going to start telling them when something was "so nasty or ugly" ... they weren't too fond of the idea, but hey, it's what their asking for.
- It should also be noted that of all the counselors I am being labeled the pervert, and I am like people, did any of you live through high school? Their like, u take everything dirty, and I'm like if you've ever met my friends you'd understand why everything suddenly has sexual connotation. If you think I am dirty I better not let any of you meet the people I hang out with, as generally I am tame and mild in comparison to a lot of the guys I know ... actually most of the guys I know.
- Needless to say I take the mantle of being the dirty counselor with pride and I find no shame in being told that I live in the gutter from the camp counselors.
5th period-Tribal Treat:
- Sweeeeeeeet Tribal Treat. Counselor Adam's twin brother Jason came with the McLean County Rescue Squad. They are straight-up volunteers and that is way cool. Major Props.
- We split into two groups and one group watched how some balloon things can pump up a car so that fireman can get in to save people. It was boring from my POV, but the kids got to play with it and deflate or inflate the thing, so that was way hands on and sweet.
- Second group got a tour of a resuce truck used by Jason and co. They then got to climb in and out of the cab and look at the truck up close. Once again, I love the hands on approach.
- Sadly, we were all baking out in the sun on the parking lot pavement, BUT I have faith that we won't have Ecoli or anything...
6th period-DEMOLITION:
- For this last period campers/counselors could either sit in the basement and watch 'Ice Age' OOOOOOOOOOOR stay in the oven and watch the Rescue Squad dismantle a car, including taking it's top off. Without question, the Rescue Squad won out!
- After saying that this was sweet and I wish I could join in, Melissa Ritchie asked me, "Why, does it make you feel manly" ... HECKSTYA IT DOES! Seriously, using big 'ol power to rip apart cars, where do I sign up for that trip?
- The car was awesome because it was like half demolitied as the Squad got it from the Bloomington Police who had just used it in tactical training. The targets of people in the seats that were all shot up were still in the vehicle as was the windshield which was riddled with machine gun bullet holes. Seriously, the PD had waaaaaay too much fun? When's the last time we had a Hollywood style high speed chase end in a S.W.A.T style shoot-out? UM, NEVER! But I guess if you got the toys and the time, might as well...
- RANDOM STORM #2 OF THE WEEK. At the start of their demo, I hear this random noise and I'm like is that thunder? Way behind us (due west) was the ever so faint sound of rumbling that u had to strain to hear. Within 7-10 minutes the storm was right over us and the ground like shook from the thunder. The guys cut the demo short, went straight to the grand finale of the top coming off and then went into high gear to pick all their stuff up. However, within 5 minutes it was clear the storm was blowing right over us and after like a few sprinkles camp was waaaay sunny again while B-N got some nice rain. That is the second storm that came out of nowhere, looked nasty, charged hard and then produced nothing, avoiding us all together. SERIOUSLY! THERE'S SOME TYPE OF FORCE-FIELD AROUND CAMP WA-NIK'-SKA-KA!!!!
- I did retain my weather-man role from Monday as I accurately discussed and predicted storm movement and changes. PWN!
- For the brief 30 seconds of heaven, it began to rain sort of hard and lot of us counselors were out in the main shelters ... as the rain picked up we all went out in it. I look across the shelter at one point to see like 5 girl counselors literally frolicking in the grass with each other, in their white t-shirts as the rain came pouring down. And yes, they really were frolicking. That event confirmed the existence of God above and if noticing things like that is what makes me a pervert .... then this is a sweeter job than I once thought!
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