Camp I-Don't-Wanna 6/29/2001
(The title is name the of a camping song I used to know. I just though it was fitting for my entry)
I'm so tired I may just fall over on my chair and go to sleep. My first day of work was today. I wasn't too crazy about the other counselors, but I love the kids I have. I got the 6-7 year old kids, which is what I had requested. As of now I'm in charge of four boys and two girls. The camp runs on two-week sessions though. Some people sign up for two,four,six, or eight weeks. I have thirteen kids on my list; only three are girls :o( Little girls are easier to manage in my opinion. And they're quieter.
Anyway, I only screwed up a little bit. We were given schedules in the beginning of the day. For whatever reason, I thought today was Wednesday, and used the Wednesday schedule instead of the Friday one. We ended up going to arts and crafts instead of going to gym. It wasn't terrible because the other group we were supposed to have gym with only had one kid. The directors of the camp, Ken and Dina, aren't the brightest bulbs in the box. I'm struggling to manage my group, and another group has two counselors watching over one eight year old girl. Ah well...So anyway, after one of the counselors pointed out to me that I was on the wrong schedule, I felt like an idiot.
Later, I was sent a counselor to help me out with the kids.
Most counselors are supposed to have CIT's. (Counselor in Training). CIT's are 14 or 15 years old; too old to be a camper, but too young to be a counselor. We didn't have enough CIT's signed up, so I was sent another counselor. I was very happy because I didn't feel like being with a 15 year old kid the entire day. NO offense to 15 year olds, but most CIT's get bored by the middle of the day and kind of just wander off.
Anyway, the other counselor's name was Teal. Yes, Teal, as in the color. I love odd names like that. Anyway, this girl is huge. She's not fat, just very, very tall. At least 5'9". When I first met her I asked, "You're not a CIT, are you?" (If you are, you're the biggest 15 year old I've ever seen). She said, "No, I've been working here as a counselor for the last two years. I'm not full time which is why I didn't get my own group. I have to take off Tuesdays and Thursdays. Also, I won't be here till about 11 am on the days I am working." Fabulous...I have to take care of all of these kids by myself...Ah well.
Teal and I weren't best friends, but we got along. She watched the kids while I took one to the bathroom, or vice-versa. I have no idea how I'd do it by myself though.
Most of the counselors at camp have definite attitude. All of the counselors are these beautifully shaped girls. They're just SO beautiful...Two of the counselors, Gretchen and Suzy were watching one eight year old girl. I like the girl they were watching, but I didn't like them. They're these beautiful girls that just look like they'd be unfriendly to anyone over 100 pounds. Since they had virtually no group, we combined our groups together. Spening the day with them wasn't terrible. They didn't say anything mean about me to my face at least. The ring leader of all the snobs, aka the "Queen of Darkness," is a girl named Heather. I think she's 17, but she looks 25. If she was taller, she could probably be a model. She's just a stereotypical beauty--perfect body, blonde hair, tan, etc etc.
(damn word limit...to be continued)
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