Day from Hell

Wednesday was the day from Hell. I don't like thinking about it more than I have to so I'll keep this short.

- On Wednesday's, my campers are supposed to go on a field trip. Seeing as the week's trip was moved to Friday, this didn't happen. Strike One.
- On Wednesday's, the older kids are supposed to go swimming. Seeing as the pool was hosting the base-wide luau at 3 (which we were attending), regular swimming wouldn't happen. Strike Two.
- It was a black-flag day meaning we couldn't take the kids outside on account of the heat. Strike Three.

By 3:00 (15:00), we were all stressed out and exhausted. Our boss had recruited us to work the carnival games so we counselors were excused from our regular work to go over and wait for the kids from all over the base to start showing up. Outside, it was hot and sticky. To make it more difficult, we were issued some appealing, brown, Hawaiian shirts, palm frond hats and plastic leis. I was in charge of the Tic-Tac-Toe game. It involved a lot of bending over to pick up dropped wiffle balls. My belt broke. It started raining. The tent leaked on me. Needless to say, my smile was pasted on.

At 4:30, I was dismissed to attend to my soccer camp duties. I stripped off my shameful uniform to expose my slightly less shameful Camp A uniform (remember, khaki shorts, tucked in t-shirt, and high socks. The uni hasn't been redesigned since Camp's formation in the 1980's). At soccer, I was met with the pleasant surprise of being the only coach. See previous post for details.

Afterwards, I had time enough to play some basketball. My hands were cold. I told myself I wouldn't leave until I made 10 three-pointers. It took a half hour. Then I worked out, headed back to my room and had time enough to check my phone and put down my things before I realized I needed to be assisting with making decorations for next week. I went to where the group was working and pitched in. It was dark by the time we were finished. I went home to write a paper. Then my day was over.

Longest day of camp yet. Looking back, I'm lucky to have had a day like this to make all the other days look absolutely wonderful. At least I learned something, right?