My apologies to everyone since I seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth (especially to those whose emails and phone calls I need to return).
I love Girl Scout camp, I really do. It's just exhausting. There's no way around it. Give someone (okay a couple adults and a few teenagers) twenty kids, a 9am to 3pm time frame, some very sketchy program idea/schedule, and the outdoors (90 degrees, humid, with the nearly constant threat of thunderstorms) for a week and see how well they do.
My kids are becoming as worn out as I am, Zach was running a fever Tuesday night and Kyle is tonight, while Kelly and I fell asleep last night at around 7:30pm. I don't feel so great myself (skipped running club tonight) but thankfully tomorrow's the last day and we have a week break before the second session.
I've been seriously thinking about how it could be made easier on every one involved. Because school is about 9 to 3 around here and my kids aren't nearly as cranky at the end of the day (and I would hope their teachers aren't collapsing on the sofa every night afterwards). I know being outdoors is the biggest difference. And also each camp day's schedule can vary widely from one to the next. Or maybe it's just me that thrives on schedules and camp drives me nuts in this aspect.
Planning for every scenario is so mentally wearing. I.E if it storms right now, we need to have the lunches ready to go indoors or if it storms in an hour, we'll do dismissal differently or if it storms, this and this are canceled and we need to come up with alternate activities. Sometimes all the scenarios are played out at the same time.
Now I've forgotten the whole point to this post... Basically I'm tired and while I enjoy volunteering at camp, I'm not particularly fond of losing a whole week (or this summer, two). Stupid stuff isn't getting done around the house like laundry, paying bills, sewing, dry cleaning drop offs, blogging, relaxing, etc.
9 years of stay at home mom-ing has left me a bit spoiled I think.
"Little Bunny Foo Foo hopping through the forest..."
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