Care

It's so funny how things work out sometimes...

It's been a very productive two weeks, and I am so happy with the way things are at camp, but I am EXHAUSTED. Physically, emotionally and every other way, I am DRAINED. And today it is raining, which always has a strong affect on me. I am very ready to go home, but I still have a lot of stuff to finish up today and tomorrow. And then I spoke with my boss, which put me in a worse mood.

For the record, I adore my boss. He's part of the reason I took the job. I clicked with him immediately and I knew I would like working for him. I have met his wife and babysat his kids and I feel like he will be the kind of person with whom I will be lifelong friends, past working together. But sometimes, I want to shake him by the shoulders and maybe even poke him in the eye.

Sometimes my boss says things like, "okay, I'm going to come back and get that dock put in next week." And then follows up a week later with, "why don't you and the girls go ahead and put that dock in." Um, because I have like, a million things to do and I thought you said you were going to do it. And because I've never put the dock in, so while, yes, I'm sure it is very simple to do, why don't you come out and show me how easy it is by putting it in and I'll help you. I didn't say that though. I said, "okay, I'll get it done." Which is probably why he trusts me and counts on me. I think if I were a little less tired or if I had seen the sun at all today, I wouldn't have gotten off the phone and wanted to push him down in a mud puddle. But, like I said before, I was already crabby. So I sat in my office and thought about telling my boss where he could put the dock, and then the UPS truck came.

We often get notes from UPS or the post office letting us know we have a package that needs to get picked up because they "missed us". There are a lot of buildings at camp, so I'm sure it is difficult to figure out where we are. But it's annoying anyway. So I went running out into the rain to the UPS truck, hoping to catch the guy before he left me another note. And yes, that made me even crabbier. But, the UPS guy had brought me a FABULOUS TREASURE! First of all the box smelled amazing. And then I opened it up and inside there was candy and a pink beach towel and the most wonderful smelling candles I have ever smelled and lots of other random fun stuff. One of my mom's good friends and her daughter had sent me a care package! I didn't know Camp Directors got care packages. And you know what the cheesiest part about the whole thing is? I genuinely felt cared about. The care package wasn't just a novelty that i looked through and tossed aside. It brightened my day so much and really did put me back into a good mood. I remembered how much I love this camp and why I'm here and that every rainy day and extra thing on my "to do" list is just part of life. I know I have a lot of people that care about me, but it was so touching that they would do such a nice thing. Yes, I am very cared for and yes, I will try to remember that the next time I get crabby.