Sometimes I Rock

I haven't changed the schedules from last year, and yet, on a regular basis, I hear, "oh, this is different from last year!" So you can imagine my surprise when I split counselors into groups to plan out the weekly dance and all of the returning counselors were excited/surprised, instead of being helpful and telling me what they did last year. Even though I copied the old schedules, apparently dances never actually happened.

Anyway, each dance has a committee, except this week, because there wasn't enough staff, and no one wanted to go first. So I was the dance committee this week. Except that I forgot/was super busy and didn't plan anything until dinner. No one knew that, so I scrambled in secret and had a decent plan. We moved all of the dining hall tables against the walls and rolled out the red carpet I'd bought a month ago. I hung giant foil stars and I hooked up our new speakers to J's laptop with music on it. I put out some lemonade and then shrugged my shoulders and said, "I guess we'll see how this goes."

So fun. So so incredibly fun. All of the kids and staff were dancing and singing along and bouncing around. Little kids, big kids, even the awkward kids eventually joined in. It was pure fun. No one complained, no one got into trouble, every single person was happy and laughing and having a blast. At one point, everyone had their arms around each other in a giant kick line. And at the end of the dance, one of the 8th grade girls walked by me and said, "thanks for putting this together, it was awesome." 13 year olds don't frequently give feedback such as that, and she was being completely sincere, so I was really thrilled.