IT'S OVER!!!!!!!

CAMP IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!! Woooo Hooooo!!

I'll be sad in 2 weeks. Once I have had time to relax, I will miss the kids, the staff, the adventures, and being at camp. But right now, I'm ready to be done! I miss home, I want to see my family and friends. I am sick of being in charge of everything and I am TIRED!

Yesterday was the last day of camp. It was just like any other Saturday at camp, parents came, we sang, they took their kids home. It was a really good day, everything went smoothly. After kids left, we debriefed like usual, talking about highs and lows of the week. Usually after that, we clean, but yesterday, I asked for help with three projects that required a lot of people, because right after camp was when I had the most people. So we took out docks, moved all of the tables and chairs in the dining hall and then moved the big heavy Adirondack chairs from the beach. I don't know how much work I am actually going to get out of people, and those projects would have taken me FOREVER to do alone.

After that, we spent the afternoon chillin'. Two staff left on the bus and two left right after the bus, so it was a small crowd. It was nice to just sit around and talk about the summer, cook dinner, laugh, relax, rest a bit.

Today I am planning to do as much cleaning as I can get them to do. The staff that are left are not the best helpers nor the most mature, so I don't know how the day will go. I have never closed down a camp of this size before, and so I didn't really set myself up for success. I should have put something in their contracts about a requirement to help clean or whatever, but there's nothing. I think some of them think I am hosting a party, and they will be corrected today. But it will be a frustrating process. One more thing I can thank my old Boss for leaving me to deal with.

I am so eager to get all of this done and go home. Hopefully, that will give me the energy to clean, organize and pack today...