Chillin' At Camp

Yesterday was the best day I've had at camp so far.

The alumni left at 12 and so did two of my staff. The other staff went off to relax and I was left with a full day ahead of me and no one who needed anything.

Last year, myself and the two staff that were with me for May, spent the entire month moving old furniture, cleaning buildings, organizing- basically trying to get the camp functional before staff and kids arrived. It was dirty, exhausting work and the entire month was daunting. This year, it took three of us about 4 days to get everything set up. Camp looks beautiful and we could have kids come tomorrow. Well, that's not exactly true, I have a mile long list of programming things I want us to do, but last year, because of all the cleaning, we went into the summer with few of those programming tasks done. I spent the summer staying up late and working long hours every weekend to prepare for kids. This year, we have 3 full weeks before staff arrive for training to do all of those jobs and I am imagining myself going to bed early and enjoying relaxing weekends by the lake... Probably not likely, but I feel confident and happy with the progress we've made so far and the potential for the weeks ahead.

So yesterday, armed with said confidence and a full day ahead of me, I decided to relax. I spent an hour laying on a blanket in the field, soaking in the sun/napping. Then I went for a long kayak ride on the lake (which was completely smooth and glassy rather than it's usual near ocean level waves), followed by a long run. After the run, I hung out with S (the staff that was still here), and then played with puppy. It was an absolutely blissful day which I think bodes very well for the summer ahead.