And Away We Go...

Training ended yesterday afternoon.

The Lead Staff and I have given them as much as we can and now it will be up to them to put it all together and make it through the first week.

Staff training was thorough, very hands on and covered a lot of ground. I don't brag often, but I can't deny- I know how to put together a top notch staff training. That said, there's only so much we can do to prepare them- some of it just has to be experienced first hand. It makes the first week a little bumpy for some, but overall, I am sure that they will all be fine and fall into the rhythm of camp.

I am nervous for campers to arrive. It's not a new feeling and I know that as soon as they've arrived and are circled up on the field for introductions, I will go back to being calm and enjoying myself. Until then, the magnitude of being responsible for little lives (and older ones too), for the reputation of the camp, for staff development, for my own future career... it will fill me with anxiety and make me wonder why I don't have a comfortable office job where I could take breaks at a water cooler, punch out at the end of the day and never have to worry about water safety, fire safety, emotional well being or the personal development of the 90 or so 7-22 year olds for whom I am responsible.

Until then... I plan to relax, eat more candy than I should, possibly go for a run, but mostly just sit and do nothing while I still can.