Counselor M and her girls went to pull a prank on the boy's cabin. Pranks at camp are BIG. All pranks have to be Director approved, which prevents damage to property, emotions and general mayhem. Pranks are good clean fun. But sometimes they go awry, as it did today.
The boys discovered the girls decorating their cabin with girly hearts and fabric and started yelling and pounding the windows. That's all pretty tame, but the emergency window got knocked out (they aren't glass, so it wasn't a big deal) and there was a lot of screaming. Counselor M was in the middle of the action when it avalanched out of her control and I think it overwhelmed her. On the way back to main camp, the heavens opened up and by the time they made it to the building we were all doing activities in, M was soaked and miserable.
"Can I talk to you?" she asked?
We went to another room and she BURST into tears. M had been on the overnight the night before and was overly tired, feeling bad that the prank had gotten out of control and being wet was the final straw. I managed to calm her down, find her some dry clothes and give her 10 minutes alone to take some deep breaths and re-compose herself.
I told them the first week was overwhelming. A few tears are to be expected, but hopefully these are the last for a while...
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