Surprises!

A day of surprises!

Last Friday, the helicopter flew over camp, checking out the landing. So this morning, when it flew over again, I assumed it was the same thing. No big deal.

And then it got louder.

And louder...

And as I ran out of the Welcome Center, I could see it hovering over the field, about to land.

110 kids and 25 staff all came running and all were looking at me, asking, "what is going on?!?"

I was frantically throwing my arms in the air saying, "it's not today, it's tomorrow! It can't land!"

But of course it did land, because camp directors have very little power to stop a landing Black hawk helicopter.

I wouldn't have expected the US military to make a mistake and mix up the dates, but apparently it happened at the other two camps this summer as well, so I rolled with it.

The pilots were wonderful and as they talked to the kids, Program Director S and I frantically re-scheduled the whole morning. S was a ROCKSTAR, never hesitating, never even batting an eyelash as she jotted out group rotations, activities, lifeguard schedules and helicopter time.

Kids were excited, but it was a HOT day and they kept asking when they got to go swimming. I kept saying, "there's a HELICOPTER in our field!" But by lunch, every kid and staff had gotten their picture taken in the helicopter, everyone had gone swimming and it was as if we'd had it planned all along.

After lunch, I was ready for regularly scheduled programming and hoping for no more surprises. But when Fed Ex arrived, I was in for another surprise, but this one was SUPER WONDERFUL.

My darling boyfriend had sent me flowers. He wanted to give me some encouragement during a crazy week. My favorite flowers. He is truly wonderful and amazing. And it was the best surprise of the week (even better than a helicopter!).