RAIN!!

Yesterday was RAINY. It rained from the time I woke up, through our 1pm staff meeting, and poured as the parents dropped their kids off. The weather forecast for this week predicts rain- all day, every day.

We've had entire weeks that rained all day every day, so I am not afraid. Before the staff meeting, M, K and I re-wrote all of the programming, making sure all of the theme activities could be done inside. And then we wrote alternate programming for swimming, canoeing, fishing, sports, outdoor cooking, and throwing so that if the kids got rained out of their activities every day, counselors could lead activities that had to do with the activity and not just play board games for every activity every day. I felt confident and prepared going into the meeting yesterday.

This is my 14th summer as a camp director and while I might have had a decent rain coat at some point, I haven't had one in years. I have 4 "rain coats" that are more like windbreakers. They mostly keep the rain off of me, but I've been meaning to get a nice raincoat for years. Yesterday, after the meeting, I finally broke down and ordered one online- rush delivery. Tomorrow morning I will be the proud owner of a beautiful new raincoat.

When I woke up this morning and it was still raining, I didn't feel as confident and enthusiastic as I did yesterday. I am nervous it is going to be a longgggg week...