Today was the first day of staff training. I love staff
training week. I love watching staff go from awkward, nervous strangers to
outgoing, laughing friends in just a few days. I love watching them be
creative. I love sharing every single detail about camp.
Today, however, I am sick. I started feeling sick yesterday
and I woke up with no voice. NO VOICE! The first three days of training are
literally hours and hours of me talking and I had no voice before I even
started.
I had to save my voice for the sessions I really needed to
lead, which meant that ‘M’ gave a lot of direction and lead all of the first
get-to-know-ya games and songs.
For 8 years, I have started every staff training off with “the
Great Big Moose” song. No one else knows that, but it’s my own tradition and I
always feel like it’s the kick off. It was so weird for me as ‘M’ lead a
different song. It’s such a small thing, and I know it doesn’t matter, but
change is difficult and that was the first of many changes I know will be
coming this week and this summer.
I made it through the day, doing my best to talk when I
needed to and let ‘M’ and ‘A’ read power point slides or lead songs and games.
The next two days are scheduled to be a lot of sessions lead by me, so I’m trying
to rest and hoping that my voice miraculously comes back soon.
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