2 posts tagged “kids”

So I'm back from the winter session at the camp I work for. Here is a list of positives and negatives of the weekend. I will not divide them by positives and negatives. I'm just going to list them all at once, as I think of them.

positive: I was a counselor in a bunk for the first time in probably five years.

negative: My campers were ten years old and crazy.

positive: Those kids were so funny.

positive: Two of my kids knew all of the words to "Baby Got Back."

positive: Lauren Peikoff was the pretend Division Head, and it was amazing. I would guess that I was the pretend Counselor Coordinator, or C.C. FYI, C.C. can also mean "Camp Creep," which I am not. Although I can think of a few creepers. But that is a conversation for another time.

positive: A lot of situations this weekend reminded Lauren and me of one of my all-time favorite movies, Wet Hot American Summer.

negative: My initial response to these situations was, "That's so Wet Hot!" in a crazy high pitched voice. Not only was the sentence dumb sounding, but with the voice... Oh my, so ridiculous. Sometimes I amaze myself.

positive: I saw a bunch of amazing people and had fun times hanging out and eating muffins and dip. Not muffins dipped in anything. It was muffins and tortilla chips with dip. Let's be serious. The chips were really just a utensil to get the dip from the plate to my mouth.

positive: I realized that at camp I feel a lot better about myself. It could be the constant hugs, or people telling me how cute I am. What am I saying? Could be? Of course it is.

negative: Trying to decide what to wear at camp is a terrible experience. I always have outfits picked out and they are cute in my mind, but once I get there, something is always wrong. Like the weather. Or my hair.

positive: I also realized that I like working at camp a lot, and the idea that the camp may have a radio program this summer makes me so happy. This is because I realized a few weeks ago that I think that I maybe want to teach radio to high school students. It was kind of a freeing feeling once I realized that I really don't like working in retail.

negtive: Unfortunately, I am still working in retail and have to go back to that on Tuesday.

positive:  Not having to wake up at 5AM.

negative: Being woken up at 6:50 by wide-awake and very loud campers. Then, going to breakfast and only having instant coffee!

negative: Spilling half a cup of coffee on my sweater this morning.

positive: Falling down in the dining hall, and no one seeing it besides Lauren. This may sound like a negative, but let's think about this for a moment. I fell down in the dining hall, which is a room full of about 150 people dining. Of all of those people, only one person saw me do it. That is so funny!

That's all I'm going to think of right now. Happy holidays!

So I just got back to the Bay Area. I'm at my sister's apartment in Daly City, minding my own business. Just now, I heard the three boys who live next door outside singing Akon's "I Wanna Fuck You." These kids are probably somewhere between 10-14. I don't know, I'm not good at guessing ages. What 10-14 year old needs to be singing about wanting to fuck a girl windin' n grindin' on a pole? Really.

I start work tomorrow. Yay!