summer day camp

Summer day camp is almost over. It's a grueling 7 weeks (up to 10 in some locations) of 11 hours of operating hours a day, 5 days a week. This week is our last week. So much happened in the past 7 weeks. Here's a rundown:

Day one of SDC - boss informed me he had been offered a job in WY and would be leaving halfway through the summer
Day two - apply for said boss's job at his request
Day three - parent gets so upset at the way we handled a situation that she removes her kids from camp and tells me that I don't care about the kids we serve (at this point I had worked nearly 30 hours in 2 1/2 days)
Day four - Group of six-year-olds discover that boys and girls have different private parts and decide to explore. Results in a sit-down talk with said group of curious six-year-olds to explain that these parts are called private for a reason
Day five - find out I was selected to interview for boss's job. Problem theme of the day: wetting the pants (I seriously had something like 4 kids wet their pants, one girl wet them twice in the same day)
Day eight - interview for boss's job. Played the basketball game Speed in heels. Became the hero of the 10 year old boys playing against me.
Day 10 - first field trip of the summer to ASU pool. Have credit card (place is cash only) but don't have petty cash to pay for admission, so have to scrounge together $50 from chaperones to get in. Big, black lifeguard flirts with me. Get bright red sunburn. Should have purchased sun block/aloe combo
Day eleven - get offered boss's job and accept, find out who my replacement is
Day 18 - my replacement visits the club to get an orientation and see the facility
Day 20 - boss's last day, also same day as circus field trip. No one is there to open up the club at 7 and I get there at 7:25. Many upset parents. Field trip goes well, leave early for boss farewell fiesta. Two kids get in a verbal fight that escalates to physical fighting. Lots of phone calls to boss and I during our sojourn at happy hour.
Day 21 - Find out my new salary and not happy with it. Lots of crying results. Go out to Sweet Tomatoes with friend from church and that makes life better.
Day 23 - Try to negotiate better salary. Cry in front of new supervisor. Negotiations fail miserably. This makes me miss my old supervisor a lot.
Day 24 - Dbacks field trip. AMAZING. Down 5-0 in bottom of the 9th and come back to beat the Brewers 6-5! Get on jumbo screen far too many times (luckily not during Kiss Cam).
Day 26 - Go to lunch with my replacement and get excited about plans for the club. Angry mom arranges to meet with me in person next morning. As of day 30, still hasn't met with me. Email president of organization to meet regarding salary.
Day 28 - Get dressed up for organization-wide function for local and corporate board members. Really tired after almost 6 full weeks of camp. Make it through meeting and have to run from ballroom at back of hotel to front of hotel and around the corner to my car in pouring rain (while wearing 3 inch heels). Fail to get car keys out of black hole of a purse before getting to car door. New dress clothes soiled but not ruined.
Day 30 - Still no word about meeting with president of org regarding salary. Work hard to keep club running but get very, very tired in the process. Only 4 more days....

That's a short chronicle of the highlights from the summer. I'm sure there will be more stories to share after we have a carnival and talent show on Thursday and go to Amazing Jake's on Friday. Hope you enjoyed!

wonderful laziness

Today was a day of great relaxation. Sure, I did my fair share of house work (in fact....I finished all of my weekly housekeeping duties), but I did my fair share of relaxing and being wonderfully lazy. I love lazy days, especially in the summer. It's too hot to go outside, but there's so much to do and discover indoors. Hot summer days are my favorite times to spend reading books. A good majority of non-housekeeping time was spent reading. I miss reading books. I need to go to the bookstore and pick up some good ones to get sucked hopelessly into. I love old favorites, too. It's like watching your favorite movie over and over....the books pull you in and you keep reading like it's food to a starving stomach, even though you know what will happen. It's fun when it's been a while since you've read a book that you love. You remember key plot points, but it's fun to rediscover the way the story unfolds, and laugh over little moments you knew were there but couldn't remember how or where they fit into the story. I think I will get back to my reading here soon....I put my book down about an hour ago but I'm aching to get back to it. I'm nearly finished with it and I'm getting to the more exciting parts of the story....