Bloodshot Bunkhouse

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. A lot has been going on around here. We have one more week of summer camp. Starting on Monday we will be at a different site about 45 minutes away. This is kinda like a test run to see how transitioning camp to a new location would work out. I think I left off last blog with the info that we were getting two new campers Tuesday. They are both men and are a blast. The staff have been working in shifts. Two staff at a time are "on" to hang out and do cool things with the campers. The other staff are "on" in making preparations for the move to the different camp. Along with the moving process we are also in the midst of winterizing the camp. The directors say that last winter was really mild with only about 3 to 5 inches of snow that didn't even hang around long. This winter they expect to be a hard one, winters before have varied between 3 inches and 3 feet so I'm just betting on wearing boots and a lot of layers the whole winter regardless of how much of that cold white stuff falls from the sky.


Monday, I had a new experience called "bunkhouse duty." This consists of sleeping in the bunkhouse on a bunk bed with the other campers to make sure everything is copacetic throughout the night. I was very weary of this because it was a lot of responsibility and I wasn't sure what kind of situation I would have to deal with or possibly clean up. Luckily there were only 5 women in the bunkhouse. Between the nightlight that felt like it should be on the rocky coast of Maine beaming in ships 5 inches from my face, snoring, and the dull roar of a breathing machine I think I did okay. It didn't help that I am already a paranoid light sleep that thinks ever unknown sound is a disaster or intruder. I'm not gonna lie, there were a few times I launched out of bed only to discover that people really do just shuffle around in their sleeping bags and it doesn't mean they seizured out of bed. All in all, it was my own fault that my eyes were bloodshot the next day, because they campers were complete angels, and thanks to watch guard me, safe and sound.