pre-camper moments III

so, it's nearly midnight on day 3 of staff training, and I should be in bed. but, the internet is finally working well, so here I am.

The scariness of staff training and camp has officially worn off and/or transformed into excitement (and unfortunately, exhaustion). Our staff has so much fun together. We laugh like crazy. Only one of the 13 TLs on staff this year is brand new, so it's really cool to be with a nearly entirely experienced staff. We fly through silly things like "ninja-ing" into the main room and the logistics of SA's, or "special assignments" (these are also known to TLs as "nap time", "laundry time", or "phone time", if not a combination of all three). I definitely think I need to make an effort to get to know some of my fellow TLs better, specifically probably Erica and Robert... although I could also chat with Julia and Scott more, too.

We did a crazy activity that was super similar to Catherine Zeta-Jones mastery of the laser maze in Entrapment tonight, except all 22 staff members had to make it through a string maze without touching the string and while holding hands. It took us probably over an hour, and things got pretty complicated, but I didn't feel like any of us were genuinely frustrated, which was such a positive feeling. Every time anyone bumped the string, we all just brushed it off and immediately tried again. It was a really cool experience because of our reactions, rather than the outcome.

Tomorrow will look like tons of logistics aka finishing touches on the main room, more staff bonding, and hopefully a trip to Target (and Starbucks if Kaiti - my roommate, and I are lucky).

Lights out.