lady_sarai

Okay, so last week was Week 1 of summer camp. I took Wednesday off and went to Six Flags with zoe_chan and aradiachiba and it was SO FUN. It also had the added perk of allowing me to miss out on last Wednesday's adventures--two girls throwing up. One of them during free play, the other during a craft.

Next day, there were roughly 8 kids absent.

Friday? Out of 36 campers, *20* showed up. 9 of them were called out sick, apparently all throwing up--as was one of our counselors.

Yesterday I had a day off (don't ask, the rec department is cutting everyone's hours >_<), so I missed out on my Bart being absent, as well as 5 other kiddos.

Today, one of MY campers threw up--TWICE. Seeing as how yesterday was his first day of camp, we weren't sure if he was sick or if it was heat exhaustion. (We were out in direct sunlight all day and he was running around. It was HOT.)

So--out of my group of 9 campers, 1 of them went home after vomiting twice, Bart had a high fever--complete with chills--by the time he was picked up, two of my girls wound up taking naps instead of playing during free play, a total of five of them complained of headaches and stomachaches and one girl spent five minutes crying for literally no reason.

Either all our campers got heat exhaustion, or the flu is going around and is hitting my group (which, btw, is named "Sara's Seagulls (of the Sea)"--they named themselves).

Anyone have tips on how I can manage to avoid catching this bug? God help me.

And we go to Storyland on Thursday!! I wants to go!

Will not get sick. Will not get sick. Will not get sick. The fact that my stomach is twisty is due to being overtired and overheated all day, and also is a trick of my mind. Will have bland food and will not get sick!!

Also--there is nothing more pathetic than a very small child who feels sick. And at one point I was handling five of them.

Oh, man. It's barely 8:30 and I'm EXHAUSTED. I'm nodding off now. Oi.

But I've got plans for Wednesday with one of my two favorite girls. =D

And camp went really well. The enrollment is way down this year, and this week I have 6 kids in my group. Tomorrow, it's a beach day. Wee! Kiwanis, even. The water's murky and the bottom sticky, but there's a snackbar and picnic tables and shade. Dude.

My group named themselves the "Dolphins."

I'm so tired. I'm going to *try* to watch Treasure Hunters on TV. (I *so* want to get into this show. It's like Amazing Race with history and puzzles! Come on!)

...But honestly? Going to bed doesn't sound bad, either.

I'm sorry. :( Theanna, I love you. I promise I'll catch you at some point...

Write me something, someone? ;)

Oh boy, tired. I think I forgot how much kids sap the energy out of you. They're energy leeches when you put them in groups.

And it's been raining all day. Even a small group--less than 30, total--gets LOUD in a gym. Oh, the echo. But they all got along pretty well and enjoyed dodgeball. Which meant one giant game instead of twenty small games. =P

Oh, I want to write. And read. But I have no creative juices right now, story-wise. I feel stuck. Blah.

Oh, bed *is* calling me.

I feel old and silly. =P

Found in several lj's tonight. Dude, so true.

I solemnly swear that when I discuss spoilers or potential spoilers related to HBP, I will put them behind an LJ-cut tag for a period lasting until at least four weeks following the release of HBP, possibly longer if a significant portion of my flist is still reading or hasn't read it by then. If I fail to do so, it will be because of a coding error, which will be fixed as soon as humanly possible because I will always check my entries upon hitting "post". I'll iron my hands for good measure.


(I may just avoid the internet until I finish it, but I will be nice and cut spoilers. So please, do the same.)



Also, at the beach, a little girl ran up to our male camp director and pointed at his legs, yelling "Harry Potter Hairy Legs!!"



Yes, and today I dealt with the biggest nose bleed I have EVER seen, and the Teen Xtreme camp invaded our space, their director yelled at one of our counselors, a parent or two got ticked off at me for not knowing when the bus from swimming lessons would be back, and many small children did NOT use their indoor voices in the gym.


I do love working with first and second graders. I do.

But darn, that 5 year old bled a LOT. On the upside, I now know what to do in nosebleed crises.

Okay, so, first off, Ariel and Theanna, things are good tonight. Not sure for how long, of course, but he and Mom had a talk and things... well, things are okay for the moment which is about all we want right now. (Apparently her mother FLIPPED out and took Mom's side about things, and they are not allowed to see each other for a while. Which somehow makes him see some sort of light. I don't know, I was working. :P Ah well.)


Secondly, lookit! I found a fic!

Five Things that Never Happened to Dick Grayson, which is something I wanted to find. And it's great. I particularly love "Lights Going Down" and "In the Center Ring." Very cool.

Now I want one for Bruce. Or, oo, Alfred. And maybe some different Dick scenarios... Hmm...


(Also, made the rather amusing discovery that Melissa Gilbert (aka Laura, of Little House on the Prairie fame) voiced Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in the cartoons. This amuses me. And I will not admit that I watched any of said cartoons and recognized the voice that way. Nope. On a related note, it has never failed to amuse me that Luke Skywalker is the Joker. Or rather, Mark Hamill's voice is.)

::sigh:: So, to bed before my Day Of Work. Yes. Get up, throw some laundry in to wash, eat, pack lunch AND dinner, showe, go to work. At work by 11. Bus leaves for a picnic at 11. Have picnic, play wiffleball (or watch, if lucky), take bus back. Walk to Sweets N Eats for ice cream. Walk back to Little Falls. Sit and watch kiddos on playground until parents take them. Stay until 5:30. At 5:30, camp training/planning begins. Woot. Plan activities for camp this summer, set up shifts/groups/cleaning duties. Set up camp. Leave. Hopefully before 9 pm. :P This should be an interesting day...

(Meanwhile, am opening on Friday! Like... the program director gave me the keys to the building! I get to let people IN! :) Check out me and my mad power trip. Also, get to open, sit at front desk while parents sign in kids, maybe watch them on the playground... then go to the movies. And leave when we get back. Booyah.) Except Steph called and she doesn't want to go to Vermont but will because I do and I don't know how to call Katharine and say, oh, btw, we aren't coming cause Steph doesn't want to. Eh. >.< It's never just simple, is it?

Ah well. I suspect there will be drinking in this cabin on the lake. I will refrain from being either joyous or annoyed at this until Sunday when I get back.

Oooo, boy. Maybe I'll write something at some point. I want to. Gah.


Also, Ariel, THIS was the wondrously funny comic we discussed on the beach. Bleeding nub. ;) Must be seen, so there you are.