I arrived at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp last Friday, June 8th. At first I was unbelievably nervous about what kind of people I would be working with. I was part of the first wave of counselors to arrive, the lifeguards. We had to arrive early to do extra training in order to get our certification. Slowly but surely all twenty two of us arrived on campus. To all of our surprise by the end of the first night all twenty two of us had become one family, we were a unit. Now that we are on our seventh day at camp, have spent countless hours in classroom lectures, in-water training, and late night study/practice sessions, it seems we have all been best friends for years. Last night the unit directors threw us a lifeguard graduation ceremony in honor of us passing all of our tests and exams. It was an awesome, and incredibly fun way to finish out our first phase of camp. Now today we start all of the preparation work. We have to clean the pools, beaches, and some other parts of campus in preparation for the students. On Monday the rest of the counselors will be here! However, the campers will not be here until June twenty-seventh! This seems like SUCH a long time!!! There is SO much information for us to learn, and so many jobs to be done in preparation.
Despite the long wait, time is flying by extremely fast! Despite the regimented wake up, meal, and sleep schedule, time has become one big blur. I can not distinguish events that happened yesterday from events which occurred on day one!
Well I have to get back to my family now, they need me for some tall people required work!!!
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