Torture!

Took a couple girls on a play-date to the Aqua jump today and could not go in the water! It was awful! Next time I am bringing a baggie and a rubber band to keep my splint dry so that I can actually go in. I think with the splint I can handle it--without it, no way. It feels like it is going to fall in two if I don't wear my splint.

Ok, off to a meeting.

Peace.

Honeymoon What?

There is no way this was the first full day of camp. Firstly, the girls act like they've never left--there is absolutely no honeymoon period whatsoever. At least not for the Upper Juniors. I have launched into it already.
And I am tired and I smell bad.
I went to gym tryouts and sat with Bill, who proceeded to say that my wrist was broken at least 3 times. I told him it isn't and he said that we don't know that for sure. Well, we don't know that it is, either! I do have the number for an orthopedic Dr. that I will be calling later, so I will keep you updated on that.
I smell. Did I mention that? SOOOO humid today.
Sat OD until after 11 last night and had zero criers. Hoping that tonight will be just as quiet and maybe I'll get to go at 10:30 instead.
Really want to jump off the dock but am unsure about if that will be the best thing for the wrist. Dancing with the staff tonight!

Camp Is Beginning

Yay! Camp starts today!
Staff camp is over, which is sad, but real camp starts.
And here we go...

Leftie and Other Impressions

I am a leftie for a little while and have decided to make it a positive experience for me. I am going to be the best leftie ever for the time that I am one. I am already very good at eating left-handed and because of prior tooth-brushing practice I am already pretty good at that with my left.
I also decided that the sling was bringing me down, emotionally, so I have adiosed it. Considering as how yesterday was the first time in 5 summers that I have wanted to go home, I knew something wasn't right. This morning it hit me. The sling! It makes me feel even worse about the situation and I can't use that arm AT ALL, not even for little things. And it, at least in my own mind, makes me feel like the broken thing is already true and we don't know that for sure.
So no more sling! And today has gone much better already.
Plus I can feel my fingers much better and they aren't swollen today for the first time.

Unhappy

I am not happy with my entire situation.
Feel confused about sudden transition to leftie, unhappy because I hurt a lot, sad that I can't join in any fun activities, completely and 100% superfluous because I can't help with ANYTHING....
This is the first summer I have wanted to go home! :(

Ouch

This is short--typing with left hand only.
Soccer accident yesterday--someone kicked the ball and it hit my wrist and dislocated it. Went to ER and had an X-ray last night. They can't tell if it is broken. Will know more in a few days. Hurts soooooo bad!

Week Goes On

We have been super-busy here at Bryn Mawr. Writing introduction letters to parents, someday making my calendars, going to sessions and participating in evening activities. I am leading a session after lunch today on the Angel Code with Tina. Last night was Rick Kelly--yes, I danced the electric slide. Much better at that than I was in previous summers. Missing my boys--I wish I could bring Kameron and Kaelan here for a visit. They would love everything that we do and I'm sure everyone else would love them. The girls get here on Saturday--do we really only have this week left??

Slackline

I set up my slackline this morning because we are just chilling until the general staff arrive. I set it up super-high and almost couldn't get on the thing. I'm talking above my hip high. I had to really bounce to get up, but I walked it! Except it was so humid that I was dripping by the time I finished my 45 minutes, so I took it down and went inside to hydrate.

General staff arrive today! Gone is the peaceful leadership week...dropping into the roller coaster of staff week and ending with the girls arriving. Ahh camp.

List Time!

1. I am having a bed issue--bed was too hard, even with egg crate. Added another mattress and bed was too soft and I cannot sleep like a taco every night. It was so bad I didn't even need a pillow because my feet and my head were too elevated. Now I am trying the one mattress on the bottom, board in between, mattress on top approach. Wish me luck, cuz I have been stumbling around like a zombie for the past 4 days without enough sleep and at camp I NEED my sleep, the 5 hours I average a night.

2. Have I only been at camp for 4 days, not counting today???

3. Today we did a session with Bill regarding the gym and what our GL role is--this was mainly for the new GLs and the returning staff who haven't been a GL. At the end, Bill stands up and says that he is going to leave and that once he is gone I will then tell them how I manage him, because we have never had an issue and that he knows I must have some tricks that I can share. He leaves and everyone looks at me. My response? A shrug. Bill likes me and I have no idea why. I know people here that are just as competent as me and he doesn't talk about them like he does me. So either I'm completely blind to my own abilities--and I doubt it--or Bill just really likes me and that is all there is to it.

4. We went out for dinner tonight with all the GLs and the Division Heads. Good times.

5. Tomorrow the general staff arrive. I am going to be assigning lockers to those who need them. I am so happy I will not be going on the bus this summer. It was very tiring last summer.

Blindfolded

This morning we did team-building again--and this year I was once more the blindfolded one. Last summer I didn't mind so much because I could kind of see out of the blindfold and it wasn't as scary having to walk on plastic lids and up on benches and across boards and swing across a rope. This summer? They got much better blindfolds.

I did not like it one little bit. I was always just standing there, superfluous, until someone moved me or remembered to explain what they were doing at that moment. The only picture I had in my head was what I remembered seeing of the set-up before they blindfolded me, so that didn't help much. A little, but not much. Have you ever tried to ask someone something when you can't see them to know if they are listening? Usually I just asked and hoped someone would answer me. I must admit, they did take pretty good care of me. I never fell off of anything and I never was shoved or forgotten. The rope swing was the worst. Joe moved me to the rope and just kind of shoved me off. Being on the bench wasn't too fun, either. We had to walk on the bench and get into some kind of order--height, I believe it was. At one point I had to get down and hug the bench so someone could step over me because they couldn't fit past. Yet again, I never fell off.

And so, that having ended--our team was just positive we were winning, until they pointed out that it wasn't a race. Ooops. Anyway, once I took off my blindfold I had trouble with my eyes adjusting. I had to keep blinking and everything looked slightly blurry. Not a fan of being blindfolded. At least I can still see, right?

Details

So I thought I was going to be able to finish blogging about my cruise with Mom last April--and that never happened. Sorry about that. Perhaps someday I will post some pictures.

As of right now, however, I am in Honesdale, PA, back for my 5th summer at Bryn Mawr! Yay! For once I didn't overpack, either. And my carry-on was relatively light, considering the past summers I haven't been able to carry everything.

The flight from Great Falls to Denver was so bumpy and turbulent I had my first episode of motion sickness on an airplane. I was pretty positive I was about to experience throwing up in one of those small, impractical paper bags that they have in all the seatback pockets. And I was not looking forward to it. In fact, I think throwing up wouldn't have been so bad--it was the fact that I had to do it in front of however many people. Gross! And to make matters worse, a guy behind me was throwing up and a girl in front of me was throwing up--and that sound does not do any favors for a person who is on the verge of throwing up anyway. The entire descent to Denver I was digging my fingernails into my arm, chanting "You are not going to throw up". And I didn't! My arm was pretty scratched up, though. I didn't mind the fact that we were tossing all over the place. My thoughts were so focused on not throwing up. It was pretty awful.

And I am now here!! I am still trying to get adjusted. There are so many new people. The good thing about us returners, though, is that we are all super-close, even with people that we weren't close with before. I guess that happens once you're a lifer.

I have my own room and a sink in there, so I am happy as can be. About to go on a mattress-stealing escapade, though, as I have a metal bed with broken springs and Bill put a board on there last summer for me and there are now 2 boards. Even with an egg crate I am in pain. I feel old. When I was younger, I could sleep on anything.

I am the Upper Junior GL this summer yet again--I love that position. And my co-GL is Jess Maas, who was the Lower Junior GL last summer. So I am thrilled to have someone that I like!

More later!