So I'm at camp. Did I mention I'm in kitchen this session? Cause I am. It sort of sucks; we help with prep, serving, and clean-up for all three meals, and I ended up on pots and pans, which is absolutely killing my hands. I have random bruises and cuts all over, from lugging various things around the kitchen and hitting myself with boxes and pans. So far though, I haven't had any major spills or accidents, so hooray for small miracles.
It really isn't going to bad; you bond when you're on kitchen, and because your schedule is so radically different from everyone else's, you naturally end up hanging out with the other people on kitchen, which is what has happened for me, and why I don't feel nearly as alone as I did at the beginning of the session last year. This year, I actually spend my time off doing things I need/want to get done (like sleeping. Or showering.), instead of awkwardly attempting to find ways to waste time.
Also, this two weeks of support staff has actually helped me ease my way into getting to know other staff members; instead of hanging around a camptivity not really knowing anyone, and pretty much only interacting with the kids, I can tag along with the people I know from kitchen and get introduced/get to know people and have conversation that way. Having a big peak (peak = where counselors sans campers live) also helps; again, I can tag along with the people from my peak and use them to join conversations. So all in all, I think this year has been going better than previous ones.
Hopefully next session will be just as good; I think some of mah peak buds gonna be leavin' though, so it might be a case of having to start all over again. Hopefully not, but you never know.
Anyway, I wanna sleep before we have to help prep dinner (tonight's my night out though, so no need to help serve or clean up after!) so I'M OUT.
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