Camp Wawona, Part I

It turns out that I was mistaken, and my new room mate does not arrive until this Sunday, so I've had my new, spacious room in the lodge all to myself for the last few days. My parents and grandparents gave me a lovely visit, and we went down to Big Trees and Glacier Point, which offered a spectacular view of Half Dome. They bought me lunch and a really cute shirt, but I did not realize the full extent of their generosity until they revealed that they had fixed my beloved computer's screen and had it here for me. More importantly than that, though, I enjoyed just spending time with them.

The next day we did housekeeping all over the place, getting ready for the campers to come. Some of the cabins were pretty nasty, due to some rather unpleasant pranks some very immature people decided to play on each other. As we signed out for the afternoon, the kitchen staff was given six staff shirts each, each one a different color and all with the camp's name spelled Wowona because the printers got it wrong. I took these and my belongings up to the lodge, where I had fun arranging my new room to my taste. The campers arrived; they're so cute! They are so short that I have to serve soup from the side of the hot decks instead of over them so that they won't spill it. We did our play that night, and despite our worries, it was a great success.

Monday, I spent some time in the crafts building, just looking around; there's all kinds of wonderful ceramics and ceramic molds in there. Since then, I've been spending a little bit of time here and there just coming in and helping them clean greenware--there's always tons of it to do, and it never runs out. That night was the premiere of the staff video, which was well put-together by the videography department.

Tuesday night, I was so tired I could hardly make it to bed, I was so tired. It was hard to get up yesterday morning for the 6:30 shift, which was insane--lunch went a lot more smoothly, thank goodness. As I was relaxing, I heard a knock on my door and was pleasantly surprised to find my aunt Shirley there. We had a nice visit, and she invited me to take a watercolor class with her later in the summer. After campfire, we had a staff party, which was fun.

Well, I've enjoyed my day off so far--laundry, email, and the like. Today was our health inspection, and I hear we passed with flying colors--a source of great relief for everyone involved. I've been glad to hear from all of you as you tell me of your travels--some of you are in pretty exotic places like France, Egypt, or India, and I wish you well.