Camp Wawona, Part VII

After a frustrating round of phone calls to PUC's various answering machines, I dearly felt the need for exercise and walked up the hill to the archery range. The instructor was preparing to leave, but he let me practice anyway and it was a very good vent for my anger. The instructor was good company--up to the point where he locked me into the supply shed when I was putting stuff away. Being used to such boyish pranks, I just waited patiently, mentioning how I could just very well stay there indefinitely, long as I made it to work on time the next day. Finally, he let me out, laughing his head off.

Feeling a lot better, I gave phone another try--and got nothing, so I pursued academic interests until dinner. At campfire, I actually got conscripted into a commercial for the camp store, which was hilarious--I love Elise, the storekeeper. She's been very patient with my endless requests for stamps. Afterwards, we hung back to see one of the snakes from the nature center eat. Alas, it paid no attention to the large, white rats offered. My room mate and I sat and sang songs by candlelight before we went to bed--it was very relaxing.

After work in the morning, I came to Megan and I's lodge room to find it spotlessly clean for a change. I hugged her, I was so grateful. Looking at are walls, we suddenly decided they were too depressingly blank. So, we hauled off to crafts, borrowed some materials, and made for ourselves two large heraldic shields, magnificent coats of arms for one of our walls. At dinner, we began celebrating our co-worker, Brittany's 20th birthday with a cake that caused one kid to believe we had baked Dusty, the camp mascot, into it.

Then, in a carefully choreographed arrangement of arrivals, we went up to the Chalet, where one of our supervisors lives, and threw Brittany a surprise party. It was a evening of delights--culinary delights (artichoke dip, cake and ice cream among other things) and crazy girlish delights, such as finding over a dozen ways to model a very interesting birthday present Megan had given her as a joke. I was reluctant to leave when the time came to do so, and Ashley and I were practically skipping down the hill from too much sugar.

Anyway, it's been a good time here with the nice, relaxed pace of family camp. Tomorrow, many of the staff are fasting and praying for tween and teen camp the next two weeks--they will be a challenge. I wish you all well and hope you are having a wonderful summer.