I'm definitely not very good about the whole updating the blog thing.
I've done a lot of things in the last few months! a lot of work mostly, but I went to Denver for a conference and saw lots of my EF friends in Feb, Val came to visit and we went to Zac Brown Band in March, in April I went to Eastern Washington with Nick and some of his family on a fishing trip, I went to Portland for my sister's graduation and bought a car (2005 Jettta TDI)while I was there in May, and that brings me to June, which is recent enough that I can elaborate a bit more :)
I have been taking a CDL class since March, and finally took the driving and knowledge tests! So I'm now a licensed passenger bus driver. This means I can drive the camp bus filled with kids. yahoo!
We've been doing lots of planning for summer! It still feels like summer is a long ways away, since it has not gotten even remotely warm yet. We've had a few warmer days, but there has been SO. MUCH. RAIN! It's miserable. It's rainier now than it was in February and March I think. Every once in a while someone will call out in the office "when is summer coming?!" I spent some time today sitting on my office floor in front of the heater. It's COLD! I still believe that it will get warmer soon.
Mandy and AJ came to visit last weekend, from Cedar Falls, IA :) it was really really great to see them. Nick and I took them to the San Juan islands. We had amazing weather (weird) and saw both Mt Rainier and Mt Baker from the top of Mt Constitution. from Mt Constitution you can see the Canadian coastal range and all the cascades and the olympics too. It was breathtaking. Our camera was back at the campsite. So, that was lame. We have some great pics on the cell phones though!
We camped all weekend, and had a blast walking around on the beaches and enjoying the sights and relaxing back at the campsite in the evening. We almost got to see Orca Whales, which would have been AMAZING, but they weren't supposed to swim past the park for 2 more hours, and we had more to see and more to do, so we moved on.
This weekend we're supposed to go to eastern washington to go camping. I'm really excited about that because it's warm there! It is over the cascade mountain range, so it is not in the weird rain convergence zone that is NW Washington. So, most likely it will be warm and good weather. I'm bringing the bikini and the sunscreen :)
After this weekend, Summer officially begins with our first staff coming in on June 23. We have supervisor training and then the first campers come on June 26. That's grief camp, a special camp for kids who have lost a loved one. It's an intense week in a lot of ways, but also a very happy and loving week, and a great way to kick off the summer. After grief camp comes pre-camp training, and then the regular summer season starts. It's crazy to think that it's so close. There's lots to look forward to, and lots to love about being a Camp Director. It's an amazing job that is super rewarding in a lot of ways! I get to contribute to the experiences of so many people; kids and adults and help them create the best summer of their lives.
Also, that means I never get any time off in the summer. Sometimes I fantasize about what it would be like to have a summer vacation. And then I start thinking about different careers. Most of the time though, I love my job! And who loves their job 100% of the time anyway. :)
