The Week So Far

This week has definitely been on e of my favorite weeks here, for sure. It's the last week of camp ReC and we just have a really good mix of classic campers and great counselors who love what they do with Camp ReC. Also, there's been several counselors from week one who have showed up randomly just to help with this week because they love it so much, so we have extra counselors to help with the campers which is great because sometimes the regular counselors just need a break. Working one-on-one with a special needs child or adult for any length of time can get weary.

Yesterday was BEACH DAY! And it was the first week it really felt like beach day. We actually got to eat down by the beach because it wasn't too cold, plus all the campers seemed to be in a good mood and weren't cranky before lunch! My high light was playing legos with a man named Mark for about an hour. Mark is in a wheelchair and doesn't speak and most of the time he just looks like a grumpy man, but he's joyous at heart. I got to sit with him and talk to him the first day during our game show night, and it was good to see him again at the beach. Right away when he got down to the shade deck near the waterfront he wheeled his chair right up to me, and grabbed my hand, (as I've noticed he's a big hand-holder). For a minute I didn't know what to do because there wasn't a hole lot to do there except sit and talk, and since he can't talk, I wasn't sure what we were going to do for the next hour...until we brought out the leggos. He loved legos. He would grab the pieces he wanted and showed me where to put them and I'd snap them in place. It's been nice getting to know Mark this week since it's normally hard for kitchen interns to get to know the campers as well since we're inside a good chunk of the day. It's weird to me that tomorrow is the last full day of Camp ReC for the rest of the summer, but I'm looking forward to the time we still have left. There's still lots going on in the next 60 hours that they'll be here, so I'm looking forward to all of that.

After this week comes to a close I'll be looking forward to a restful weekend. This week has been tiring to say the least and I'm looking forward to some time of rest!