why do I like my job?

 -I think I'm good at it

-I love the people I get to work with

-I love being outside all day

-I love getting to have fun and giving people the chance to have new experiences

-I love building friendships and a sense of community

-I love that camp has to be created. It doesn't go if we don't make it up every year and every week and every day. It has to be created and recreated.

-I love that you get to learn and teach people how to be a good member of a community. 

I'm so unbelievably proud of the people that I've had the privilege to watch grow and I just think they're incredible and to hear that I played a role is the greatest gift.

well, at least it's cold

 No Gary, I like when it's hot. That's why I work at a summer camp!

today I tried my best

 and I did pretty good

 

we're gonna have a good day

 I was a little disappointed with my climbing today but I think I'm being too hard on myself. I'm doing more training than climbing at the moment and I'm hoping to see some improvements. Camp fatigue just makes things hard. I'm optimistic though. I think I have clear goals and a solid plan to get there and the motivation to do it.

I felt like I was the heavy today at camp. I say that I like doing it and part of me does but at the end of the day I really don't like being confrontational with people and telling them what to do. It's not fun and it doesn't feel good. But I know at the same time that it's not fun for everyone else when a person or a group of people aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing. And that's not fair to the people who are doing the right thing. 

I don't know. I try my best. And I know I make mistakes. But I really want camp to be a fun safe place where people feel like they can be their favorite version of themselves.

today I showed people a cool spot in nature and I listened to people's experiences

and that's a good thing to do so I'm doing alright

recreation of my dinner on thursday night

 Andy approaches the food being served with plate in hand.

Camden: Ey, the burger's cold today!

Andy: Ok, that's fine.

Stewart: Hey Goodstein the macaroni and cheese tastes like an old chimney! Ya want some?!

Andy: Listen Stew! I'm on the edge! I'm on the absolute edge so don't test me right now!

Stew: What?! You don't like the burger-- go microwave it yourself! You're not a child!

Andy: So that's my job now?? That's what my job is? Your job is to make the food wrong and my job is to fix it? Is that what my job is now? 

Stew: Ah stop your crying you bum. I'll heat it up for you.

[Transition to stove top where Stew is heating up the burger]

Andy: Listen Stew you don't know what it's like out there! You don't know what it's like! Me and Crabby are the only ones separating this camp from complete anarchy, ya understand?! I got Oliver slamming Gatorades into the window. I got kids crying from hunger. Every time I turn around another kid is flipping bottles and slamming the tables. They had me make witty banter for 20 minutes just because we got in here too soon! 

Stew: Yeah yeah yeah...

Andy: All I expect when I bring my dumb little plate up to the line after everyone else is served is a lukewarm veggie burger and a little bit of cheesy mac! That's all I'm asking for! And apparently THAT'S too much for the folks who get to hide out in the kitchen all afternoon while the rest of us are baking in the sun. Is that about the size of it, Stew?! Is that about the size of it?!

Stew: Here's ya burger, Braveheart.