Camp Westmont

Quote of the moment:
"Would you like to sign up now, or have a look around and come back and sign up later?" - Girl running the Camp Westmont stall at the Camp Directors Fair.

Hurrah! I now have a proper job for the summer! I looked at a couple of stalls, starting with the Canadensis one, but unfortunately they'd got people for the camping posts already. I then got a more encouraging response from a Catholic boys camp, which would have been fine with me (basically means grace at meals and prayers before bed), taking 'riflery'. That was for ages up to 13 though. When I browsed on I found the Westmont stall with a huge list on the front of all the jobs on offer, including one for 'Pioneering'. It's co-ed (single sex cabin groups) and ages 6-16, but the 6 and 7 year olds do specific junior activities. The job turned out to be being in charge of the small campsite a short distance from the main camp, where groups go for overnight stays, supervising them pitching the tents, setting the fire and jointly cooking the barbeque. That means that every one of the 3/4 nights per week I'm doing campouts, I get to eat BBQ. Score!

One of the people on the stall was the guy who's been doing it for the past two years and is now in charge of the canoeing, and he said it's an evening only activity (there are 3 periods, morning, afternoon, evening) so I'm free for helping with other activities during the day. When he then found out I've done a fair bit of canoeing, he seemed to mentally go SCORE and I got offered the job on the spot :D That's because for the canoeing they put an adult in each canoe (of the long, open kind) along with 2 or 3 kids, so they always need people for helping with that, and that's a morning to afternoon activity, with lunch halfway down the river. Also score! So my timetable's looking pretty awesome :D They also do the Color War and other evening stuff, so I should be kept busy. Plus I got a Camp Westmont '05 t-shirt - pics when/if I ever get my laptop back - which is quite pro. They also happen to have a very high proportion of English counsellors, which is most excellent!

Mwahahaha! Victory is mine! [Grins evilly]

[Edit 19.33 - England got whipped by Wales in their opening Six Nations rugby match, most of which I caught on TV. Sigh... What can I say? The Welsh are cool :D]