Roller-coasters, reptiles and little rascals

Our week long camp training finally came to an end and before we knew it, our first group of little darlings had arrived. I guess all the laxing in the sun, eating cinnabuns (amazing) and listening/not really listening to our camp director and admin staff talk about what to expect when the kids arrive, had to come to an end at some point. But before the real work begun, we were sent off to Six Flags Over Texas theme park for a day of riding Roller-coasters, sweating profusely and a lot of staff bonding. It was awesome. My favorite ride was the superman. Kinda like the fear fall at rainbows end but way higher/better. We were there from around 10am till 9pm and I think I went on every ride apart from 1 or 2...maybe 3. It was the perfect way to end staff training.

Sunday afternoon was when our first group of kids arrived. They were an awesome group and mostly were well behaved. I'm a unit leader so I'm in charge of a number of cabins and counsellors who all have there own assigned cabins to look after, which makes up 1 unit (my unit is called frog). Basically I'm in charge of making sure our unit and all our scheduled activities runs smoothly and liaising with the admin staff and camp director. And i get my own walkie talkie... O yea haha. But I also get to do all the activities with the kids like kayaking,swimming, archery, tie dye, nature hikes and lots of crafts!

Camp food is actually amazing as well, which I did not expect at all. We get two different options (both of which are always delicious and the decision is always a hard one) and then there is always the most amazing salad bar, so at least I'm still eating my greens. In the mornings the salad bar is like a fruit bar with lots of melon and other delicious fruits which I always get amongst. It's hell luxury compared to uni hostel food haha. Probably gonna come home a huge fattie though. On Wednesday night we do a cook out with the kids where they cook a 3course meal on a camp fire. Sounds hard but it's actually not too bad. It takes ages though. We have to start around 4 and don't eat till 6.30ish. And then there's s'mores aka the best thing ever created. It's 2 wheat biscuits with toasted marshmallows and Hershey's chocolate mmmmmmm. That's probably enough chat on food for now......

This weeks theme was a lot to do with nature and the environment so we had a nature specialist come in and talk to the kids and she bought some of her pets. And by pets I mean reptiles. The turtle was my fav but there was also a few others including an iguana and a snake ekk. Got up close to them all which was freaky as, especially the snake!

The week is almost over now yay and the kids get picked up tomorrow afternoon. We are going into Dallas for the weekend to stay with host families. I'm am so looking forward to a proper bed and a decent shower (and not getting woken up by kids in the middle of the night). The camp has planned for us to go to an outdoor movie on Friday night and then hitting up a huge mall on Saturday woohoo cannot wait. All us international staff have planned a trip to Austin for the 4th of July holiday which I am so excited about. We got return bus tickets for $2.00 and accommodation at a hotel for $12.00 each a night. America is so cheap and I love it! So we are all counting down the days till we can let loose and party :D