Final hours.

I'm so unbelievably exhausted right now. My eyes can barely stay open, and they burn when I try to look at the screen. It would look bad if I put my head down to take a nap when I'm supposed to be supervising Study Tutorial.

It's the last "full day" here at camp. Amherst 2007 is about to come to a close. Tonight is the final dance, and alas, my "dance card" (the joke amongst the housemasters) keeps being fickle. Miss E has kicked M off of hers and now he's back on. M is on my dance card and then not. I tell ya, if it can't get more 18th-19th century than this, then I'm content.

Last night, I hung out in T's office and had some good laughs. Some things that you find out that aren't widely publicized are very interesting! I found out that a camper was withdrawn without the office knowing... which is obviously a huge to-do since we're responsible for every child until the final paper is signed that he/she has been picked up by a parent. I also found out why we had to get a new nurse three days before camp close. YIKES.

Added onto all that, my elephant movable eraser (named Hubert) has been abducted (at approx. 8:30am, Thursday, August 9, 2007), and I keep getting emails from the perpetrator (anonymous email... "Dumbo Must Die"), holding him for ransom unless I put candy in all the housemasters' boxes. Yeah, my prime suspect was supposed to be my twin. But he loses his status now... because all evidence points to him. The SHAME! He continues to deny it, too. I think M had an accomplice. I'm still getting to the bottom of it.

The latest ransom picture is below. Somehow they managed to have Hubert pose without my knowing during the kids' performances last night. I am the one in the aqua-colored shirt. Yeah. Again, all evidence points to M because he sat behind me. He and the other deans deny it. NO!


Even though this camp session was far different from previous years, I did enjoy it. It's a different type of enjoyment. I don't think I'll come back to Amherst next year, but this place will always be considered my beginning when I became veteranized in SIG ways, met great lifelong friends, discovered my Bostonian home, and explored New England. They are opening up a new campus in Austin, Texas, so I may be going there in 2008. That would be kinda neat. Who knows! Let's worry about adjusting to the Virginian move and teaching my first year of 2nd grade before thinking about summer employment plans next year...

It's been good times.

- Miss Chelsea :)