First Day....yawn!

Mrs Hilliker & Mr Woemmel preparing
eggs and hash browns

So today was my first day of doing the 6am shift! Ahem..those who know me are laughing right now but hold your laughter 'cause I made it through, albeit with very heavy eyelids and a foggy brain! That was my fault though for not going to bed early. I will learn from that tonight (hopefully ;). One benefit of the early shift is you start out the day quiet after breakfast then it gets busy as we prepare for lunch and the 9am crew join us so there are more people in the kitchen to maneovor around. It is really nice to get off at 12 and have the rest of the day free to shop, relax, hangout and for me - take pictures.

 

What a great start to camp. I think the campers have dived into camp much quicker than last year. I am seeing a lot more smiles and animated interactions than I did on day one last year and it's wonderful to have campers come up to me to introduce themselves or remember me from before.

Tonight at 7pm is Orientation 2 aka Stick Night. This is always fun for those watching, probably not so much for the campers anticipating having to stand up in front of everyone in the gym and say their name, where they are from and what their goal is at camp. There are usually some hilarious moments. Check out my Twitter @melopodia for some on the spot observations. In the meantime you can enjoy some photos in the album.  By the way, if you know the names of campers in a picture go ahead and write that in the comments which will be a great help to me and others.