"That's Good! No, That's Bad"

When I was a kid, one of my favorite stories my mom would read me was called "That's Good! No, that's Bad" by Margery Cuyler.  It tells the story of a kid who traveled through a jungle after getting captured by animals at the zoo.  The story goes on to how somethings look bad, then are good.  Some look good, but then they are bad.  I'm going to explain my last week in the same way, somewhat.  I thought it would make things sound less like complaining if it was evened out with a lot of good.

That's Good!
       This week is Junior Camp! Your senior high campers are gone!
No, that's bad.
        The campers this week were so much more needy than Junior Camp 1.  They were adorable and so cute, but on a funny note, I have never seen so many boys cry in one week! I have personally gotten a lot less sleep this week than last, all because of asthma problems and getting a bad cold halfway through the week.

That's bad.
       I had math homework due Thursday and a test on Friday.
No, that's Good!
      Thanks to Luke Mosiman, I got my homework figured out, and then I went to take my test, and I found out it was movied to Sunday! I'll do it tonight when I get back from ice skating.

That's bad.
       I've been sick this week with a bad cold combined with allergies and asthma.  It hasn't been fun, and I was living in a room with mice.
No, there's some good.
      I really had fun before I got sick catching the mice.  By the end of the week we caught 5 of the little critters, two at the foot of my bed.  Isn't that lovely?  But the room we were living in usually didn't have naive high school girls in there that left food everywhere.  Plus a summer camp is always going to have some sort of mice problem.  It's a given.  The picture is of the first little guy we caught.  I then got this Mickey Mouse Band-Aid in memory of the two mice we caught on the same trap.  This just goes to show that girls can handle anything! Plus I actually slept in a different room half-way through the week... ok, maybe we can't handle quite everything....
Katie also decides tot ell me today that she has Day-Quill! Well you can bet I got a hold of that real quick! I'm already feeling better and I'm super excited this evening to go ice skating with a great crew of staff!!

That's Bad.
       It's hard to take care of things like getting your hair cut when you work at camp all summer.
No, that's Good!
       We have this new staff member named Jana who is a licensed stylist that gave me a trip yesterday, and has a whole list of staff that want their hair cut.  Of course, if I was going to completely do something new, I'd wait for the great Janie Strickler, but for a quick trim in the entry way of the lodge, Jana does an amazing job.  Especially with my super special craft room scissors.

That's Bad.
      Someone just looked in the craft room and asked if they could organize it and clean it. It has several maintenance problems that need attention as well.
No, that's GREAT!

      This person is Alison's mom, and she revolutionized the craft room for the summer though some very well chosen donations.  When she asked to organize, I told her that despite it's chaotic look, I do have a plan and many things do have a place. She was so very nice about it and later stopped in and just straightened everything up.  She also asked me what the craft room needed.  Now, if you've ever been a person to buy art supplies, you would know that craft room supplies cost a pretty penny.  There's a lot that we have to make due with in the craft room because of it.  Also it takes time away from campers and others when you have to make trips to Wal-Mart.  I've always understood it.  I got so excited when I was asked what I needed, so I gave her a list of about 8 items.  I asked for a pencil sharpener, cause the only one we had was in a storage closet.  I asked for embroidery floss, puffy paint, mouse traps, and metal rings to make little books.  Now, I'm sitting in the craft room with my list of things to do and no idea how to do it all when Alison comes walking in with bags and bags of blessings from Mrs. Koch.  I got a hand crank pencil sharpener AND a mechanical sharpener!! I got 6 or 7 of about 25 shades of embroidery floss.  I got a mass of metal rings, a whole punch, and 3 sets of 15 of small puffy paints, plus a set of pen puffy paints.  She got me more than a dozen mouse traps and 2 rat traps! The best thing of all I think is a new pair of scissors.  I had just bought about 3 the previous weekend for the craft room, but they had already been dulled from Senior High camp.  I got LEGIT scissors.  They have a spring in them and everything.  I told her I would give her a hug every time I saw her, and I could never thank her enough for what she's given me.  We needed those things so badly.  I was going to cry with happiness, no joke.  I wrote "Donated by" on the pencil sharpeners so that everyone will know how much of a blessing they are.  Also, on Friday, Luke Shipper came by the craft room and fixed all the things I wrote maintenance request forms for the first week of camp!! I got the light cover put back on my light fixture, I got my drippy faucet fixed, AND.... wait for it... I GOT MY DOOR FIXED AND A LOCK!!!!!!!!! That is my biggest battle in the craft room over the summer.  People think that they have all access to everything in the craft room, and that is just not the case.  The lock isn't a legit lock with a key and all, but those who think they can just wander right in there will be stopped.  Secrets, secrets!!

I'm going to have to end this blog here tonight, because our trip to the ice skating rink is going to begin soon.  Hopefully I'll tell more later!!