(Present 9:30 p.m.)
“We need our rest guys, tomorrow is going to be a big day”, I said to my campers.
“But were not tired yet”, they would say back.
“OK, then just sit in your beds quietly and you can whisper amongst yourselves for a little while”.
“Yes! Thanks Danny you’re the best”.
I know that after just a few minutes the kids would go to bed anyway, because they are only 10 years old and they have been active all day, so they must be tired. It turns out my prediction is right, they whisper for just a few minutes and then they all fall asleep thinking that they have been up for hours.
(Past 9:30 p.m.)
It is getting late, but my cabin mates and I are not tired at all, then we hear our counselor say, “get it your beds guys it is really late, we have a lot to do tomorrow”.
But, we are not tired so we asked him if we could stay up for a little longer.
He said, "Ok fine, you guys can whisper quietly for a little while".
"Yes!" I said, Eric is the best counselor ever.
Because I did not have a clock with me, I guessed it was around midnight. And it seemed that we were the only cabin awake still at this hour. We had the best counselors ever. We were allowed to stay up as long as we wanted and eventually I decided to go to sleep at around 1230 based on how dark it was outside.
(Past 2:15 p.m.)
“It’s rest period guys, you need to get off your feet”, said my counselor.
As a kid I was usually a good listener, but sometimes I was a little out of control, just as all kids are sometimes. I was going away to summer camp for my fist time as a 10 year old boy. Being very shy and nervous, I did not know what to expect. It was the first day and I am sad to see my dad go but yet excited to see what sleep away camp will be like.
