A lot of bad things happened inside and outside of camp and I kinda need to rant.
Without fail, every summer I've done full camp (mmm...about three now? This is my fourth? I dunno) second session always goes to hell.
so, please tell me why you felt it was okay to brig your child a pb&j for lunch when you've been here fr four weeks. There are kids who are severely allergic. No.
Also, kids, Quiet means quiet. I absolutely hate hate hate yelling at the campers. This is camp and I know it's super challenging and tough but I want it to be fun for them. Today I had to raise my voice and crack down at them and I absolutely feel horrible about it. 100%. Those kids really tested us so much just because they knew there were no directors watching.
I...just...today so far was really kinda crappy and this was not the way I wanted to go into tech tomorrow. I have so much to do with camp and class and session 3. I hate when this is stressful. Soon it will be third session and everything will be better.
Oh. also. Boy's been drinking a lot recently. He goes to his friend Jarrod's or has a few beers here. With permission and every once and awhile is absolutely fine. But when you have another without asking Mom? No. Wrong.
He wanted to go again tonight and mom shut that down real quick.
He thinks if he has one beer and waits four hours, he's good to drive. Alcohol passes through everyone at a different rate.
There is a history of alcoholism in my family. Two people in my family generationally below my grandparents have it.
I've seen how much it can screw up your life. For his birthday, my uncle asked his parents to pay his electric bill. Because he drinks too much of his paycheck to pay it himself. I absolutely love my uncle to pieces. His life has taken a horrible turn and I am so scared that Boy will turn out like that. Fortunately the other person with alcoholism has managed to turn their life around, went to AA when we were little, and doesn't even touch beer. Occasionally he'll have a fake beer, again, totally fine.
Alcohol is illegal for Boy right now. I'm not even majorly worried about him getting busted. I'm worried about him screwing his life up permanently.
He knows this, it's no secret.
He just needs to get his effing act together before he screws up so bad we can't help him. He's nowhere near that point right now. I just know that he has the possibility to get there and it's really quite scary.
Without fail, every summer I've done full camp (mmm...about three now? This is my fourth? I dunno) second session always goes to hell.
- weird themes (planes, trains, boats, cars/new york new york/decades)
- Songs and dances that are either
- Strange
- complicated
- or both
- Complicated campers
- medically (which is totally not their fault at all, but it is challenging for us)
- behaviorally (oh, he's off his meds because it's summer! Do you not understand how rigorous this camp is?)
- both
- other
- Complex staff
- Sometimes our CITs are wonderful and we really squad up and make it through together. Think Wendell.
- Other times they're absolute crap lazy bums who do nothing and are really chummy with the kids when that's not allowed in the handbook
- thankfully, we have wonderful CITs this session who are the Squad up variety. This is not always the case.
- 9/10 times we have a full camp
- This year we're actually OVER enrollment by two.
so, please tell me why you felt it was okay to brig your child a pb&j for lunch when you've been here fr four weeks. There are kids who are severely allergic. No.
Also, kids, Quiet means quiet. I absolutely hate hate hate yelling at the campers. This is camp and I know it's super challenging and tough but I want it to be fun for them. Today I had to raise my voice and crack down at them and I absolutely feel horrible about it. 100%. Those kids really tested us so much just because they knew there were no directors watching.
I...just...today so far was really kinda crappy and this was not the way I wanted to go into tech tomorrow. I have so much to do with camp and class and session 3. I hate when this is stressful. Soon it will be third session and everything will be better.
Oh. also. Boy's been drinking a lot recently. He goes to his friend Jarrod's or has a few beers here. With permission and every once and awhile is absolutely fine. But when you have another without asking Mom? No. Wrong.
He wanted to go again tonight and mom shut that down real quick.
He thinks if he has one beer and waits four hours, he's good to drive. Alcohol passes through everyone at a different rate.
There is a history of alcoholism in my family. Two people in my family generationally below my grandparents have it.
I've seen how much it can screw up your life. For his birthday, my uncle asked his parents to pay his electric bill. Because he drinks too much of his paycheck to pay it himself. I absolutely love my uncle to pieces. His life has taken a horrible turn and I am so scared that Boy will turn out like that. Fortunately the other person with alcoholism has managed to turn their life around, went to AA when we were little, and doesn't even touch beer. Occasionally he'll have a fake beer, again, totally fine.
Alcohol is illegal for Boy right now. I'm not even majorly worried about him getting busted. I'm worried about him screwing his life up permanently.
He knows this, it's no secret.
He just needs to get his effing act together before he screws up so bad we can't help him. He's nowhere near that point right now. I just know that he has the possibility to get there and it's really quite scary.
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