My Summer Plan

Summer is finally here! I can't believe I am finally able to say it...I have been for so long to finally be stress-free! This summer is going to be a crazy one, but I am looking forward to everything that I am doing.  Luckily, I am going to be able to relax until the end of May and then the craziness begins! 

Every summer for the past 9 years, I have worked at the Webster Groves day camp.  However, I have been going to camp for the past 13 years.  I did not start getting paid until I was 16 years old though.  I worked my way up from starting as a camper, junior counselor, counselor, team leader, and this summer I am the director.  It is a lot of responsibility but I know that I can handle it.  I have been at this camp the longest and I am confident with my day-camp knowledge.  I am really looking forward to a fun summer! The staff start having meetings at the end of May and that is when everything will begin.

This summer, I will also be babysitting a lot.  I already have about 10 days lined up for babysitting already.  It is a great way to make money...and it's tax free! The pay is great and I love spending time with kids.  One family, in particular, considers me to be a part of their family.  In that case, I would be children #7...yes, they have 6 children.  Their parents travel a lot, and with that many kids I can understand why.  I watch them for a week or so, several times during the year.  It is extremely tiring, but I enjoy the time I spend with them.  I feel like a mother....2 loads of laundry every night, helping with all of their homework, carpooling to soccer, making their lunches for school, preparing and cooking the meals, planning play dates and sleepovers, buying groceries, reading to them each night before bed, and more....yes I do it all.  It takes a lot out of me, especially when I have to do homework after they all go to bed, but I always have so much fun.  The fighting and hitting is a constant problem, but I somehow always manage to work things out.  Babysitting is something I will be doing a lot of this summer.

My boyfriend and I plan on making a list of all the things we want to do this summer.  One of the things on our list is going on a hike, camping, fishing, going to the lake, and others.  I am really excited for all of those things and I hope that we will be able to do all of them with our busy schedules.

I am definitely looking forward to this summer....we have been apart for too long.  Summer has finally returned!