Expect the Unexpected

So I walked out of my last day or working at the summer camp, all proud that I had managed to stay in one piece since I worked alone with my group of very energetic girls today. My co-councelor has been absent all week and they couldn't find a replacement for her today, which meant I had be twice as loud, twice as controlling, and twice as alert. Two weeks ago I couldn't have done this. Everytime I raised my voice, I felt like I was yelling at the kids, but that's now normal camp talk for me.

Anyway so it felt all nice to walk out in the sunshine (it rained a lot this week), knowing that I did the job well. I reached in my backpack, pulled out my cell and turned it on. A voice mail from my boyfriend was waiting for me. So I'm thinking, "If he's leaving a message while I'm at work, something's up. " Sure enough, it went something like "Hey Kim, we've got a problem. Varig (an airline) went bankrupt and our flight to Brazil has been cancelled. They say they'll only put us on another flight for two-thousand more dollars. Trying to find another one. Call me ASAP."

Like...WHAT? Varig has been in business for 79 years and it's now that it pulls this crap?? Of course, as usual, I get stuck in it.

No, we're not paying that extra $2000. I don't think I'll win the lottery in time. We've found replacement tickets, but we're currently dealing with whether we'll be able to negociate a refund for the first set we bought. It's sort of complicated.

Aaarrrrrghhhhhhhhhh. How frustrating. Wish me luck.

Cuz I need a break

Ok, last time I posted I said I was exhausted. I take that back. As I write this, I'm fighting a cold and recovering from running after 15 kids all day, half of whom wouldn't listen to me today. My co-councelor was absent, meaning I had to take her role as the 'leader' or rather, the tougher one. I'm just not good at discipline.

Oopps, forgot to write up their report cards for this week. Back in a bit.

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Ok so I started them. Haha. It's really too bad that we have to nice in the report cards. I had nothing to say for about half of my group because they wouldn't participate in much. They're good kids, but sometimes they can be sooooo whiney and that makes things really complicated.

On the brighter side, I've only got one more week left of work then I'm off on vacation.

BRAZIL HERE I COME!

Yes that's right, I'm off to brazil soon, stay tuned for more details!

Stinky boys! Stinky boys!

Whooaaa me exhausted!! First off, my awesome theatre class wrapped up a bit more than a week ago. Everyone worked so hard on our final outcome, as well as partied hard! Right after that, le jour du St-Jean Baptiste, was my birthday (ouais, 'chui québecoise). Decided to get away from the downtown hype and have a quiet dinner with a few friends in the far away land of the West Island, because that morning, I had to get up really really rrreaallly early to get to a work training. Yeah, on MY BIRTHDAY! But I didn't complain, because I've had worse birthdays. Much worse. I remember a few years ago my parents woke me up going "Happy birthday! Get in the car, we're driving three hours to a church!" And we drove three friggin hours to Cap-de-la-Madeleine, this place near Trois Rivières where there's this church that's very popular with tourists, because supposedly, some 'miracle' happened there years ago. Don't ask. My very religious grandparents were visitng. Oh, and there's the time when my birthday party was ruined by guess who- three "bitches" and my boyfriend at the time! I'll save the details, but boy was I pissed! Anyone had worse birthdays?

Anyway, so I started my job at the summer camp. It's going pretty well, but boy do kids have energy! They seriously wore me out! It's been sooo long since I've heard terms like 'girls have cooties!' and 'stinky boys!' so many times a day. Thank god I've got a good group of kids, with the exception of one very temperamental little brat who never wants to do anything, and even talks back to us. Yeah, wish me luck.