Greetings from camp. I've found myself with a lot of extra free time this week; despite the fact that my contract read that I needed to arrive on June 13, the camp was not, in fact, expecting me until the 20th. Go figure and no worries. They put me to work straight away, and I have been the requisite 21+ year old they needed to drive the camp's leased van to Des Moines each day with my slew of international counselors who work the Des Moines area day camps. When I drop them off at the DM Camp Fire office, I pick up my own 5 rugrats to drive back to camp for their Arts day camp. This week has been digital and regular photography (can you say DPAS?). Good times all around even if the kids are a bit on the weird side. At 4 o'clock, it's time to return the kids back to DM and bring back the other staff. What an interesting time. For real.

For this week, I've been living in the Village Lodge here at Camp Hantesa, and I'm enjoying it. I live with a Kiwi who is in charge of the Apprentices (read: CITs). I enjoy seeing those fine young adults everyday. At one moment they seem so grown up. The next moment (usually as soon as one of their counselors disappears) they seem so 16. Such is life.

Anyway, things are great. Mosquitoes are huge. Hooray for Mastering French for my evening entertainment.