Sunday, June 14, 2009
A Short Camp Update
I'm at camp, and it's still not completely clear what my role is here. My primary position is a yoetz (staff advisor) for miktzoim. This means I run hadracha (counselor development sessions) for them (starting tomorrow) and I am their go-to for issues. Reut and I split the anafim so that we only yoetz about 35 counselors each. I am also the yoetz for the five high school seniors who work in gan and the tzorchania though it's not clear how that makes a difference, as both the gan and tzorchania are anafim for which I am already responsible. I work in tefilah, mostly moving siddurim and torot to their mikomot, though this weekend I was pressed into service and served as the gabbai for Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat Mincha. I was also the gabbai for Cochavim's Shabbat morning, but I am their rakaz tefilah so I probably would have played that part anyway. I work for the tower staff in a mostly honorary advisory capacity, though I have yet to see much of them. I am aslo on yahadut staff, teaching one perek to cochavim each day. I upload pictures as frequently as possible to the camp website, though this is a mostly hands-off job since Fred the Head and I discovered the beauty of batch uploading. My most recent job was at lunch with the kitchen staff, when I helped serve the middle chadar in an effort to prevent the spread of whatever viral illness is slowly spreading through camp.
Despite my initial reservations, my accomodations of living in an empty bunk across from children are quite nice, I have plenty of space to stretch out, two sinks, two showers, and more doors, fans, and lights than I know what to do with. It is a mostly quiet environment, as I arrive home each night long after the children are asleep and we all wake up the same time in the morning. While there is a basketball hoop outside my room, no one seems to ever use it at inconvenient times. The trek up the back stairway from the Odyssey is also much easier then going up the hill to Marcus, or worse, the rosh rooms. On the other hand, someone (let's hope it was toran) stuck their head in my room (no door there) while I was trying to fall asleep.
We have had one major thunderstorm thus far, temporarily knocking out power and water to the camp, but other than that there have not been any great disturbances at camp this summer.
I am happy to report that I have played hockey two Shabbatot in a row, and that the game is alive and well, augmented with a great crop of JCs who love to play, and frankly are much better than myself.
Despite my initial reservations, my accomodations of living in an empty bunk across from children are quite nice, I have plenty of space to stretch out, two sinks, two showers, and more doors, fans, and lights than I know what to do with. It is a mostly quiet environment, as I arrive home each night long after the children are asleep and we all wake up the same time in the morning. While there is a basketball hoop outside my room, no one seems to ever use it at inconvenient times. The trek up the back stairway from the Odyssey is also much easier then going up the hill to Marcus, or worse, the rosh rooms. On the other hand, someone (let's hope it was toran) stuck their head in my room (no door there) while I was trying to fall asleep.
We have had one major thunderstorm thus far, temporarily knocking out power and water to the camp, but other than that there have not been any great disturbances at camp this summer.
I am happy to report that I have played hockey two Shabbatot in a row, and that the game is alive and well, augmented with a great crop of JCs who love to play, and frankly are much better than myself.
