You know you work at camp when...

[runrachrunn]

Fill in the blank:

You know you work at camp when...

- you have a pair of sandals for every occasion, situation and event
- you own at least one article of clothing in every single possible colour - just in case

[speedx5xracer]

-cant remember the last time you took a shower.... or at least a warm one

[Indigo]

- You also have a Nalgene for every occasion, plus an extra in case your campers forget their water bottles.
- You are master of the lost and found, and thus have vastly expanded your collection of... stuff.
- You can identify every sound in the woods, from the little insects to the little campers creeping to the bathroom.
- You think about camp at least once a day.
- You have a whole separate set of clothing and supplies just for camp.
- You decide to be go into teaching or recreation because of camp.
- The thought of really leaving camp is physically painful to you.

[Kerrbear]

- You wake up singing campsongs year round
- You find yourself talking yearlong about camp to people who could care less
- You're perpetually looking around to locate your campers and do a head count even when you're not at camp
- You find yourself counting down the days til camp in January

[speedx5xracer]

-Dressing up is wearing jeans for the first time in a month.
-You go up to your camp as early as possible
-You would give anything to do it all over again.

[who_stole_my_loofa]

-when thunderstorms dont wake you up anymore

[CAMPFRIEND]

When you are not sure what day of the week it is
You think your tan but come to find out it's dirt

[Kerrbear]

- You've actually been late for class because youwere sitting at home reading and posting stuff on this msg board! GOTTA RUN!!!

[Dave]

- You make a website about camp. :)

[runrachrunn]

- You make a website about camp. :)

LOL, Dave. It's so true.
:laugh3:

[Melk]

you get super excited for chicken patty day.

[rockinsmiles]

-bugs dont faze you
-you get REALLY excited whenever ANYTHING from camp comes, rather via email, myspace, or snail mail
-you dont care how bad you sing
-neither do you care when you are horse, keep right on talkin!

[speedx5xracer]

- you know how to sing at least one debbie friedman song (If your camp is affiliated w/ Judaism)

[ocean]

-You are limited to telling 2 camp stories a day to your non-camp friends.
-You recruit friends to become staff
-you would rather be called by your camp name than real name

[Dave]

-You recruit friends to become staff
For me, it would be -You try to recruit friends to become staff

[Flukie]

- One match, two fires, three meals.
- You feel guilty sleeping out of unit on the night off.
- You start counting down for the next summer less than a month after camp ends.

[drink the wild air]

- You wake up home at night panicked because your campers are all gone
- Two of the best inventions are email and nationwide long distance so you can keep in touch
- arts and crafts gifts are almost on par with gold jewelry
- it's totally normal to talk about each other bodily functions on a regular basis
- you know what meals you will have on what days all summer long
- throwing someone in the lake is the ultimate revenge
- childish words are a completely normal part of your vocabulary (doo doo head)

[Melk]

ok so this is kinda an inside joke one.... you feel weard when you scratch your cornia and you are not at camp.

[Dave]

- You wake up home at night panicked because your campers are all gone
- Two of the best inventions are email and nationwide long distance so you can keep in touch
- arts and crafts gifts are almost on par with gold jewelry
- it's totally normal to talk about each other bodily functions on a regular basis
- you know what meals you will have on what days all summer long
- throwing someone in the lake is the ultimate revenge
- childish words are a completely normal part of your vocabulary (doo doo head)
I love using childish words around my friends. They think I'm strange when I do it. :P

[Melk]

oh oh oh... I have another one! when looking around you room at school there are only 8 pictures with people who dont go to camp in them.

[Dave]

- You have an entire wall dedicated to camp stuff.

[ThanksALatte]

How about this one:

You spend the entire year planning and coming up with ideas for summer camp.

[Kerrbear]

Whenever you meet someone knew you judge where they would be best at camp then proceed to ask them if they or anyone they know are interested in working at a camp!

[facade1138]

-When you miss important family events because it was your camps "color war"...ect. on that same day.

[speedx5xracer]

-Postpone a court appearence (speeding ticket) for camp events.

[CAMPFRIEND]

-Postpone a court appearence (speeding ticket) for camp events.

That's a new one. I have missed jury duty for camp!

[Dave]

- You talk to kids about shows on Nickelodeon. :P

[speedx5xracer]

-You actually know and have rapports with people born after the original powerrangers aired

[Indigo]

- Most of your campers were born after you started going to camp.

[EchoLaker]

- You talk to kids about shows on Nickelodeon. :P

Or, you talk to your colleagues about how shows aren't like they used to be on Nickleodeon !

As an aside, our Theater Director is a former presenter on Slime Time Live.

[countrygal]

-when ur call the kids "my girls/boys"
-when you write camp songs al over ur agenda when ur bored
-when your home friends call camp "a disease" lol
-when u sucessfully recruite friends and they actually LIKE camp and return
-when you count down the days until your first staff metting/pre camp/first day of camp

[speedx5xracer]

-you try to figure out what profession will allow you to continue working at camp for the longest time possible

[Dave]

Or, you talk to your colleagues about how shows aren't like they used to be on Nickleodeon !

As an aside, our Theater Director is a former presenter on Slime Time Live.
Oh I've done that before. Some of them actually agree with me! That's the scary part. They don't even work with kids at all and they know how the new Nick isn't as good as the old one. :P

[CAMPFRIEND]

-you try to figure out what profession will allow you to continue working at camp for the longest time possible

I did that for a while. Then I just thought I shpuld do this forever. I am still at camp. It's now my life!:)

[speedx5xracer]

- you end up putting Debbie Freidman lyrics up as awaymesseges and telling your friends from school shes amazing....

[Fallen]

When you are shocked that while sleeping at home no one woke you up because they have a tummy ache.

[Indigo]

- Your tan line washes away in the shower.

[speedx5xracer]

- you have sunglass/ teva tan lines well into winter break

[ocean]

You can just randomly break out into camp songs in the middle of winter

Your friends know the names of the people at camp even though theyve never met them

Your binders for school are filled with camp pictures so that when you are bored in class you can just look at the pictures and think about all the good times

[campCardinal]

This is more of a random story...

But walking down the hall in my residence hall today I was looking at myself in a mirror (it's at the very end of the hall). I just looked and was like, man, you can tell I'm a camp counselor. It's raining today-- so I have on my northface fleece, a baseball cap, jeans, and my old shoes that are for muddy days. I just felt camp counselorish.

[Dave]

Not sure if this has been mentioned already (it probably has), but I'll give it a shot anyway. This applies more to day camps too since, I'm assuming, more kids are from a local area with a day camp than with an overnight camp.

Anyway. You know you work at camp when, whenever you enter a public area, the first thing you do is scan the place to see if anyone from camp (or any campers) are there.

[CAMPFRIEND]

I do that all the time Dave. I can end up talking to parents and campers for hours!

[Dave]

I do that all the time Dave. I can end up talking to parents and campers for hours!
Yeah I do it, but always to no avail. Although, I was at the JCC one time and I saw three campers in the whole two hours I was there! Now I know where they're at all this time. :P

[Melk]

When you get excited to do arts and crafts with your pledge sister in the library and proced to get bright blue paint on the table. (oops!)

[CAMPFRIEND]

Sing camp songs when you are driving in the car! I was doing that today for some reason?

[camplover86]

Sing camp songs when you are driving in the car! I was doing that today for some reason?

I do that all the time!

[CAMPFRIEND]

Or when you are in the car thinking about how you can make every song a camp song!

[camper]

yeah campfriend your last one says it all...i'm always looking for potential camp songs.

[rockinsmiles]

or songs that would be good to play in the cabin or at the dance!

[softballkid019]

--when you get home and people call you by your real name and not you camp name you think its weird