Updating is strangely hard

Ah, my admirers, here is a new blog post of joy, just for you.

I babysat for a family last week. It was the second time I have watched all of their children and it was definitely an adventure. The adventure really began when it was time to clean up. One of the children, we'll call her Azalea, stepped on a toy that was left on the floor. A piercing shriek. She then swaddled her foot in a blanket cast and hopped her way around. Until she stubbed her toes on the wall. More shrieking. She sat on the foot of the stairs so she could better focus her attention on screaming. She seemed to be calming down and then there was yet another sudden increase in volume. She claimed that it felt like someone had stepped on her hand and dug their shoe into her foot. I would have been more concerned except that no one was near enough to her to have actually stepped on her. Azalea then crawled up the stairs and laid on the couch with an ice pack for half an hour until it was time to go to bed. She insisted that she could only crawl to the bathroom to brush her teeth and then promptly forgot that she was supposed to be injured and spent the rest of her bedroom prep time walking normally. I love kids.

Hopefully I will soon be registering for classes. Professor Curran has informed me that I need to take Studies in Rhetoric and Composition Theory since I have an assistantship. The class sounds . . . thrilling. Seriously, though, I am very excited about heading back to school. There have been a couple of snags so I haven't yet been able to register, but that should happen soon.

This weekend the trustees will be pouring in and embarking on a weekend of meetings. I won't be involved in any of the actual meetings, but I will spend some time doing kitchen prep and possibly dishes. Then the next two weekends are co-labor weekends. Work groups and individuals come from all over to help Camp rake leaves and get the grounds ship-shape. I will be here for the first co-labor, and then I am heading south for a week. I will be speaking at my home church, reclaiming Lydia from the goat farm, and squeezing in some packing/planning for the fall.

Summer is almost here! Everyone is immersed in prep work. Ambushes are being created and refined, equipment is being ordered and set up, and Lee Brown gave his yearly nature talk during staff fellowship today. All West Side campers are in for a wonderful time as he is planning to teach about the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. It was great to hear.