Latest Posts by thelittlestladylikesthis - Page 4

I have definitely earned canoe tipping, sympathy band aid, didn’t lose water bottle for a week (followed by me leaving it on the train), random bruise, ran out of socks, and forgot words while teaching a song… yikes

For all the Scout and Guide camp counselors - Badges for Camp Counselors! 

Personal favorites (aka ones I’ve definitely earned): Watch Tan, Laundry at 2 am, Poop Story, Stopped Mid-swear Word, and Severe Weather.

Come have one of the best summer jobs EVER!!!

Writing your resume with camp experience

So a lot of us are (eventually) going to be looking for a real job with only or mostly camp experience. And we all know that camp provides valuable skills, but how do we show that to employers. Well, show them through what you say in your resume. So here are some suggestions of how to phrase your camp experience.

Literally everybody who works at camp:

Managed risk; promoted health and safety of participants

Lead interactive activities on a variety of topics for over (estimation of number) participants ages (whatever ages your camp serves)

Planned curriculum in (relevant topics)

Worked on an interdisciplinary team of (number) staff

Lead activities to facilitate social and leadership skills development

Worked with diverse participants and staff

Worked with CITs? Managed trainees ages (numbers) Been some kind of ad staff? Been a unit leader? Managed/supervised (number) of staff Program director/staff? Implemented specialty activities Did something for staff training? Provided trainings for staff on (relevant topics)

Numbers are eye-catching, and you can use estimates. Check out the web for formatting ideas and use any services your school/university provides to get feedback and strengthen your resume. Don’t lie about your skills, but make them sound relevant to other jobs. For example, if you’re applying for a teaching job, putting that you did behavior management is probs a good idea. Applying for an office job? Probs not relevant. But teamwork is. So go forth and tell the world all the useful skills you learned as a camp counselor.

I love this!

A concept: Bingley buying Darcy a golden retriever because once upon a time Darcy had called him that. So now whenever Darcy has to return to Pemberly after tedious work, a golden retriever greets him with enthusiasm just as Bingley would.

Golden retrievers didn’t exist during the Regency, but I see your point.

This is me when I talk about my campers to other people. 😂😂😂

https://twitter.com/skyatlantic/status/965907723937308672

Hahahaha! So funny! Jon’s face…

(Love your pet day…)

You guys! We are a family of camp memory hoarders! My grandma saved this paperwork from when my mom went to Camp Moran in 1981!

Hot Tip (pun absolutely intended): use dryer lint as fire starter

repeat after me;

i am happy, life is good, i am alive and i’m working on creating the best version of myself

Interacting with my mom’s high school students…

Reminds me of why I’m skeptical of teenagers…

Student 1: “Ms! That’s your daughter?!”

Several students: “You have a daughter?” “That’s your kid?!”

Student 2: “You guys! She’s been here like 5 times!”

According to...

My mom's high school students, nobody uses tumblr anymore... am I old?

I cannot wait to be back here! 125 days until Washington, 127 days until Camp!

I might have actually been successful for once... I've been a camp counselor for 4 years and part of summer camps for 10 and I finally got someone to consider it! All I had to do was play the "Pacific Northwest Card" LoL

Convincing my broke friends to work with me at camp

I wish all cops were like this… ❤️

Watch: The officer’s collection just happened to include a super rare 1-of-10 “shiny” card.

EVEYONE SHARE THIS! CALL YOUR REPS!

YALL.

CALL YOUR REPS!

https://twitter.com/TheBoneHeadClan/status/940369097052827654

Transition from Camp to… the Real World?

I am honestly having a rough time transitioning from camp life to daily life. I lived and worked at camp from June through October and I find myself comparing life to camp. I went to wash the dishes: no Hobart, no closed toed shoes, no apron, and no shenanigans to the sound of Green Day or P!ATD. The TV in Shutanka usually had some sort of weird movie, a nature something, or a cartoon of some sort: the news is seriously depressing. Being myself with my coworkers and friends versus being "myself" with my family is strange. I miss campfires, late DnD sessions, and walking down the trail of happy feet just to get to my bed. I miss the crunch of gravel under my feet, the sound of the waves crashing on the bulkhead, and the still, cold mornings followed by breezey afternoons. But, here I am. I stayed with my sister about 30 minutes from camp for a few days, then I flew to California to stay with my Abuela, and in a little over a week I will fly back to Texas for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Don't get me wrong, I love being with my extended family in Cali and I am definitely excited to be seeing my mom and brothers in the near future and I am stoked to hold my dog again. But I also cannot wait to go back to my island home at camp. I am having camp withdrawals and it's pretty rough.

Camp Shoe Blues

This isn't really a case of the shoe blues for me… it's more the shoe blues for someone else.

So we're going around cleaning the village cabins when we see two pairs of athletic shoes in the trash bin. One is a pair of men's Asics and the other pair are Youth Nikes. Being the curious camp people we are, Gannon and I inspect the shoes. They're in really good condition just covered in sand and dirt. Gannon tries on the Asics and they fit great! But it gets better! I ask Gannon what size the Nikes are, he says a youth 6. Well hot diggity dog! I wear a youth 6!

Both shoes are in the washer and are being inherited.

Camp: bringing "one mans trash is another mans treasure" to life.

Or worse, going to Thriftway covered in filth with people from camp

Being judged at Walmart for being covered in dirt with fellow counselors

2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner, bar soap for body, forget shaving, learn to appreciate cold showers

How do you master the art of a 3 minute shower?

First of all, this is possibly the most amusing question I’ve ever received.

The art of the three minute shower…

1) 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioner. If you can find the combination shower/conditioner/body wash, even better. (Some people call this bar soap.)

2) If you’re even considering waiting for the water to reach a decent not-too-hot or not-too-cold temperature, you’re wasting time and lying to yourself. This isn’t the Embassy Suites.

3) If you’re feeling especially lazy/crunched for time, the shampoo you’re rinsing off down your body DOES count as a body wash.

4) If you’re a girl and you’re considering shaving your legs in the shower….BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (seriously, I’m crying from laughing so hard.)

Any more suggestions, counselors? Comment and share your secret to the 3 minute camp shower!

Hahahahaha!!! 😂😂😂

When campers complain about ropes course helmets

Sea Shanty by 5th Graders

"There's a Ti-tan-ic at the bottom of the sea,

There's a fish, and a shark, and a sea anemone!"

Repeat 3x

Dutch Auction Quotes

Since we're on an island in the Pacific Northwest and it's storming, we decided to have a pirate/nautical themed Dutch Auction. We told the teams "Someone has fallen overboard, bring your best floatation device". One girl and a boy walk up to us and:

Girl: "This is our floatation device; *gestures to boy*, he's a ginger and he's wearing a red shirt so he's already red like those lifeguard pool things, he floats really well, AND *forces boys mouth open* he's already missing a few teeth so it doesn't matter if someone sits on his face!"

I died from laughter for a solid two minutes.

Introducing Young Boys to Pronouns and Gender Identity

*Has a pronoun talk with my chilluns and talks about how gender identity is nothing to be ashamed of and we are a family so there is no judgement at camp*

Camper 1: "So why is [Non-Binary Camper] wearing a skirt?"

7 Other Campers: "It's a skort!"

NB Camper's Twin: "Don't worry Texas, we were paying attention, I just can't stand when people can't get the difference between skirts and skorts!"

*I haven't been this proud since that time I had a cabin filled with Harry Potter obsessed 3rd graders.*

on our way to camp out

Camper: Will there be sinks at campout night?

Me: Nope, remember earlier when we hiked up to the campsite? Just a fire pit, no sinks.

Camper: Okay, are we bringing water?

Me: *carrying a jug of water, a jug of juice, s'mores supplies, kindling, water bottle ...* Don't worry, I've got water for you guys.

Camper: Is that the water? *points at purple juice?*

Me: ... is water usually purple?

Camper: Ohhhh is that juice?!

(Camp: teaching critical thinking skills to 6th graders when the school system has failed them)

It is important for campers to trust their staff.

9 year-old: “Well, it looks like lemonade and it tastes like lemonade, but the label says it’s fruit punch, so it must be fruit punch.”

(It was lemonade.)

When my parents blame me for not writing them because I've "lost touch with reality" at camp

It’s ok to ask your teacher(s) to use the pronouns you’re most comfortable with.

Y'all'd've

Does anyone else say this? Like why waste your breath saying "you all would have"?

My dog burrowed in my blanket... CUTE!!!

My Camp name is Texas and when kids ask my real name I tell them "Tejas". None of them speak Spanish and they seriously believe it.