a lot has happen since i last logged in here, and yet nothing has happened at all. my day off in conway was nice, it was completely relaxed, i stayed in a nice hotel, bought lots of junk from walmart and ate some good food in a couple of restaurants. it was a good break from camp life. the rest of the week went along smoothly the weather has been nice and warm and driving on the lake couldn't be better.

since then i had another day off. a bunch of us hired a pontoon boat and went out on the lake with far too much alcohol. it was a great day, drinking, music and diving into the lake at our leisure. keeping in true camp form we did a post-swim count off each time because safety comes first. and thats how we keep it here at camp robin hood.

towards the end of the trip things got a bit dangerous though, i was later informed that i refused to give up the helm and took the pontoon back to the marina. leigh tells me that i could barely walk and yet i pulled up to the dock flawlessly. go figure. i got back to camp a little leathered and didnt really feel like hiding away from... well everyone, i am kinda lucky to still be here to tell the truth, between playing 1 on 1 soccer with 12 year olds and singing very badly with a guitar i couldn't be much more fortunate not to have had a catastrophic encounter with a senior staff memeber, big thanks to my saxon boys and scribe girls for essentially keeping me out of trouble there. i shall forever remain grateful for that. i woke up the next day with many cuts, grazes and bruises from trying (poorly) wrestle my kids (some of them are pretty solid 16 year olds),

parents day was on saturday, we had been warned that we would have our craziest day of the summer, having more children, less time, and having to drop parents off at the dock each time we take them out. the morning was insane. so many kids, so many parents, such chaos. i was half relieved and half disappointed when the afternoon sessions were rained out. im sure the parents wanted nothing more than to see their kids shine on the lake.


roger (still here) and sonia (gone) tell me this girl doesn't look exactly like penelope cruz. go on. tell me.

today is a pretty solemn day in camp. some of the best campers and a few of the staff left at the half way mark, i am especially gutted as some of my favorite kids are now on their way home. there was a spanish contingency at camp and they brought such an amazing energy to this place that i can see already missing from robin hood. andreas bernar all the way from madrid was one of the most energetic kids in our bunk. always smiling, doing backflips off the dive tower and screaming out crazy spanglish sayings.

between the spanish kids and the staff who left, i feel like i have lost some people i had grown very close to.
andreas in the dining hall.

things are going to be very different here on in.