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lol, I can't help it! I need to be done with work so I can begin camp!! The kids are crazy, we're all crazy and it's time for summer!!

Ah yes, while I get to do all the fun things like the little fun run and field day and all that I also get kids who are ready for the summer and are starting to go crazy. I am student teaching in a kindergarten class right now.

34 days! I haven't started packing yet, which is odd for me. But I have my top closet shelf reserved for camp stuff, so really I just need to pull it all down and figure out what I need to add to it, then make sure it's all transportable. I'll need my big tub from the basement...

50 days!!! And 47 til school is out and less than a month until my cousin comes to visit!!

34 days to go!!

Open house is this coming weekend, yippee!!

49 and 46!!!!!!!!!

50 days til camp, but more importantly...

only 19 hours til I am flying out to the USA!

Awesome Sting! Enjoy your time in the USA before camp!

33 days!!!

41 days.
28 school days.

- Teenster

40 days.
27 school days.

- Teenster

31 days!!!

47 and 44!! eek! and my cousin comes in 25 days!!!

Agghh-- I wish I had a camp countdown this year-- I hate that volunteer camps are worse then camps that you get paid at-- If I worked at camp this summer, at least I would know if I was working by now.

39 days.
26 school days.

- Teenster

46, 43, 24!!

And I have an opportunity to volunteer at my first camp this Friday/Saturday but it would be a long drive on Friday after student teaching so I don't know if I want to... ok that's a lie... I don't know if I SHOULD.

1 month as in 30 days as in so soon as in YIPPEE!!

I feel bad because I don't have a countdown yet, since I haven't officially decided which day I'm heading up - but we're probably at a little over a month.

Depends on what the doctor says about my broken foot next week. Also depends on how long I can drive at a time with the foot - thinking that I'll probably have to stop and rest at a hotel overnight on the way.

37 days. (If you noticed, I made a miss count... but in my favor, so it's all good)
25 school days.

I too will have to stop and spend the night somewhere on my way up. I am actually leaving for camp right after the kids leave school on June 7th (36 days), then getting to camp on the 8th. It's kind of nice because it breaks up the drive and because you're staying at a hotel, it's kind of like you're on vacation.

- Teenster

oo, that does sound nice, Teenster! My drives have never been long enough that a hotel would make sense so even if I have to drive 4-5 hours to get somewhere I don't stop at a hotel. Plus even then I wonder if it would feel like a vacation or just torture that I'm that close and not going to be there that night.

45, 42, 23!!

Well, June 7th is the last day of school. I will be pretty tired by the time I get on the road. It's a 9 hour drive... I don't want to do that after a full day of teaching! So, I'll leave school at 4:00, stop after 4 or 5 hours of driving, then leave the next morning by 7:00. I will get to camp at lunch time. That will give me a chance to get settled in, and make sure I have all I need for our opening meetings, which start at 5:00.

- Teenster

Can I join in the countdown fun?I was just hired for the summer of 2012 as a ul....I am ready for the end of june!!!Ive done day camp the past couple summers..

can I join in the countdown fun I just accepted a position as a unit leader for a camp in california... I can't wait tell the end of june

My drive will either be 14 or 16 hours, so while I could do it straight, I don't think that I want to, especially on a recovering foot, when I have a history of issues with foot injuries.

(Brief history: I sprained my ankle something fierce (mostly tore through two ligaments) working at the camp that I used to direct - eventually I ended up having to have surgery, which was NOT awesome - and I had to fight worker's comp like a beast to get it. I'm very prone to growing extra inflammatory tissue, which is what I had to have surgically removed, so I'm being extra careful not to stress my injury and end up with surgical fun version 2.0)



I'm also trying to decide what route I want to take. I'm going from Ohio to northern Wisconsin. Typically, I'd take the tollway through Indiana, the Chicago area, and up through Wisconsin - the last time I did this drive, I actually drove straight through the night and got to camp around 8 in the morning, which was great, traffic wise.

My other option is to drive up through Michigan, over the bridge, and through the upper peninsula. I'm pretty tempted by this option, since I've never done it before - I've actually never been in the lower peninsula of Michigan. I'd get to do a beautiful drive through the UP, which is exciting. However, it's two hours longer, and I'm not familiar with the area at all.


Luckily, I have about a month to decide...

Open house is in 3 days, school lets out in 3 weeks, and camp starts in 30 days!! Excitement!!

12 hours until this semester is officially over(or sooner depending on when I finish my last term paper)

A day and a half until I leave for a month long trip to England.

and then 48 days until I go to camp for the summer.

Camp seems so far away! But at least I will be very busy before I go!