One of Cameron's Dreams Comes True

Sure, he's been to Greece, Italy and France. And he has all the technology he could ever want. But, one of Cam's dreams came true on Monday when he was offered a job as a KITCHEN ASSISTANT at 4-H Camp Bristol this summer (a two week stint, plus one week of training before camp starts). In his position he won't be JUST a kitchen assistant, that's just a stepping stone on the path to Camp Counselor. Last summer he passed the "counselor in training" part of the process, and this year, along with helping out in the kitchen, he'll help with camp supervision and other camp activities. Next year, if he's successful, he can be a junior counselor, then the next year, a senior counselor.

I don't know what it is about Cameron and camp. He seems like the least likely kid who would become so enamoured with the great outdoors, sleeping in a cabin and, taking cold showers, and eating in a mess hall; but there's obviously something about it because all winter long he remarks, "I can't wait to get back to camp." I try not to take too much offense when he says he wishes he lived there. I think it has something to do with doing fun stuff all day with very little adult supervision. If he thinks camp is fun, he's going to think college is OUT OF THIS WORLD.

I'm thinking if my chances of getting a postcard from camp in previous years were zero, this year they're going to be less than zero.