Morning... err, afternoon guys.
Well today was a crazy sort of day, even worse than trying to get those coveted ADR's for Cindy's Table... today was Summer Camp Reservation Day for 2011. I totally felt like a teenager again pulling an all-nighter, though I did "cheat" and take an extended nap last evening before getting up at 11:30 to leave the house by 12:15 am to get down to our Scout Center. I got there by 1 am, and thankfully was the first in line. Then the waiting began, as the doors didn't open til 6 am, and the staff didn't begin actually taking those reservations until 8:30 am. Talk about crazy, but I wasn't the only one. #2 arrived around 1:30ish, #3 around 2:15ish, #4 around 2:30, #5 around 3:00, #6 around 3:15 and on it went until there were about 25 us waiting at 6 am for the doors to open. More were there by the time they actually opened up the reservation process.
Taking such a large contingent of Scouts (75-85) and Adult leaders (20-25) we REALLY NEED to have a certain set of campsites (6 in all), and we really WANT our specific week (#3 out of 10). SO - you go early and sit/stand in line. Thankfully yesterday's rain had moved out of the area. Several of the leaders there had done this for 5- 10 years and others like me, it was their first time. But I'll be back next year and in years to come since that is my area of specialty within our Troop's leadership.
I thought of a lot of you though, as I sat there with my portable DVD player watching
Monty Python & the Holy Grail.
I got back home again around 10 am after it was all said and done, and then pretty much went to take a nap. I was bleary-eyed and exhausted, but very happy to be able to get that coveted reservation - knowing the Troop is taken care of for one more year... kind of like those who get in to see Cindy at her table, or that F! Dinner Package, or even score tickets for
MNSSHP on Halloween night. Now I just have some catching up to do with all of my various threads I follow.
