It's always a dream for Greeks everywhere to be a camp counselor for the summer, and there are many things that just make you stand out amongst the norms:
- You have more clothes from Goodwill than real life clothes. Everyone hits up your closet for mixers and grab-a-date costumes.Â
- BS is forever known as 'Bologna Sandwich.'Â
- You relate to Wet Hot American Summer on a personal level.Â
- Showers are optional.Â
- You always know which cabin has the best snack bin.
- There's always that one kid who is just automatically everyone's favorite...Â
- ...and that one kid everyone just can't stand.
- Taco, Tropical Tuesday.
- Wacky Wednesday (see #1).
- 'Fun Friday' is really just an excuse for you to have a break.
- Chugging competitions, pudding races, and nugget-eating competitions are the most competitive things out there.
- And there's that one meal that none of you can stand, but somehow the campers are obsessed with (shout out to you, Dorito Diablo).
- You've never made it to zero cards in 'Bathroom Solitaire' – and you envy anyone who has.
- There's absolutely nothing better to the kids than seeing you humiliate yourself in front of the entire camp.
- You did the cup game BEFORE Pitch Perfect made it cool.
- The kids can never, ever watch The Parent Trap during the sessions.Â
- Speaking of The Parent Trap, peanut butter and Oreos...Yum.
- You actually get angry when people tell you to get a real job. Or tell you that working at summer camp isn't a real job.
- You understand the phrase "It's the hardest job you'll ever love" all too well.Â
- So many hugs. So many.Â
- You have heard the phrase "Early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable" all too many times in your life.
- There's that one camp song that gets sung way too much. If you can call it singing. More like screaming.
- You're best life chats have happened with people at camp. And there was lots of crying.Â
- Tony's and Sriracha make all camp food edible.
- Way too many inside jokes.
- The crocs and socks chant.Â
- You hate to admit it, but you actually love One Direction.
- It's a competition to see who has the best stickers on their Nalgene.
- You're in way too many Group Me chats.Â
- Your staff shirt is your pride and joy and you love wearing it to bed, in public, everywhere.
- Rainy days are a gift from God Himself.Â
- You're way too good at those team-building games.Â
- You strongly believe that contrary to popular belief, bug spray actually attracts the bugs.Â
- Oh, the 'Camples'.
- You still cannot figure out where you got the energy sometimes during the summer.Â
- And the race to the coffee stand in the morning is actually worse than The Hunger Games.Â
- You're all actually really freaking awkward people.Â
- It's your biggest accomplishment of the entire summer when you achieve that One Match Fire.Â
- Or finding a four-leaf clover.Â
- Campers are actually hilarious and odds are you have a running list of quotes from them in your phone (or a group message.. see #29).
- Night activities are the best, hands-down (i.e. Capture The Flag and Counselor Hunt).
- Speaking of, Counselor Hunt is really just an excuse to hide from the campers.Â
- All you want to do is jump in the lake.Â
- Little Sally Walker and Kentucky get exhausting way too fast.Â
- You still laugh every time a camper believes that you're actually going to a meeting.Â
- You've gotten told that your camp is actually a cult way too many times.Â
- Nap time is the best time.Â
- So many friendship bracelets.Â
- There's absolutely nothing better than a sunrise/sunset at camp.Â
- You actually look like an idiot when you have to go into the 'real world' during the day or on time-off.
- You're obsessed with making your Instagram absolutely perfect.
- Chacos are simply a way of life (but there's always that one girl with Tevas).Â
- You either love or hate the horses. There's no in between.Â
- You know how to do the Fourth of July the right way.
- Bonfires and s'mores complete your summer experience.Â
- You are no longer scared of the dark.
- Or spiders.
- You have so many different talents you never would have picked up on if it wasn't for camp (i.e. screening windows).
- Flannels. Flannels. And more flannels.Â
- You're counting down the days until you head back home, and wouldn't change your summers for anything.
Special shout out to my Marymounters for making me the person I am today. I couldn't imagine my life without ya.