Being a camp counselor is one of those things you have to experience to understand. If you have experienced the happy/sad/hard/easy/exhausting job ever, you can relate to the following 21 things:

1. Waking up extremely early in the middle of the summer never gets easier.

2. But you realize how much you love what you do, so you drown your sorrows in coffee.

3. Leaving your house watching your roommates sleeping in stings every day.

4. When you get to work and get remember how cool your coworkers are.

5. Looking over the names for the week trying to figure out if you're favorite camper is coming.

6. When you realize you have double the campers compared to counselors.

7. After drinking at least two cups of coffee before 8 a.m.

8) Once the campers start to arrive

9. Seeing your long lost camper for the first time this summer.

10. When a camper starts sassing you at 8:30 a.m.

11. After your camper tells you they want *insert other counselor's name*.

12. When you can't locate your camper for 10 seconds.

13. But then you realize, they just went to the bathroom.

14. Counting down the minutes until lunch.

15. After you realize camp goggles are real.

16. After camp naps are a necessity.

17. Realizing how fast the summer is going by.

18. When your friend ask if you want to do something on a weekday.

19. Trying to explain your day to someone who isn't a camp counselor.

20. Realizing you have the most rewarding summer job.

21. Jumping at any excuse to dress up.

While the days may seem long, there truthfully is no better feeling than realizing you helped both parents and the kids have the best week of their summer.