What Happens in Vegas...

The break is over and week three is here at ITC. This week we have eight campers, 5 of which I have had in my cabin before. 

Leslie has returned, who is one of the funniest campers here. He has a closed head injury and he is full of humorous quotes that are especially funny because they are all said in his unique, Lesley voice. Today, when I opened the door, he said, “That’s right; hold the door for your master.” He also makes a lot of animal sounds and after he made a monkey one he told me his brother was Tarzan and uncle was King Kong.

Another favorite camper of mine has also returned, Chris. I requested him to be in our cabin so this was no surprise. Not a lot has changed for Chris since last summer. He still brought his enormous collection of CDs and plays one every time he is in the cabin. He still hates campers who snore and he still loves to use his favorite insult, “turkey,” on people. 

We also have Nathan, Abdul, Bob, Darrin and Cody in our cabin. Sadly, Earl did not show up today, another camper that I have enjoyed in the past; hopefully he will be coming late.

Overall, I think the week looks like it will be filled with good quotes from a lot of the campers and hopefully good sleep too. I am really looking forward to getting to know Darin and Nathan,  the two campers I have not met before. 

Monday was another rainy day, which meant no ropes course, but it seemed to be alright with most of our campers and we played cards instead.

Bob was very happy because we dug an old power wheel chair out of storage for him to use. He usually has a manual chair and he has been asking about the power chair whenever he gets the opportunity. It also made it a lot easier on us because we had 4 manual chairs to push everywhere with 3 counselors.

Our other activity was song writing. The song our sister cabin and us wrote ended up being all about none other than sheep dogs. We tossed the idea of turning the lyrics into an opera, but we ended up deciding a rap sounded even better.

The second activity was supposed to be outdoor cooking but the rain got all the logs wet so instead we practiced for “ITC Idol,” where the cabins will be singing with a live band on Wednesday night.

The evening program was casino night; it included card games, pool, roulette, and Bingo. The campers had the opportunity to win prizes both from winning bingo and from winning chips in the different games.