time to put the dock in

Today we did one of my favorite things to do on camp. or at least, my favorite part of being here before camp starts. We put the dock in!
We have this metal dock, and each summer we put it in as soon as there are enough people on camp to move it. and each year, before everyone leaves in september, we take it out again.
I love putting the dock in. It's such a simple task, but i love it. I like it even when it's freezing out and no one wants to go in the water. I always volunteer to go on the deep end, the heavy side. The guys always say "are you sure you can do that?" or "look how strong amanda is" or "why are the boys too lazy to come do this part." Of course, they don't realize that i do it because i love going into the water. It's one of only a handful of times that we're oked to go into the lake at all, because we aren't insured to swim in it. Everyone comes together and it only takes 10 minutes, even though there's about half an hour of waiting for everyone to show up, and 3 days of talking about it before it happens.
What a perfect camp event!

Today, it was hot and sticky and perfect weather for jumping in the lake. We would all have loved actually going for a swim.

I realized tonight as i was walking through a darkened corridor in one of the buildings that this place is probably the only place i'm never afraid. i never hesitate to walk anywhere in the dark, i never fear what may come out of the shadows. And i hope i never will be.

I keep thinking on the fact that i know this is my last year here. and if it isn't, it really should be. i've come to a time that i need to stop quitting jobs to come back to camp. so, seeing as it's probably my last year, i'm going to make the most of it. I'm going to try to make it as positive an experience as possible for myself and everyone that i work with.
I may need to be reminded of this goal later on in the summer, as things get stressful and people make me upset, but i want so much for it to be true, i hope that it will be.