So, I'm a counselor at a summer camp in the Chicago area. Who would have thought? Granted, it's a technology camp, but we have overnight campers and outside activities and team-building exercises just like any other camp. Some of you who know me will wonder why I chose to do this. I'm not fond of kids, mostly immobile, and teamwork is often a bust.

But that is EXACTLY why I'm doing it.

Kids: Jesse wants them. Someday. So, I gotta decide whether or not someday is really too soon.

Exercise: I need it.

Teamwork: Who doesn't need it?

I'm also trying to decide whether or not teaching is for me, so this fits right into that discovery process. 

 I'm leading several workshops. One of them is 5 students building a Boe-Bot and developing the AI for handling an maze/obstacle course. One is introductory programming with Judo, and the 7 kids seem to enjoy it. The last is Advanced Web Design, with five kids who are learning CSS, PHP and JavaScript. It's been two days and it's already mostly awesome.

Tonight's one of my two nights off this week. Other nights I'm on duty until every camper is in bed. The oldest campers go to bed at 11pm. I'm definitely going to bed early tonight.

And in the meantime I'm going to catch up a bit online. I'm pretty busy most of the time, so now's my chance.