We just finished our fourth week of day camp, which means that this job is halfway done for me. It's been nice to have a full time job for the summer, and the managers at Bob Evans have been kind enough to let me work every other Sunday, to avoid burnout, and letting me pick up extra shifts here and there.

The work setting of the day camp job is interesting. My boss, the camp director, is also a future teacher. He is doing his student teaching in the fall, so it's been great experience for him because he's learning how to manage elementary-aged kids. He was having doubts about the job in the beginning, which was actually a challenge for me because I have a tendency to want to control every situation that I'm a part of. But I decided to step back and just give him only the suggestions that I knew could greatly benefit his experience, while I just do the best job that I can as a counselor.

I'm glad I chose to work at the camp this summer. I'm staying in touch with young people, and I get to enjoy learning about kids in a non-school setting. Plus, it's 40 hours a week, with weekends off, and I get a free lunch and snack!