It Can't Get Here Soon Enough!

Dates are funny things...and I'm not talking about those akward nights out that your "best friend" set you up on or the self-inflicted obligitory date with that random girl/guy you made a few bad decisions with last night!  I'm talking about important dates.  Dates like when that new movie you want to see comes out, when spring break starts, the big game, and pay day.  Sure you've got birthdays and holidays but those are overrated and come around the same time every year.  But everyone has that ONE date that they circle on their calendar every year (you know the one I'm talking about...the one you circled in giant red marker?!).  For me that date this coming year is February 13th.  The best way to describe the feeling I get when this day comes around is the feeling you get on Christmas morning.  But unlike Christmas, there is nothing you want to return or exchange when its all over and there is definitely none of the uncomfortable family drama.  This day was so important to me especially when I was a kid that on several occasions I remember "having to stay home sick from school".  Every year grown men get to play a boys game and it all starts with Pitchers and Catchers reporting to Spring Training.  It doesn't matter the time of year or what is going on, when I think about Spring Training everything else seems to go away. 

And if you didn't realize that spring training, opening day, or baseball was so important to me then you may excuse yourself from following my blog at this time...no I'm serious...stop reading.

Now that we have gotten rid of all the riff raff, we can move on.  I apologize.

I realized today during a meeting at work, that there is something else that tickles my feel goods (easy now...I'm trying to keep this blog PG and don't need your dirty thoughts blemishing my reputation as a wholesome family author).   I've got a pretty incredible job that allows me to do alot of fun things but the part I love most about my job is summer camp.  There are only a few memories and events in my life that I remember as vividly as COL 2010.  Camp Outer Limits is more that just a summer camp, a job, or a place to leave your kids for a day.  Camp is a place where you can be yourself yet be who you never are normally.  It's a place to be around people who understand you better than anyone else can.  Camp is a place where best friends and families are met and memories are created.  It is impossible to completely understand or grasp the power of the experience with out being a part of it, so you will just have to trust me on this one.  And for several moments today I got that feeling all over again, in the middle of November...

It doesn't matter if you are working on budgets or if you hear a song that reminds you of the night in staff training where it all came together.  Nobody can take away what COL 2010 still does for me three months after it ended.

February 13th when the 2011 MLB seasons kicks off, teams will come together with only one goal in mind...to win the World Series.  June 20th when COL 2011 kicks off (besides being the annual celebration of my glorious life), our team will come together with the privilege of creating another unimaginable summer for everyone involved.

Until then count your blessings and just know that when we get back together it'll be...

BACK TO RUNNIN' CIRCLES AROUND YOUR CAMP  LIKE U. BOLT...

"A unique approach to independence where adventure meets tradition"

                                                                                       - COL 2010