Sometimes Information Is Helpful, Sometimes it's Not Helpful, And then a whole different category, TOO MUCH INFO!!!!

OK. Wow. I work at Minnesota Hockey Camp. What an experience already and i've only been working for two and a half weeks. I am now an expert on ice cream cones, how to make four pizzas, mozzerella stix, an order of mini corn dogs, two orders of cheese curds, and three orders of chicken fingers, all under ten minutes, while answering the telephone, helping kids check out the latest christian hockey equipment, minnesota hockey camp apparel, controlling the TV, and debating the latest NHL draft, and whether or not that it was rigged where Carl Sneep was drafted in the second round second pick (32 overall), and Chris Peluso who is also from Brainerd and drafted in a much later round and somewhere in the two hundreds overall. I say Carl is way better along with everybody else in the world, but Conrad Kragness who's better friends with Chris, says Chris is. Apparently i'm right along with everybody else, including the NHL teams, their scouts, coaches, and general managers.

I have also learned who's a better rapper, how much kids can lose gambling in a week of hockey camp, how to run the fryer, the ice cream machine, the slushie machine, the hot dog machine, the nacho machine, how to change fountain soda, the nacho cheese, and the soft serve ice cream. I now can make a mean sprite float, along with root beer floats, coke floats, cherry coke floats, dr. pepper floats, and grape floats.

I have also been dissapointed when i learned exactly how much my pay check really is, especially working as much as i do, and when you take out social security, which i do not get back when i file taxes, is a measly $115, and when i do the math, i make $2.40 per hour. Fricken A. If i would have known that i get paid this much, i'm not so sure i would have taken the job, even though i do use a lot of ice time and i love working up there.

And now the TMI. I have also learned what goes on in the camp, when you have high school girls and high school guys going to camp at the same time. And if the people who are our bosses find out what happened in a specific cabin at three in the morning when the counselor was sleeping, my very good friend would lose her job. I have also learned how fast these certain activities can circulate the camp. For example, Lauren and Vitta did some things together at three in the morning Friday, and by eight thirty in the morning on Saturday, everybody knew. And as teenage and early twenties counselors and staff, we have had long discussions about this, especially the extremely horny guy counselors. I have also learned that Chris, from Boston, has betted against Kendall from St. Cloud, that whichever one gets COW (counselor of the week), the other person has to wear a skirt and work out in it the whole day.

That's all i got for you. This is my life until August 18, where i leave for three weeks and return to Brainerd the day before school starts. But I hope to see you all soon. Keep it REAL!!!