Camp ended yesterday and I’m more sad about it than I thought I would be. I love my teaching job, but during the year I’m “Ms. Madden.” A position that comes with a ton of responsibility, high expectations, long hours, planning, and exhaustion. This summer I got to be “Jenny.” I got to take play games with 5 year olds in the Children’s Museum. I got to ride a roller coaster with 6 year olds at Victorian Gardens. I got to eat popsicles with 7 year olds. I got to do a sponge relay at field day with the older kids. I got to deck myself out in temporary tattoos in honor of the Olympics. I got to lead a dance party to Justin Beiber and Carly Rae Jepsen with 30 kids. I got to play hangman during downtime in the office with coworkers. Don’t get me wrong, there was a lot of responsibility and work that went into this summer, too. But it was a totally different feeling. It was FUN. It was what summers should be, and I love that this role gave me the excuse to remember that.

Camp ended yesterday and I’m more sad about it than I thought I would be. I love my teaching job, but during the year I’m “Ms. Madden.” A position that comes with a ton of responsibility, high expectations, long hours, planning, and exhaustion. This summer I got to be “Jenny.”

I got to take play games with 5 year olds in the Children’s Museum.

I got to ride a roller coaster with 6 year olds at Victorian Gardens.

I got to eat popsicles with 7 year olds.

I got to do a sponge relay at field day with the older kids.

I got to deck myself out in temporary tattoos in honor of the Olympics.

I got to lead a dance party to Justin Beiber and Carly Rae Jepsen with 30 kids.

I got to play hangman during downtime in the office with coworkers.

Don’t get me wrong, there was a lot of responsibility and work that went into this summer, too. But it was a totally different feeling. It was FUN. It was what summers should be, and I love that this role gave me the excuse to remember that.

Aug 3 2012

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