Quakes and Pranks

So some of you may have heard about the earthquake here today. It was a 5.8 on the Richter, which is pretty darn high. They said it could be felt in San Diego and even in Las Vegas! Thankfully, we were all safe and there was no damage that I could see in our area. It was crazy though! I was with Kim's group today at a water park because they were short on counselors. I was in the pool swimming with some of the kids and talking to another counselor, George, who was sitting on the side of the pool. All of the sudden, George stopped talking and was like, "Did you feel that?" I had no idea what he was talking about, and then he was like, "I think we just had an earthquake!" We had to round up all of our groups around the park and try to get calls out to the director. Finally we were able to get through to Bryan, and he had us leave the water park and go back to the YMCA building (where we have meetings, not where we have camp), because a lot of parents wanted to pick up their kids. The kids hadn't eaten yet and none of them brought lunches because you're not supposed to bring outside food to the water park, so they were starving and they didn't get to eat lunch until 2:45, when we had ordered pizza. The rest of the day, Kim's group and my group watched Ratatouille. Bryan had me go in another room with the oldest group (the middle schoolers) because they were also short on counselors (actually, every group today was short on counselors, it was such a weird day!). So I was with all three groups at some point today, it was kinda funny. But we all survived the earthquake, so don't worry!

Also, quick story. I meant to write this in my last post, but I forgot. At camp, they played a prank on me and another counselor, Angie! It was pretty good, I must say. They got me bad! We were at the aquarium, and we were supposed to be leaving. My group had to go to the bathroom, so we were running late. On our way to the bus, we met up with Angie's group. Angie said, "Paulina just called me and said they moved the bus, so we're meeting on the other side. So we walk there and see the bus, but there's no one else there. We were so confused--we were 15 minutes late, but there's no one on the bus and no one around. Angie and I kept talking, I kept saying, "Where did they go? They had to have been on the bus to move it over here (the bus driver had been with Paulina's group). Why would they leave?" Angie was freaking out, trying to call Paulina, and saying, "She's not answering, what are we supposed to do?!" Then one of the kids says, "I think I see someone on the bus!" So we all turn and look. Right at that moment, everybody pops up yelling! They had all been lying on the floor of the bus! At first, I wasn't sure what had just happened, and I guess my confusion showed on my face--when I finally got on the bus, everyone was laughing at me, saying that my face was priceless, and they love to tease me about it. I thought it was great!