I’d like to think that you’re worth my time But you embody everything that I hate. (Part 5inale)
See what I did there in the title? pretty funny yeah whatever.
Anyways, I had some like really sick relevant lyrics that I was going to use but I so totally forgot them and that’s really bumming me down. A lot of things are bumming me down cause like this year I decided not to cry when the kids left so it’s kind of all hiding inside and I have a video of Hanna which isn’t the greatest audio quality so I’m semi bummed about that and semi depressed cause it makes me miss her and all my kids! So let’s just start this off.
Today was the last day of Zoo Camp and it wasn’t as depressing as I thought it would be cause Hanna just kept my mind off of it. I mean when I say that I mean that little girl helped me get over my whole crush on Elizabeth cause I didn’t have enough time today to even think about her or make facial expressions. Actually jk we did but It was like for a split second then back to Hanna. Oh yeah, I never told you guys that Hanna was my favorite camper this week! Yep she’s like the coolest little girl, I’m having such trouble trying to decide if I want to put her above Alexa or not that’s how cool she is. Anyway, today I found out that she is Swedish which is super cool! I think she was born in the US though but her parents are the only ones in her family that live in the US, the rest live in Sweden so it’s almost like she is cause I mean she speaks Swedenish or whatever you call it. I told you guys that this was mainly gonna be about my kids so just sayin. I actually had this really sick Deja Vu moment today that I swear I have seen. Like it wasn’t like, “oh, Deja Vu!” It was like, “Oh…wait…Is this..I.This can’t be for real I’ve been here for sure.” kinda Deja Vu. I remember having it back before this week. Like I’m guessing between like May and October that’s when I think my mind thinks I had it. I’m pretty sure I had a dream about it, But Chase walked in front of me and that’s what set it off cause I remember during the “original” moment going, “Oh, there’s Chase! He must be at Zoo Camp the week I work there. And there’s Alexa!” but it was Hanna. When I “originally” had the Deja Vu, though, I had no clue who Hanna was so she was just like a nobody in it. So it’s almost like I finished that piece of the puzzle by putting her in there, it’s really weird and hard to explain. Anyway, after that we got stuck under the Carousel thing because it was raining and I got to chill with my kids the whole time while Brody and Elizabeth hung out and that’s when Alecia told me that Brody was 20. So, spoiler alert, I didn’t find out how old Elizabeth was. But since her and Brody are always hanging out I’m guessing that they are about the same age so buck that, man. So like I said, I didn’t cry after the kids left but I did cry before the kids left. alright back track, so the last day of Zoo Camp every year the kids do this project all week and the last like hour of the last day the parents come and all the kids present their projects and they talk about the animals and their favorite part of Zoo Camp. That’s why I cried. It wasn’t like sad crying it was just for some reason the simplest things were just making me crack up like all the kids reminiscing and I was just laughing and smiling way too hard so my eyes started watering a ton. Oh yeah, I actually did for real almost cry, though like sad tears. Only because the kids get a little “Award” at the end of the week like the smart cool kid, Nate, got the “Mr. Encyclopedia” award. Well Me, Elizabeth, and Mrs. Laura came up with all the awards and Becky brought the sheet from last year that she used last year where she wrote the kids name and their award. Alexa was on that list, she got the Super Duper Trooper Award and I completely remember that. So fast forward to when the kids got their awards, it was Hanna’s turn and Mrs. Laura was like, “Alright, Hanna! You got the Super Duper Trooper Award!” and then like new feelings for Hanna leaving me and old feelings for Alexa came back and they like big bang theoried in my head. I love working with kids, okay! But I so could never be a teacher. A year is way too long, I’ll just stick with a few weeks every summer.
Well then it was time for them to leave and Hanna’s parents seemed to enjoy that I kept good care of their daughter, just like Alexa’s did. But a ton of parents thanked me so much cause it was the sweetest thing, I really did love this week like as a whole. I’ve never loved a group of Zoo Campers all, it’s always been like that one camper that is just so cool but this week I really did like all of these kids equally. It’s just Hanna ended up topping them but not by much. But it was the sweetest thing cause like almost every kids parents came up and was like, “Thanks so much for helping, Sam! They say so much about you!” and things like, “It must’ve been fun working with such an interesting group of kids.” which really meant a lot, dude. I mean I actually gave these kids stories to tell and be like, “Mom, Mom! Today Sam was like….” ya know. It ruled. But I said goodbye to Hanna which wasn’t as bad and that was it. For Hanna.
Time to get down to business, the reason I started this little mini novel series. Elizabeth A. R, whatever the fuck her name is. Today was just like, “whatever, dude. I got 7 hours left with these kids so don’t bother me.” kinda thing so I wasn’t so cooing over her today. We did talk a lot today about the week and how weird things were and we talked about Zombies and we came up with Awards together (expect Hanna’s, they surprised me with that one) but other than those things that was it. We glanced at each other like 3 times and that was it the whole day. The final glance was when the kids were leaving. She looked like, “It’s been a week!” and I just was like, “yeah, I know:/” then that was when I said goodbye to Hanna so I got distracted. Anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway um. So yeah, I just feel sad now cause I miss those kids! Not really Elizabeth but the kids more than anything. Kids make me feel so much better about life. This feeling didn’t really set in until I got home so like It’s been a depressing evening. It’s like I don’t even want to end this cause this is the last connection to this week I have. but I gotta.
So everyone left and we all had to clean up the room. We swept and wiped and all that fun stuff. Becky even handed out the roster for what campers would be there next week. Guess who wasn’t on the list? If your guess started with A and ended with lexa then you were right. So there’s still 2 more weeks that she could go and I won’t be there but hopefully that 3rd week she’ll make it and we can reunite again like brother and sister! anyway, while me, Brody, Becky, and Mrs. Laura were all talking Elizabeth went to go put up the cleaning stuff so while she was gone that’s when we started to leave so I was walking out and I was thinking, “Alright, bitch! this is where we like hug and kiss and say goodbye, let’s go.” but when I looked towards the equipment room she wasn’t there. Instead she was by the birds, where she could see me right on. And DAMN. STRAIGHT. she saw me try to look for her. Desperate eyes and everything. So she just came out from the birds and was like “byeee!” and I was like “bey.” and left and that’s the end to our one week love story.
Not really, the end to our story is um. I was riding home and I passed by the Braves Stadium and I could see the blow up things and the kids running around on them and I was thinking, “That’s where she is right now.” and that’s where I left her.