Camp Day 4

The final day, the young people are ready to return home and so are you, but before you do you still have a few final activities, and it is important that you listen to what I say. Before driving back, you will spend about an hour at the trampoline place. The inner child in you will be quite excited and, along with the young people, you will be keen to bounce and flip about. Now you might think there are some obvious death opportunities here, an ill-timed flip where you land on your head or a hard fall from the rock-climbing wall, but no. You and all the young people will be safe, the issue is how hard you play. Yes, it will be fun to knock the young people off the podium and into the foam pit and to complete the ninja course, but in doing so you will overwork yourself, and that will be the problem.

After the hour you will be exhausted, but it will also be your turn to drive. The drive back will be long and those slightly curved roads through the countryside will not help as your eyes drift closed. You won’t see or hear the horror of your minivan drifting into a tree, but it will happen unless you change. You can either limit yourself on your jumping, or swap your driving shift, so you can rest on the way home. Considering that yesterday you saw the devastation of a car crash at the crash event, it should hopefully be fresh in your mind.

The last threat to existence is not your own, but a young person. You know of Noah, the sporty boy with a mop of gold hair, he has been nothing but good on the trip but his one choice will cause a catastrophe. You will stop part way through your journey, at a small town, for a food break. Noah will find the tin of Milo in the back and ask if he can have some, to which you agree, as you need to use the food up. The problem will occur when he tries to open the lid. After failing with his fingers, he will turn to his bank card, and after that snaps, he finds a stick on the ground. When he opens it, inside the minivan mind you, an eruption of chocolate dirt will explode up and out. He will take the brunt of it; the dry specks will clog his throat as everyone else screams and coughs. They will flee the minivan and once the dust disappears, it will be too late. To save his life, open it for him and make him eat it outside.

After that, you should return safely. Enjoy your rest and while you will be exhausted, know that the young people gained something from it and that it will be an experience that they do not forget.

From Your Guardian Angel

P.S. Perhaps now you might have a little more understanding as to how much patience it requires to be a guardian for someone.