Scout Camp

I thought it would be a few years before I would be involved with scout camp, and I never thought Alison would be too involved other then getting the boys ready for it, but for the past week and for the next two Alison and I are spending our time with over 200 boys at a BSA camp. I am the health officer and Alison is in the trading post.
The previous health officer came down with H1N1(swine) flu. We got a call at the beginning of the week, and the next day we were up in camp taking out splinters, bandaging cuts, sending boys to the hospital for stitches, and telling them over and over to drink water, wear sun screen, and wash up regularly (knowing full well that nothing I was saying was getting through).
We have some nice accommodations. We get a room in an old house that is infested with mice. We spent the first night sleeping on an air mattress, listening to the mice scurry around us. The following day I declared war with 12 traps and glue pads, 1 rat trap and 10 poison packets. We got 6 the first day and nothing since, but we haven't seen any. Things are looking up!

Stadium of FIRE!

We were able to score some cheap tickets to Stadium of Fire last night so we were able to have a couple friends come with us. There was one catch for me though. I had to work as an EMT the whole time. I left to give EMS covereage of the rehersals at 11:00 AM and we got home at about 1:00 AM. It made for a long day. It was an awesome experience. You do get some special priviledges when you are in charge of peoples lives. I had front row seats for SHeDAISY's sound checks and saw the Jonas Brothers for their's (they put on a good show, I was not excited about them at first). I got to enjoy police chatter, and knowing exactly where to avoid screaming teenagers when the stars were brought into the stadium before the show.
I also was able to rehydrate loads of jr. high girls who were practicing their dance all day in the sun and suffering from heat exhaustion. Then there was the rush of eye irrigations for people with firework ash in their eyes after a sudden shift of wind.
All in all it was a very fun show, with some moving moments as they retired a flag, and spoke of the history of the nation. The F-16 and apache fly overs were awesome, the fireworks were spectacular, and we could feel the heat from the fireballs on the opposite end of the stadium. The music was enjoyable, though everything sounded much better after being drown out through a radio ear piece in one ear and a ear plug in the other.
Happy birthday to the USA.