Summertime

During the summer I am extremely busy, I work many jobs and try to make sure I keep my family and friends happy. I try to make as much money as I can because I don't have as much time to work during the school year. It is a really hard juggling act that took a lot out of me. 

The most time consuming job I had was working as a camp councilor and mountain bike instructor at Coyote Hill. It was a total of 5 weeks, 3 of which were in Fairlee Vermont at the owners house. The other 2 weeks were split between a day camp at stores pond and a day camp in Randolph Vermont. This is one of those jobs where I expect to get paid but it is not my main concern. I enjoy teaching more than anything, I get in shape and I do what I love to do. I got to meet hundreds of kids and I have a very good relationship with the Owner of the camp. I actually went to the camp starting when I was 7 up to when I was old enough to start teaching. Its awesome, I get paid doing what I love.

Working at Kendal At Hanover as a waiter is a job I have had for over 2 years and I know the staff and the residents very well. Working there has really good life lessons to teach.  Since I work in a dining room that serves food to people who live in the assisted living part of kendal, I have to lend a helping hand to a lot of residents who are suffering from something like dementia or alzheimer's. Working as a waiter seems self explanatory but, my boss always reminds me that the least important thing I do is serve food. She always reminds us that talking to the residents and caring for them is the most important thing. It is obvious that it is appreciated. 

At the end of the summer I got a job at the Hanover Country Club as a club house attendant. I work with some interesting people there and I have fun and the manager at the Club is a very good friend of mine so it works out well. Seeing that I am a bike mechanic I am mechanically inclined and very hands on, I have been fixing a lot of the carts that have kicked the bucket. I really enjoy doing it because it is a learning experience, I like it, and it is obvious that not only do the people who go there like it, but the manger appreciates it as well. 

Right now I am still working at Kendal, still working at the golf course, and I try to keep my bike mechanic knowledge up to par. I do other odd jobs here and there but since I work every day it is hard to find time for other jobs.