you know something? something that is, simply, awesome about the oal board?

people take ten, fifteen years to get to know another person, all the way. but from the time you begin prep for a new camp until the moment camp breaks, those few months, you will really know, every side of a person that there is.

you'll see the very very best, and the very very worst. in the toilet, in the shower, sleeping, half asleep, under pressure, everything. you just cant hide your true self. you'll see the glammest, and the most unglam of the other leaders/ instructors. everything, everything, just comes out.

and as much as OAL board teaches you to be decisive enough, fast enough to make snap decisions, decisions that may affect any person's safety. it also teaches you how to work in a team, how to stand as a united front.

this is why the OAL board is, great

& what that never fails to touch a spot in me, is that even though I've "left", they still count me as one of them. the term "leaders" seems to auto default include me. and that's what you get from the board. the feeling of family.

this never, never fails to surprise me.

the bulk of the reason, I'm proud to have ever called myself one of you.