My role at Jamboree is Visitor Reception, which mainly focuses on the day visitors who will be coming during the two weeks of the actual Jamboree program. Before that, we are setting up what we need for the days to come as much as we can. This means that while we’re going to have a lot of work coming up, right now we don’t have as much. So today, we didn’t have to meet until 1 PM.
Since I could, I slept in. This just means that I woke up without an alarm about the same time as I would have with an alarm. I got dressed, made sure my side of the tent was in some semblance of order, and headed out for breakfast. After breakfast I picked up my lunch, and decided to stop in at the trading post. I didn’t need anything, and wasn’t intending to buy anything, I just wanted to see what they had, and they have some awesome things! I did pick up a carabiner, because I forgot to bring any with me.
Then, as I was walking to the register I fell victim to the impulse buy display.
I saw some sunglasses with purple, polarized lenses.
Resisting buying up all the stuff has been extra difficult because the color of WOSM is also my favorite color: purple. So much of the gear is available in purple, and I want it ALL!
I did get the sunglasses, they were practical. I brought my everyday sunglasses with me, but I’ve always had issues with them falling off. They don’t fit tightly, and when I lean forward they slide down or just plain fall off my face. The new ones don’t.
Next, I headed off to Camp Delta, or Pigott, to see a friend. I had put together neckerchiefs with our district logo on them, but they weren’t ready until the night before my friend headed up here, so I still needed to deliver his. I found him, chatted for a bit, and came back to Echo. I hung at the Chat-and-Chew for a little while before heading off for my team meeting.
We learned about what we’ll be doing when the visitors arrive, did a bit of set up. By the time we were done, it was late afternoon. The temperature had climbed to 91°F (33°C), and the humidity was over 50%. I got on a shuttle to head to camp, and once there got some dinner. I wasn’t feeling very hot. Actually, scratch that, I was feeling very hot. I had become overheated, and decided that it was not something to mess with.
I headed over to the medical tent and checked in. I don’t know what they officially put down for a diagnosis, but I don’t personally feel I was dehydrated, o believe it was heat exhaustion. Regardless, they gave me a cot to lie on with a fan blowing on me, and I rested. I was there for almost four hours, but afterward I felt much better.
I had already known earlier in the day that the heat is not my friend. With this in mind, I had signed up for a 5 AM shift for the next day. So I headed to back to my tent, and went to bed.
Xennial Wanderer 