The last time I chaperoned the senior trip, there were 50 students and 4 chaperones, which made for long day, especially since the weather wasn't good and we had to make plans to keep everyone busy and happy. This time, there are 27 students and 3 chaperones, and it's relatively mellow. Not that anyone has ever used that word to describe this year's seniors. But one of the things you notice on trips like this that relative to the population at large, our students are smart, well-behaved and for the most part use good common sense.
We got here around noon and because of a bunch of late checkouts post-Memorial Day, none of our rooms were ready. When we finally got one available, all the girls went there to change and the boys changed in the banquet room. I guess that's what they call it. We were not having any banquets, though I can't say the same for the senior class of the Salisbury Christian School, who were having a fancy affair in a neighboring room. I guess if you occasionally have a banquet in a room, you can always call it that. For us, it's a place to eat and meet. Eventually all the rooms were ready and everyone moved in.
The hotel is not fancy but nicely located right on the beach in a quiet part of town. They have a large atrium with a small skating rink. The hotel is called Carousel, but I think they put a food stand where the carousel used to be. The rooms are pretty bare bones as far as decor is concerned, but large and equipped with refrigerators and microwaves. We have a coach bus take us down here and the bus stays with us for outings.
Today the bus took the kids down to the boardwalk for a quick scavenger hunt I stayed at the hotel and got myself settled. They came back wanting more time down there, so we'll go back. We had dinner and then went to play laser tag. I'm being a slug and not playing laser tag. I don't like shooting games and tag was never my favorite game as a kid. I was more a play sports games type, and if we were doing one of those traditional kid games we'd do hide and seek, or occasionally, freeze tag.
So I played mini golf on a not especially challenging, though interestingly decorated, course. After it was done was the highlight, as a prom invitation appeared on an electronic sign in the parking lot. It malfunctioned briefly and we scrambled to stall while the manager ran up to the office and rebooted their computer. Ultimately it was very cute and deemed an awesome way to do it.
Back to the hotel then, where a bunch of us walked across the street to the supermarket. Strolling around a supermarket with teenagers is fun. They wander up and down the aisles somewhat aimlessly, with a general expressions of "wow, look at this." They were teasing me that I probably knew the exact layout and had a plan when I went to the supermarket. I admitted that not only do I have that but I have it for multiple supermarkets.
Eventually to bed. A full day here tomorrow.
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