Camp: Day 1

Well...I wasn't going to blog tonight because I am SOO TIRED, but since I got a special request (from my lovely auntie) to keep the blog going, I will endure my fatigue.
So yes, today was the first day of camp. Here is the recap: 13 kids (great ratios) ages 5.5-12 (not such a great range), 3 injury reports, 2 unhappy kids, 2 hr pool time (only 45 min of actual swim--the rest was getting the kids in their suits and sunscreened up). For the most part, everything went smoothly and the kids went home smiling quietly. My programming went surprisingly well--I was surprised how closely we stuck to the schedule! Some of the kids weren't digging some of the activities, so I hope they will have a better time the next couple of days. For the most part the majority of the kids had a really good time, at least that is what they told me.
3 injury reports is a lot for one day of camp, but they were all minor--reopened scabs from playing and one hurt thumb (really super minor), we still reported everything which seems to be more than was done in previous years.
There is one little boy who is only five and a half who I really want to try to work on this week. He is the smallest kid and was the only one who couldn't pass his swim test. He was feeling pretty low today, so I tried to hang out with him--my goal for this week is to get him to leave camp with a huge smile on his face.
One other problem--the 12 year old. He is this SUPER COOL kid from Belgium named B** who is 'too cool for camp.' As a 12 year old he is allowed to sign himself out by club rules, but not ours. He left in the homeward-bound rush and we searched the WHOLE club for him, only to find him calmly sitting in the lobby waiting for his mom to pick him up (except that she came to the camp room looking for him!). We'll have to watch that one...
Prior to camp starting, I was feeling pretty burnt out from all of the work and traveling we have been doing--but after camp was over I felt STOKED. I can't wait for tomorrow, I hope all goes well. Like I said before though: I am really tired so I am afraid this is all I can write tonight. Stay tuned for more!

P.S. Finding a currency exchange place in Tokyo is so hard--and I need to get more Yen pronto because we are going to Kamakura on Friday night :/
Also--I need to call my bank to find out if I can withdraw money from the ATMs here with my visa card...this is becoming kind of a big issue for me!