Buzz·Posted on Feb 11, 201821 Things Everyone Who Was Ever A Camp Counselor Will UnderstandWhen you were put in charge of kids for the first time and you learned the true meaning of chaos.by Nora DominickBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Getting dressed for work was always easy because you just had to put on shorts and the same brightly colored shirt every day. View this photo on Instagram 2. The toughest part of your day was getting your campers dressed after any sort of swimming activity. 3. Your main goal for the summer was always trying to seem like the ~cool~ counselor to your campers. 4. And you spent a lot of the summer trying to blend in and pretend to know all the hip, cool kid lingo. 5. You were great at making your campers think that walking in a straight line was the best activity at camp. 6. If you worked an arts and crafts activity, chances are you found glitter everywhere...even after camp ended. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. Sometimes you had to deal with a camper that had a crush on you and chances are you found a note professing their love. Rach Williams @rach_ya_there Found this at the bottom of my backpack #campcounselorproblems 12:32 AM - 09 Aug 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @rach_ya_there / Via Twitter: @rach_ya_there 8. While some of your friends had perfect tans during the summer, your arms were a completely different shade than the rest of your body. 9. Your inner thoughts just became camp song after camp song on a never ending loop. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. You had to listen to your "summer camp playlist" very carefully to make sure there was not a single swear word. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. You constantly prayed that you could get through the day without having to fill out an accident report. View this photo on Instagram 12. You became very good at making a costume out of basically nothing for any themed week. View this photo on Instagram 13. You quickly figured out that dancing made everything a little more enjoyable for everyone. View this photo on Instagram 14. You had to come up with an assortment of fun games to play when there was any sort of downtime. 15. Rainy days were the worst days of the summer because that meant having to entertain kids INSIDE. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. Overall, being in charge of your campers was a challenge you weren't necessarily prepared for. Heather @HBeanMachine You never fully understand chaos until you're in charge of 30+ school age girls in a public locker room... #CampCounselorProblems 04:41 AM - 26 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @HBeanMachine / Via Twitter: @HBeanMachine 17. You spent most of the summer being a human jungle gym for your campers. View this photo on Instagram 18. By the end of camp you could tie-dye just about anything. View this photo on Instagram 19. Even though the summer eventually ended, you still had some small reminders of your camp days. Casey Anne Apregan @caseyapregan Two and a half months later, the watch is off... but is it? #campcounselorproblems #iknowineedamanicure 05:13 PM - 19 Aug 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @caseyapregan / Via Twitter: @caseyapregan 20. After spending the summer crafting, you became an expert friendship bracelet maker. View this photo on Instagram 21. And finally, knowing that you were making an impact on someone's life was pretty amazing. View this photo on Instagram