At least I know where the thing is....

So we're now finishing up the third term of summer camp and I am pooped. I can't believe that I'll be heading back to school on the 16 to start a new year again. I'm so excited! Yet, there are going to be things about this camp I miss. Like my glow in the dark toilet. Yes...you read this correctly....I have a glow in the dark toilet. You know the saying "when the cat's away, the mice will play?" Well that must have been written in reference to kids because that's what they seem to do when grown ups are gone. This past Saturday and Sunday I had my day off and it was...amazing. I got to see my friends, go to church, swim in a pool again and have lots of all around fun. I felt slightly ready to come back on the drive here. As Summer and I walked back to my cabin to drop things off we talked and laughed about fun stuff that we have done though out our lives...as short as they may be. :) We walk into the cabin and I am assaulted with excited "Kathleen!'s" The Heart-lite in there got up and said that they were good but that no one had watched them during siesta despite me having asked someone to. She then instructed me to go look at my toilet....it would explain everything. I had a feeling of trepidation as I walked into the bathroom with Summer to look at it. Sure enough all I could see was faint splotches of glowing something on our toilet. At first I thought a glowstick had exploded and they just hadn't cleaned it up. "Ok," I thought, "we can handle this...just make 'em get a rag and wipe it off tomorrow morning." Then out of the darkness came laughter and an explanation. "We painted the toilet, Kathleen!!! Isn't that cool!?" giggled my campers, much to my frustration. "You....what?!" "We painted the toilet with some Lauren's nail polish!! Now you'll never miss the toilet!" They giggled some more. I reach over and flip on the light, turning to the toilet to see, sure enough, splotches of light blue nail polish ALL over our toilet. Inside, outside, the seat, the handle and even the inside of the bowl.....all painted with nail polish. Nail polish that doesn't come off easily.
I can laugh at the situation now despite the fact that they hadn't done it but at the time all I could think of was, "Kathleen just go to bed....don't think about it right now....take care of it in the morning." So I did. I said goodbye to Summer...slightly wistful as she drove away wishing that she could take me with her so I didn't have to worry about toilets and vomet and talking during siesta....but I, as some say, put on my big girl panties and walked back to the cabin to sleep. I layed in bed for a little while tossing and turning trying to figure out why in the world my girls would think it would be ok to paint a toilet...I could come to no real conclusion so I finally prayed myself to sleep.
The next morning as we prepared ourselves for the day amidst the scrambling for shirts and brushing of teeth I had to ask, in a very calm voice I might add, "Girls why did y'all paint the toilet?" I was met with stares. "Ok, so what happened?" Again, spoken in a calm voice and met with this time stares and giggles. "Ok....so were y'all just sitting around and thought it would be cool to paint the toilet with glow in the dark nailpolish?" The girls looked at each, busted out laughing and finally an answer..."yes!" Slowly I withdrew the story out of them. Alyssa came up with idea, Lauren did the deed while Ava cheered them on. My fourth girl was sitting on her bed doing something so she wasn't involved in the dirty deed. Even now I can't quite grasp why the girls thought it would be ok to do it. I've even asked them with the typical 10 yr old stare looking back at me in response. Yet, as punishment....they get to clean the toilet with nail polish remover, cotton balls and q-tips. It'll be interesting. I'll let you know how it goes and I'll make sure to open windows so we don't kill any brain cells. Although sometimes I wonder if we have many left after this summer. :)