New Shift at Rebyachya Respublika

Today is the first day of the new shift. The kids won't arrive for another two hours, at 13:00. I'm really excited because it's been really boring here without kids. On Tuesday the kids left, and overall, I was really sad to see them leave (most of them anyways). Everyone told me that I have to come back next year. I rode into the city with the kids to see them off and watch their parents take them home. Afterwards, Melissa and I got to see the city of Tyumen for the day. It's a very westernized city because of all the oil and gas in the region. We saw some sites and whatnot, but it was pretty boring. Sightseeing is the same after a while. We went to an 'amusement park' in the middle of the city and rode a ferris wheel and a cable drop ride (similar to Power Tower at Cedar Point). We also went shopping at a huge indoor mall (which is very uncommon for Russia). Then we returned to camp for the night and I had an amazing time sleeping in.... thank heavens.
On Wednesday, the new counselors arrived, and on Thursday, we had a 'counselor camp'. It essentially was eight hours+ of rehearsal for the opening concert. Yesterday was actually a very bad day for me because I really just wanted to be home. I felt like I had been wasting the whole day at the rehearsal. I just have a lot of things to do when I get home, and I'm anxious to do them! I'm feeling better today though, because the kids are coming and it'll be really busy here, so that's always good. Yea, that's pretty much it....