Right now I have been in quite some different positions. Before I was a sport animator and one day a week I was in the mini club. But since the first of July I became Teenclub animator. That means that I am taking care of all the teenagers between 13 and 17 years old. I do not have a set programme, so I can do whatever they would like to do. The only things that come back every week are the Bananaboat and the trip to the Lido Aquapark. These are really nice activities. I also try to do a bicycle tour every week, which is going to a cafe where they can take a swim and have a drink. It is just an afternoon activity, so it does not take up the whole day.
When I was sports animator I did several different activities; boccia, volleyball, tennis, basketball, mini-golf, darts, sjoelen, morning gymnastics, aquagym, waterpolo and table tennis. So every day my activity could change.
Now my activies vary a lot, I can do all of the previous named ones, but I also did other activities, sometimes we do board or card games, or ball games. Together with the teenagers I even came up with a game called "Pumba ball". The name comes from one of my teenages which was called Timo, later I called him Pumba and not much later everyone knew him as Pumba and not as Timo anymore. That was actually pretty funny.
But at this certain moment a lot of the teenagers which came back every day left, so I have to start up with another group again, which is not always easy, but I will not give up.
Of course I also participate in the shows, we have got a lot of different shows, but my favorite one is Lord of the Dance, it is really nice! Almost every night I also do football with the teenagers which is from 11 pm until 12 am. This is nice for them, but sometimes also pretty tiring for me, after the shows.
I have had a lot of good days, but also a lot of bad days. It is not always easy to do this job and sometimes it is very tiring as well. You do not always have enough time for yourself to just put your mind on zero again.
But I also did quite some nice trips in my days off now. I was with a friend of mine one day, she was here on a holiday and we met up on my day off. Then I also went on a day trip to Bodrum with one of my collegues and I went on a 3 Island tour, which was the most relaxing day I had here. But overall these days where really nice. Usually on my days off I try to do some nice things and leave the hotel. Because by then it is much easier to get your mind off things.
So now you know what all I have been doing here. I am half way already, now we will have to see what the other 3 months are going to be like.
Kaliméra, Kos, Eláda
