the hike is over

so im back from the hike and after a shower that took about 30 mins im starting to feel normal again!! woohoo for me...but overall this was the best hike we ahve ever done..we finished at 11:30 this morning and that was after making all the kids wake up at 5am and that was just painful in so many ways..i also no never to go without a sleeping bag again..its wasnt horrible but it would have been a little more comfortalbe...but im not one for sleeping outside and really being comforatable and its prolly good that i know that already..so it was so surprise when i woke up like 50times a night because i heard something or i was just freaking out and couldnt get to sleep..no bigi deal...but our girls rocked the hike big time..we did the whole 24 miles and on the 2st day even we did 5 miles in 3 and a half hours! talk about surprised! it was the coolest thing ever and oh so exhausting..each day we made it to our campsite by 5pm and that was even after having to stop for an hour in the lightening storm on the 3rd day...if we hadnt of stopped then we would have made it by 4 or before 4 but it was still really cool..that was the best we had done ever in the 5 times we have done the hike..maybe it really does get easier everytime...only saw one snake and a bunch of frogs and snails and slugs...the kids got to go swimming two nights in a row but i didnt since i didnt really pack a lot of extra clothes...we did have a campfire two nights though but had cold smores on the last night because of the rain and all the wet wood...but i had to hike in the fornt of the line the entire way and so maybe i dont really hold anyone up hiking at my pace..my pace got us done in plenty of time and i know i worked my butt off but its still just somewhere in my head that i could have worked harder..weird and stupid i know but oh well...right now im feeling ok..just tired and my feet really really hurt...there were no huge issues on our hike though..tons of bug bites and stuff but nothing major..some of the kids freaked during the lightening storm and i was scared to but its like ok do i calm them down or do i run for cover and worry about myself for a min..first one won out of course and so i calmed down the ones closet to me at the time in the front of the line and just talked to her and reassured her as much as i could that it was just a storm and it would have to stop at some time...i couldnt really say im afraid of sitting in the middle of a thunder and lightening storm too and i cant spare the energy to talk to someone else...but it was ok we all got through it in one piece but it really is major scary sitting outside with nothing but a raincoat on in pouring rain and really loud thunder and lightening with 7 kids and one other adult...funniest thing on the hike was the night me and the two CITS were trying to hang the bear bags..it was so funny and a lot of fun..like we were trying for a tree that was majorly to high and when we kept getting the wrong tree we tried for a different tree and then we started trying for a tree that was covered in branches and leaves that we couldnt get the water bottle to go through...and it was like projectile waterbottles flying through the air ! but we kept missing and it was still a lot of fun..like one of the CITs almost peed in her pants she was laughing so hard..and then the other counselor came and it was like ok the fun has to stop now...and its sucks a lot but that really is what it feels like..we were having plenty of fun just the three of us and then she comes and its not fun anymore..and she just kinda takes over...hmm i dont mind working with her at all but its like she changes when we are around the 'offical' ppl i guess and it sucks..because its like a control thing and suddenly im not really there anymore and she just tries to take over..so trying to figure it out...but there are only a couple weeks left in the session and then we are done and starting another session...lots has gone on in the work world and its like wow how much has i missed! ppl are quitting left and right and its like whats going on?