Jami Takes the Stage

It's VBS week at our church and for the non-churchies among us, that is "Vacation Bible School" or basically a week-long half-day day camp sponsored by the church. Basically, most VBS's have a theme, with daily craft, snack games and bible lesson all conforming to the overall theme.

Our themes this year is Viking Bible School, with two confused Vikings (Erika the Read - as in well-read, basically a nerdy Viking, and Og the Not As Smart) who came thinking they would learn important Viking-y things but instead are learning about God. I'm Og. Besides playing Og, I am also the roaming adult who is available to help out where needed and stamp out various fires (literal and figurative). Lucky me, I get to wear my Viking gear all morning long.

As usual, the week we've chosen has turned out to be the hottest, humid-est week of the summer. I am sure that by the end of the day, I smell like an authentic Viking.

Here's a picture of me and Erika (played by Erica, who is actually a descendant of Erik the Red).


In case you are wondering, our helmets do not have horns because our costumer researched online and discovered that it pretty unusual for Vikings to have the helmets with horns we generally think of. The shiny thing on my forehead is actually my nose guard which I have to put up most of the time if I don't want to be permenantly cross-eyed. I'm shiny because I'm sweating like Lindsay Lohan when she sees flashing lights.

I'd planned on being the assistant song leader. This position entails dressing in normal people clothes, saying a few lines here and there and singing songs. But no, the original Og dropped out, and me, nice girl that I am, took on the role of Og. It also means I have to interact with the kiddies a lot, which serves to remind me again of why I didn't go into teaching. It's because I don't like groups of children. I always seem to forget that between VBS experiences.

But at least I get to have snack.