Apparently, procrastination makes me creative

A song for my sisters in (YW) service

With just twelve days 'til Girls' Camp,
my schedule said to me:
Pack up six big plastic bins
(dum-dum-dum)

With just eleven days 'til Girls' Camp,
my schedule said to me:
Buy lots of RAID
and Pack up ten big plastic bins
(dum-dum-dum)

With just ten days 'til Girls' Camp,
my schedule said to me:
Get yummy snack foods
Buy lots of RAID
and Pack up fifteen big plastic bins
(dum-dum-dum)

With just nine days 'til Girls' Camp,
my schedule said to me:
Stock up on Advil
Get yummy snack foods
Buy lots of RAID
and Pack up twenty-one big plastic bins
(dum-dum-dum)

With just eight days 'til Girls' Camp,
my schedule said to me:
Christmas tree lights!
Stock up on Advil
Get yummy snack foods
Buy lots of RAID
and Pack up twenty-eight big plastic bins
(oh, mercy me!)

With just seven days 'til Girls' Camp,
my schedule said to me:
Scriptures and journal
Christmas tree lights!!!
Stock up on Advil
Get yummy snack foods
Buy lots of RAID
and Pack up thirty-five big plastic bins
(I'm going nuts!)

With just six days til Girls' Camp,
my schedule said to me:
Camera for blackmail
Scriptures and journal
Christmas tree lights!!!!!
Stock up on Advil
Get yummy snack foods
Buy lots of RAID
and Pack up forty-two big plastic bins
(dear gosh, what have I gotten into?!)

With just five days 'til Girls' Camp,
my schedule said to me:
More toilet paper
Camera for blackmail
Scriptures and journal
Christmas tree lights!!!!!!!!!!

Stock up on Advil

Get yummy snack foods

Buy lots of RAID

and Pack up forty-nine big plastic bins

(what was I thinking?)

With just four days 'til Girls' Camp,

my schedule said to me:

Cute stationery :)

More toilet paper

Camera for blackmail

Scriptures and journal

(and extra pens for all the girls who will inevitably lose theirs)

Christmas tree lights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stock up on Advil

Get yummy snack foods

(not the kind I brought last year--they wouldn't eat it)

Buy lots of RAID

and Pack up fifty-six big plastic bins

(Oh. My. Gosh.)

With just three days 'til Girls' Camp,

my schedule said to me:

Foofy decorations

Cute stationery :)

More toilet paper

(or else we'll end up using paper towels like last year)

Camera for blackmail

(I'll get them back for that shot of me in my pj's if it's the last thing I do!)

Scriptures and journal

Christmas tree lights

(We need to buy some more!)

Stock up on Advil

(and Valium)

Get yummy snack foods

(or else the squirrels up there will starve)

Need more cans of RAID

and Pack up sixty-three big plastic bins

(I'm getting scared)

With just TWO DAYS 'TIL GIRLS' CAMP

(gasp!)

my schedule said to me,

Make armpit hair for skit night

(ewwwww!)

Foofy decorations

Cute stationery :)

More toilet paper

(please, heaven, don't let us run out!)

Camera for blackmail

(my revenge will be sweet)

Scriptures and journal

(when will I find the time to use them?)

Christmas tree lights

(whaddya mean, "they aren't in stock this time of year"?)

Stock up on Advil

(twenty bottles should do it)

Get yummy snack food

Buy a case of RAID

and Pack up eighty-five big plastic bins

(my knees are weak)

On. The. Night. Before. Girls'. Camp,

(when I was praying for release)

my schedule said to me:

HAVE A TOTAL BREAKDOWN

(it's your only hope)

Make armpit hair for skit night

(next year we're doing this classy!)

Foofy decorations

(I need more lace! and sequins! and glitter!)

Cute stationery

(Dear Sister Green, we're sorry that we lost your daughter on the hike . . .)

MORE toilet paper

(I refuse to use bark this time!)

Camera for blackmail

(BWA-HA-HA-HA!)

Scriptures and journal

(my lifeline to sanity)

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!

(and glow sticks, too)

Start taking Advil

STOP EATING the snack food

Buy a case of RAID Take an exterminator

and Pack up ninety-four big plastic bins!

(whimper)

Slight problem: we leave in ten days.