Summer Camp
Two weeks and 4 days until I have open heart surgery...
We did it. RobbieMax and I brought Will to summer camp yesterday without a tear shed. He won't be back until Friday. (sniff, sniff) Now I have another thing to focus on.
It's funny, because although we were/are nervous for Will, we are more nervous about how we'll handle this separation. Don't get me wrong, Will has spent time away from home before. But that was in a familiar place. With his grandma. And we got to talk to him at least twice a day.
But at camp, there are no relatives. Aside from counselors, he's on his own. And we can't talk to him. (Phone calls can bring on homesickness.) So we were very careful while packing his clothes. We packed outfits so that they were together and I took the role of "Queen of Embarrassing Moms" and wrote his name in everything. He must have been the only kid at camp with a huge duffel AND a suitcase full of labeled stuff (and that includes the girls!).
After RobbieMax and I left amid Will reassuring us that he would be fine ("I'll be fine- can I go back to playing the game now?"), we decided that we didn't want to get home to a house without Will. So we stopped at Borders. (No, we didn't go back to camp!) Borders has what they call a "Music Bar" where you can listen to music and compile and burn your own CD. RobbieMax and I spent 3 and a half hours there, each on our own CD. Will would have been really bored (or have found a book to read). It was fun, and took our minds off of how much we were missing Will already.
Today, we emailed Will (yes, we can email him!) so that he would know that we were hoping that he was having a great time.
I must say, it's been nice to have something else to worry about today. Although the impending surgery is always on my mind. I'm having nightmares and am having trouble sleeping. Today I called my doc, and she told me to take Benedryl to help me sleep. I don't know why I didn't think of that - it's more potent for me than NyQuil. So I'll be sleeping peacefully after taking Benedryl tonight. (I'm sure it's okay to mix it with beer. I won't be operating heavy machinery tonight.)
We did it. RobbieMax and I brought Will to summer camp yesterday without a tear shed. He won't be back until Friday. (sniff, sniff) Now I have another thing to focus on.
It's funny, because although we were/are nervous for Will, we are more nervous about how we'll handle this separation. Don't get me wrong, Will has spent time away from home before. But that was in a familiar place. With his grandma. And we got to talk to him at least twice a day.
But at camp, there are no relatives. Aside from counselors, he's on his own. And we can't talk to him. (Phone calls can bring on homesickness.) So we were very careful while packing his clothes. We packed outfits so that they were together and I took the role of "Queen of Embarrassing Moms" and wrote his name in everything. He must have been the only kid at camp with a huge duffel AND a suitcase full of labeled stuff (and that includes the girls!).
After RobbieMax and I left amid Will reassuring us that he would be fine ("I'll be fine- can I go back to playing the game now?"), we decided that we didn't want to get home to a house without Will. So we stopped at Borders. (No, we didn't go back to camp!) Borders has what they call a "Music Bar" where you can listen to music and compile and burn your own CD. RobbieMax and I spent 3 and a half hours there, each on our own CD. Will would have been really bored (or have found a book to read). It was fun, and took our minds off of how much we were missing Will already.
Today, we emailed Will (yes, we can email him!) so that he would know that we were hoping that he was having a great time.
I must say, it's been nice to have something else to worry about today. Although the impending surgery is always on my mind. I'm having nightmares and am having trouble sleeping. Today I called my doc, and she told me to take Benedryl to help me sleep. I don't know why I didn't think of that - it's more potent for me than NyQuil. So I'll be sleeping peacefully after taking Benedryl tonight. (I'm sure it's okay to mix it with beer. I won't be operating heavy machinery tonight.)
posted by Julia Hart at
8:23 PM
2 Comments:
Did Will survive camp? Or maybe the more important question is did mom and dad survive a week without Will??
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Anonymous, at 8:38 AM, July 02, 2006
Will survived. He had so much fun, he can't wait to go back next year.
RobbieMax and I are a different story. While we understand the need for both Will and us that he goes to camp, we don't want him to be gone again! We barely survived - it was hard not to talk to him and not know how he was doing.
I know...we need to cut the strings. Will is ready - he's a great kid. We're not ready, but that doesn't really matter.
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Julia Hart, at 8:42 PM, July 04, 2006
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