Mine will be gone for four weeks! And we are also looking at it as a kind of a trial time re:boarding school, although lately I am not so amused by the possibility anymore.
Those camps right now are different, with cell phones and ability to talk to your kid at almost any time (if they pick up that is)
Ghost keeps talking about food (GREAT, GREAT, MOM - IT IS CATERING!!!) and keeps sending me pictures of their buffet table. Oh, those hungry teens...

I must have missed this thread--made me smile now to read posts. Grinity, hope your ankle is healing (a good excuse to catch up on reading and relax a little--though it sounds like you're still busy busy). One of my favorite memories of my mom was when I just started working and went to Puerto Rico for extended work. My mother had broken her leg and sounded depressed on the phone. So I told her to come use my mostly empty fancy hotel room since I was out all day & she could mend in a nice setting. She came down and I would help her to the poolside each morning with her books, and collect her in the afternoons. One afternoon I came back and it was pouring rain. I panicked because I could not find her and asked the hotel staff if they had seen a women with a cast on her leg. They told me she was tucked under the far end of the pool canopy & there I found her surrounded by a dozen Marines, laughing and sipping margaritas (she was an ex-Marine). They carried her there when the rain started. I should have known my mom was resourceful enough to handle a little precipitation.

Ah, another mom crush for me! (Or did I already have one on your mom, cym? It seems like I might have already discovered her from one of your past posts...)

Anyway, I love a woman who manages to surround herself with Marines and margaritas, regardless of the circumstances!

Ha! Me too. Great story cym! Your mom sounds like a real gem.

Great story Cym

I love it! Too cute for words. Those marines, they really stick together.

It was so nice to hear from DS by phone. He says he is having a great time. Next Saturday we are invited to take him 'out' for the day, and it will be great to see him. I'm not sure what we should plan. An activity? Just chill out at home? He may even bring a friend who is too far away to get a parent visit.

Ankle is officially all better now! Yippee!
grinity

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So glad you're better. Good news from ds as well, that's great! I hope you enjoy your parental visiting and the transition back won't be too hard on either of you.

Today is DS11, er, I mean, DS12's Birthday! Yippee! Every year seems to bring him more equipment to handle the everyday challenges of life, and me a little more fun.

I didn't get to wish him a verbal Happy Birthday, becasue he's at camp, but DH saw him and says he's looking fine and happy and says he's made friends with almost all the 11 kids in his bunk (all 12 year olds)

DH reports that DS12 didn't cry when they were together (DH was dropping off birthday cake and little balsa wood airplanes as party favors for the bunkmates) but that DH did tear up.

Drumming class met again, and I went for a nice walk with that mom Monday night. Yippee!

Smiles,
Grinity

Please wish DS12 a happy birthday from all your e-friends the next time you see him!

And yay for the drumming friend!