Fritz overheard me making arrangements for a playdate next week. When I got off the phone, he said, “Next week, Mom? But…but…I won’t be here!”
He’s going camping with Scouts.
I guess he thought we’d sit around and wait for him to come home before resuming our regularly scheduled lives.
He did laugh when I suggested he not roast any marshmallows or go on any hikes lest he have fun without us. It’s amazing to watch him mature right before my very eyes.
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My advice to you, having survived a week without my son in July, is:1. Pray for him;2. Write him letters if you’re able; and3. Make sure he brushes!!It’s really gross to go a whole week without brushing one’s teeth. That’s all I’m saying.
He’s not at that camp that had the e coli breakout, is he?
Actually, Kristina, thanks exactly where he IS going tomorrow. They say it’s okay. We’ve talked about handwashing, and not drinking lake water.And Bill and I have discussed who gets to make the 4 hour drive if he gets sick.