Comments on: The Awesome Highs and Excruciating Lows of Sending Kids To Camp http://selfishmom.com/2012/08/01/the-awesome-highs-and-excruciating-lows-of-sending-kids-to-camp/ Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Amy http://selfishmom.com/2012/08/01/the-awesome-highs-and-excruciating-lows-of-sending-kids-to-camp/#comment-24385 Amy Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:04:04 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=13154#comment-24385 @amy: Of course – recognized your name right away! And I did stop in and meet Anna. Turns out she knew who I was through a different mutual friend – small world!

]]> By: amy http://selfishmom.com/2012/08/01/the-awesome-highs-and-excruciating-lows-of-sending-kids-to-camp/#comment-24376 amy Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:43:59 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=13154#comment-24376 @amy: PPS, are you at BlogHer? You should try to meet my latest awesome friend in marketing/social, Anna Lingeris from Hershey. I know she was speaking on some panel there.

]]> By: amy http://selfishmom.com/2012/08/01/the-awesome-highs-and-excruciating-lows-of-sending-kids-to-camp/#comment-24375 amy Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:41:26 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=13154#comment-24375 @Amy: Ha, I pretty much did the opposite. My closets are very clean. I am still 40 lbs overweight.

PS, You do know this is your old friend Amy, formerly from Bklyn, now in PA, right?

]]> By: Amy http://selfishmom.com/2012/08/01/the-awesome-highs-and-excruciating-lows-of-sending-kids-to-camp/#comment-24372 Amy Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:03:19 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=13154#comment-24372 @amy: Amy, as curious as I was about how the kids would do at camp, I was almost as curious about what my life would be like while they were away – would I become super-organized? Lay in bed all day? Well, I’ve been getting up super early almost every day to bike and swim, which has been awesome. It’s a schedule I simply wouldn’t be able to do with the kids home. On the other hand, I have done barely any cleaning and laundry. The place is a disaster! :-)

]]> By: amy http://selfishmom.com/2012/08/01/the-awesome-highs-and-excruciating-lows-of-sending-kids-to-camp/#comment-24370 amy Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:20:28 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=13154#comment-24370 Amy, this is what I’ve been doing every morning for 2 weeks! Will is away for 3, and he was away for 2 weeks earlier in the summer. He had his phone at the first place (a college program) and called more often than I thought he should, but he always said he was having a good time. He sounds so much younger on the phone, it made me worry even though everything was ok. I love being able to see pix of his smiling face now, and I’ve gotten 2 really short notes, saying he’s fine and please send snacks. I’m actually happier that I can’t talk to him.

But the thing that surprised me is how I have reacted. Really missing him and feeling at loose ends. Even though when he was home for 2 weeks in between camps, he drove me crazy and I couldn’t wait for him to go away again! I know part of this is because I’m off for the summer (which is great, really!), but for the first time in years, I haven’t had much to do. I’ve been sleeping late and napping in the afternoons, walking around in a half coma. Finally realized that I’m being pathetic and have to get moving! It doesn’t hurt that I must get my syllabi done for the fall and I only have a couple of weeks left, so I’m being forced back to work (which is a good thing.) Gotta try to enjoy the peace for a few more weeks, because it will be over soon and our crazy regular life will kick in again.

]]> By: Amy http://selfishmom.com/2012/08/01/the-awesome-highs-and-excruciating-lows-of-sending-kids-to-camp/#comment-24369 Amy Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:31:57 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=13154#comment-24369 @Cheryl: Oh I hear you. I try so hard not to check the camp pictures page until after noon – since they tend to upload in the morning, if I catch it mid-upload I turn into one of those zombie camp moms sitting there refreshing the page endlessly. Luckily I have no ego about my kids missing me – I’m hoping they cry when it’s time to leave. I’m hoping they had that great a time!

]]> By: Cheryl http://selfishmom.com/2012/08/01/the-awesome-highs-and-excruciating-lows-of-sending-kids-to-camp/#comment-24368 Cheryl Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:21:24 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=13154#comment-24368 My daughter spent her first two week session at overnight camp this summer (though her 4yo brother was still home with us), and I went through every one of the emotions you describe above. I stalked the camp website for photos. I waited not-so-patiently for letters. At drop off day, we found out she had lice. This was a first for our family, and I was totally distraught at leaving her in their (albeit very capable) hands. We got one letter that was a kick to the stomach, that she’d been accidentally hurt and had “no good news.” BUT. The pictures and following letters showed an incredibly happy kid who got to try all sorts of new things. I wrote a post about some of it (http://lilmisbusy.blogspot.com/2012/07/peanut-butter-and-ziplines-perspectives.html) – and she cried when it was time to come home. I, of course, cried when I saw her, and three times later that day too. My heart was bursting for her and all wonderful things she got to do, but breaking for me and how much I missed her!

]]> By: Amy http://selfishmom.com/2012/08/01/the-awesome-highs-and-excruciating-lows-of-sending-kids-to-camp/#comment-24367 Amy Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:47:51 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=13154#comment-24367 @jodifur: Oh, for your sake, I hope he loves it! My husband and I were talking about this last night. It’s the $64,000 question right now: will they tell us six weeks was too long? Not enough?

]]> By: jodifur http://selfishmom.com/2012/08/01/the-awesome-highs-and-excruciating-lows-of-sending-kids-to-camp/#comment-24366 jodifur Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:36:10 +0000 http://selfishmom.com/?p=13154#comment-24366 We already know we are doing a week trial at a sleepaway camp next year. I LOVED sleepaway camp as a kid. And I’m already worried. Michael is DYING to go. But I’m not sure he is ready. But on the other hand, if he loves it, I’M SO READY FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.
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