And He's Gone

A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp. ~Raymond Duncan

It was an exciting morning to see Ty off. Tyler and I finished packing him last night after I got home from doing that last Wal-Mart trip and after the dryer buzzed signaling the 'whites' were dry. We triple checked his list to make sure he had all he needed. I still went to bed worrying we'd forget something. Although I still had his lunch to make and a trip to the bank for some cash.

Morning came and once the "big lunch" that was requested was made a felt a tiny bit better. In case you want to know what a "big lunch" contains - it's a PB& J (heavy on the PB, dOg even got to enjoy some), grapes, plain Lays chips, Oreos and sunflower seeds. Ran to the bank grabbed some money, apparently the teller didn't hear me ask for ones. Feeling almost complete, ran to QT (Bri's second home) to get the breakfast of champions - glazed donuts. The poor girl behind the counter had to do a drop so that we could have $20 in ones and change out a couple of 20s for 5s & 10s. Yes, he took $55 to camp, seems like a lot but it's actually for the supplies he needs to work on his merit badges. $20 of spending money which equals to $2 a day. Whoa! Big spender.

MOM - this part is for you. No worries, I'm not going to write anything embarrassing, so lower your heart rate! ; ) While at QT Angela from Dr. Hanson's office was behind me and said, "hello". Her along with all the girls from the office was heading to Branson for a dental conference. She said Kristy, Jan, Tammy were all in the car outside. So Ty & I went over and wished them well on their trip. Those girls are super pretty when they're made up and not hiding behind their scrubs and face mask!!!

We made it to the parking lot at 8:30 am and only a few scouts had arrived before us but in no time, the lot was full! This troop has everything together - it was great. There were 3 lines, one for health forms, another for medication and the last one for money. Each boy has an envelop with his name on it and they have to initial, along with the banker, anytime the take money. Boxes & supplies were loaded into various vehicles and we took pictures before everyone set off.

I went to kiss him goodbye and opened the truck door, it was Sam! Oops! Wrong door. I went around the other side - he locked me out! I told him to open up before I really embarrass him! ; ) I kissed him goodbye and watched him leave - no time for sadness, it all happened too quick.

I don't think I'll have time to miss him since Brian has planned for us to stain the deck and fence. I already told him I was scared to work with him because I don't want him yelling at me for not doing it his way! (mind you I said his way and not right way!!! :) )

Well, I have the 10 day forecast posted here at my cube, it looks like Ty is going to have some great weather if it stays like they predict. Tomorrow is supposed to be the hottest at 90 then cooling off in the low to mid 80s. Of course, I'll check as they update it daily. Until tomorrow -

In my best Miyagi voice, "Stain the fence" (up and down and up and down)