I have two kids that are away for the next 7 weeks and it sure feels good
I mean I miss them, don’t get me wrong but now I understand why my parents sent me! Now I know some parents seem to think that sending their children away is a terrible thing to do. But the truth is “we all need space from each other and we all need to keep growing.
So now you as a parent have 7 amazing weeks ahead of you. Use this time to get ALL your personal s _ _ _ done! Sounds like we really got jipped here (excuse me for being politically incorrect) but seven weeks out of 52? The craziest part about it all is that when your kids leave you sit by your cell with your compulsive behavior flipping between your social connections and Bunk 1 ap or the Camp Connect applications. This shit is really addicting! (add it to the list)
Im pretty certain my children live a lux and cush·y lifestyle while away for 7 weeks from good old mom and dad! Picture this your kids are hanging out with friends, creating bonds that last a lifetime and really have no other responsibility but to be safe and have fun!
Meanwhile our life hasn’t changed much. We are home in the same spot doing the same routine, working hard to pay the tuition and trying just to break out early on Fridays? The thought has crossed my mind from time to time as to whether our kids look at pictures as much as we do. Get OVER IT, they have already desensitized in the 5 days they’ve been away!
Remember you have about 3 1/2 wks until visiting day. None the less, kids are kids and when it comes to visiting day it’s a complete s_ _ _ show! Now, my lovely children gave me a sit down already! I am on a tight schedule because they are in the same camp it’s really important they get the same amount of attention and gifts from mom and dad. Trust me they count, compare and then hold it against us. Starting with the early drive rushing from NYC, NJ, Westchester or LI to get upstate all for just a few hrs. Parents pack a small bag of clothes for themselves and sit in a car filled with thousands of unnecessary calories, plus toys, personalized things that are stuffed inside boxes, and bags. Plus for whatever reason you must buy a few of each item in red, green, blue, or black, balls that light up, stickers that cost $10 each, a new Bape or Jordan hat and a lot of other things your kids keep on their never ending wish list. “I want a never ending WISH LIST!”
So really it’s one day of impressing your kids since they are used to getting what they want on all the other days they are home. But of course you had to get the “The Best Of The Best” because that’s you and then you arrive to your destination. Im in the category of the “pizza bagels” or “mixed breed” and the family’s to the left are wearing matching shirts like they are doing a charity walk and to the right are something else! But we are all similar in the fact that we ALL have shopping carts filled to the brim and they are overloaded with the new KD sneakers or Jordan’s Headphones, Chairs, Prom Outfits, and plenty of singles!!! Lets not forget your kids favorite pizza place, cases of water which are not permitted, Tates cookies and baskets of sugary filled candies which taste like plastic and must be eaten in 24hrs or it’s out! Next you dump your stuff on the grass somewhere and run as fast as possible to see your kids and the first thing they ask for is “Something you didn’t bring!” Of course this is the case.
You can’t even make this s_ _ _ up! Visiting Day is really an Over-the-top experience. A day filled with moments that remind me of “The Mick” or “Modern Family.” I’ve seen some comically based situations like last summer one of the dads just let it rip! I mean this is the kids home not ours! Let’s be for real here. From the Parental guardians to the estranged wealthy ex the “White Collared” that have been arrested for fraud, and of course the same-sex, and and lets not leave out the man that remarried a girl 10 years older than his daughter he’s visiting.
“I’ve come to realize whatever we get them they will always want more because they are just kids!”
The Devoted Mommy-SHA
I am in the lifestyle business where looking good and feeling healthy is #1. Take my advice “Living a healthy lifestyle, is the best preventative medicine out there.”
