Kidlet off to Girl Scout Camp

Well, yesterday we took our one and only to Girl Scout camp. She's going to be gone for five days.

Wow.

It's going to be weird without her chattering all the time. The silence will be deafening.  Ah . . . the peace. 

*shh* Don't tell her!

This is the kid who periodically gets homesick when she spends the night at a friend's house, her cousin's house and even at grandma's house. She usually calls us (except when she's at grandma's house, because grandma's tough!) and gets even sadder until Daddy *cough* caves and picks her up.

I don't drive at night if I don't have to, which means I would NEVER cave.

Well, at GS camp there is no calling home. There is no parental communication. Oh, the parents can send a pre-written letter or email to your kid, but it isn't happening in 'real' time and the kid can't respond back. Once we leave, she's on her own.

And personally, I think she'll be so tired she won't have a chance to get homesick.

I'm excited for her, but at the same time I'm excited for the hubster and me  . . . we will be AWOL for a few days. Dropping off the grid will be a nice change of pace.

I feel really, really sorry for all those kiddos--when we dropped ours off it was 110 degrees--and they have NO air conditioning, only fans in the cabins. This week it is supposed to be 100+ degrees every day, which means the nights won't be colder than 80-85 degrees, equaling miserable sleeping. I hope she enjoys her first long camp experience.

See ya later on the flipside, Peeps!