Jun. 23, 2008 - Camp
I dropped Seijitsu off at NYLT camp today. That was rough. I'm not sure if it's all parents, or homeschooling parents especially, but I have a very hard time leaving him. As is his nature, he gravitated toward the roughest looking boy there -- the one whose parents had swear words on their bumper stickers, who was yelling disrespectfully at his father (who was yelling back), and whose mother's ample bosom was barely held back by a flimsy see-through top. Oh joy!
I started praying. I firmly believe if you put a clean boy and a dirty boy together, you end up with two dirty boys. "Hey, did you know Seiji and Hajime are going to be in the same patrol this week? They didn't have enough for them to be separated." Hallelujah. Wonderful news from Haji's dad. Hajime gave me a wink and mouthed, "I'll take care of him." 17 and well-grounded in the Word, I wouldn't mind if he ended up my son-in-law some day :-). For now, guardian of Seiji's 15 year old innocence is a great role to be playing.
The house was really quiet today, even with the other three. It's going to be a strange week!
A week after he gets home, we leave for summer camp. Yes, we. Soumei's not ready to go alone. He might think so, but his overprotective parents do not. The boys picked out their badge choices (it's a pre-registered camp). If they do as planned, Seiji will come home with 7 and Soumei with 6. That's assuming they do all the book and paper work beforehand. A big assumption. |
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