Jul. 27, 2008
Where have I been?
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High School Graduation Summer Vacation College Orientation Bible School -ization It's a Facebook nation Well, I was on a roll and couldn't stop. Things have been quite busy around here. Who ever said that summer is a slow time of year didn't live around my house. Sharky and I were talking the other day and decided that we are ready for the routine of school-time to begin again. I am having a hard time with my back to school shopping this year. For the first time in 10 years we will be sending one of our children "off" to school. We are very, very proud of all of his accomplishments. He is an outstanding academic scholar (with the scholarships to prove it!) and is a young man who desires to do his best for God's Kingdom here on Earth. In fact, right now he is in the middle of a two week camp that Summit Ministries is hosting at Bryan College in TN. He is loving it! I'm anxious to hear how yesterday's caving expedition went. Yes, my son is now a spelunker! But I digress... Back to school shopping... My youngest and I were in Target yesterday, and then later Walmart, picking up bargain notebooks and folders for our upcoming year. That was the purpose, but it looked more like this: put a folder in the cart, go buy sheets to send off with #1...get a pack of notebooks, buy a stapler, tape, paper clips, trash can, desk organizer, and pencil caddy for #1's dorm room... look for notebook paper, try not to cry over the scissors I'm buying because #1 can't just come to the kitchen to borrow ours. It was an emotional trip to the store :-) He doesn't leave for another month and I'm already a wreck. It's the way God designs it, but the letting go part is SO HARD on moms! Dad will realize it later, like as we are driving up to the dorms, but I've been processing this for at least 6 months and it is not getting any easier! We had an awesome family vacation in Washington DC in early June. We tied it in with #1's Odyssey of the Mind World Championship competition. We did lots of OM activities but stayed after the closing ceremonies and visited relatives in Maryland. We also toured Amish Country in PA and headed back into DC for one more touring day. It was an excellent vacation with only one drawback. Our #2 son brought home a very unwanted souvenir: Lyme Disease. We stayed in our pop-up camper in a great campground in College Park, MD. Evidently one of the lovely ticks from the woods there traveled partway home with us. #2 found it on him in the hotel we stayed in on the way home. I told him to watch for a rash and sure enough, a week to the day later, he came out of his room showing me a classic bullseye rash. We were off to the doctor's office where we created quite a stir. Lyme Disease is quite rare here in Florida, and the Dr. had only seen two cases before. She had all of the providers in the office tour through and take a look at M's lovely rash. Poor boy was a live science experiment! He is just finishing up his course of antibiotics and we hope to never see another trace of Lyme. I didn't make it through my "ation" list, but it's time for church. I'll continue on my next entry which will hopefully not be 3 months away. |
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