Bye Bye Birdy
It’s that time of the year again. You know, when the cold gets too much for the thin blooded. The ‘snow-birds’ head south for the winter. This also includes closing the camp up. I really hate this time of the year. Not so much that the camp is closed or that winter is coming. I’m just really sad to see my mom leaving for Florida . I don’t get to see her again until April. She leaves with her boyfriend and they have a great time while there. I just miss them. So does Cami.
So we spend the last three weeks or so cleaning, raking, plasticing, more raking, hammering, more raking.... You get the picture. But as the days go by, its more and more sadder. Is that a word? Its is now. For them to leave, this means I have to find something else to do on the weekends.
On Oct 6th, we celebrated a camp wide Thanksgiving Dinner. Last year it was so bitter cold that we had to scrounge up heaters. This year it was so warm that we were moving tables outside of the rec-hall. But we stuffed our faces and it was soon to be nap time. Isn’t that always what happens when you stuff yourself full of turkey? It does in my house. But this is a little different. You get to eat with about 70 total strangers. Some we know well though. Can’t get any stranger than they are. But they would say the same thing about my family too. It’s why we all get along.
After that dinner, we are pulling up in front of the house and Cami announced that she forgot her kitty and her blanket at the camp. This is not a good thing because we aren’t going to be going back down there til Spring. She wont last the night without Kitty. So I called mom to see if she could either leave them on the deck or mail them to Cami. She said that they are staying another few days extra and that we will meet on Friday for dinner. She will bring them then.
Friday rolls around and we meet at the mall for dinner. Mom pulls me aside and tells me that she forgot kitty and blanket. Uh oh. Cami is not going to like this when she finds out. So we decided to wait til after dinner to tell her. She didn’t take this too well at all. But the hard part was when grandma was pulling away in the van, Cami was crying that she wanted her kitty over and over. But as the van moved out of sight, she changed it from kitty to grandma. She was completely lost. This is so hard for her. Even though we explain to her that she will be able to call her on the phone, this is not good enough. I know this for a fact because I already miss my mommy. Shes not even in Florida yet.
I started to write this post on that Saturday after. I didntget a chance to finish it and its going to be posted up late. Ive just been so tired and there is more about that later in another post. On Sunday, I got a call to let me know that they reached Baltimore. They will be spending the night there and going to see some of the local attractions with one of Mousie's cousins. At least I know they made it to that point safe. Yeah I worry about them traveling. Not so much them getting in an accident but them getting in trouble. He he he.
So they stayed there for a couple of days and went to the beach and saw some other stuff like the space center and what not. Mom dropped her camera and broke it. Now how are they going to send me pictures without a camera? So I told her where to get a new one thats on sale. Did they buy it? Nope. Not yet.
They arrived in Florida. Have they bought a camera yet? Nope. But she said that all was fine there. Only thing they had a problem with was that all the patio stuff was covered in dust. Well duh. No one has used it since April. What did she think there were some cleaning fairies around? If so, then put them in a carrier and ship them overnight up here.
But all is well down there and all their friends were happy to see them. I was so miserable to see them go that I forgot to make my picks for the football pool. But at least Im not in last place. He he he.
I will keep you all posted on the fun adventures as they come to me. While we are up here freezing our asses off, think about how they are sweating theirs off down there. Oh and word has it that Mousie is going to build a home made water pond with a fountain. I wish I was there to see this one happen. LOLOL
So we spend the last three weeks or so cleaning, raking, plasticing, more raking, hammering, more raking.... You get the picture. But as the days go by, its more and more sadder. Is that a word? Its is now. For them to leave, this means I have to find something else to do on the weekends.
On Oct 6th, we celebrated a camp wide Thanksgiving Dinner. Last year it was so bitter cold that we had to scrounge up heaters. This year it was so warm that we were moving tables outside of the rec-hall. But we stuffed our faces and it was soon to be nap time. Isn’t that always what happens when you stuff yourself full of turkey? It does in my house. But this is a little different. You get to eat with about 70 total strangers. Some we know well though. Can’t get any stranger than they are. But they would say the same thing about my family too. It’s why we all get along.
After that dinner, we are pulling up in front of the house and Cami announced that she forgot her kitty and her blanket at the camp. This is not a good thing because we aren’t going to be going back down there til Spring. She wont last the night without Kitty. So I called mom to see if she could either leave them on the deck or mail them to Cami. She said that they are staying another few days extra and that we will meet on Friday for dinner. She will bring them then.
Friday rolls around and we meet at the mall for dinner. Mom pulls me aside and tells me that she forgot kitty and blanket. Uh oh. Cami is not going to like this when she finds out. So we decided to wait til after dinner to tell her. She didn’t take this too well at all. But the hard part was when grandma was pulling away in the van, Cami was crying that she wanted her kitty over and over. But as the van moved out of sight, she changed it from kitty to grandma. She was completely lost. This is so hard for her. Even though we explain to her that she will be able to call her on the phone, this is not good enough. I know this for a fact because I already miss my mommy. Shes not even in Florida yet.
I started to write this post on that Saturday after. I didntget a chance to finish it and its going to be posted up late. Ive just been so tired and there is more about that later in another post. On Sunday, I got a call to let me know that they reached Baltimore. They will be spending the night there and going to see some of the local attractions with one of Mousie's cousins. At least I know they made it to that point safe. Yeah I worry about them traveling. Not so much them getting in an accident but them getting in trouble. He he he.
So they stayed there for a couple of days and went to the beach and saw some other stuff like the space center and what not. Mom dropped her camera and broke it. Now how are they going to send me pictures without a camera? So I told her where to get a new one thats on sale. Did they buy it? Nope. Not yet.
They arrived in Florida. Have they bought a camera yet? Nope. But she said that all was fine there. Only thing they had a problem with was that all the patio stuff was covered in dust. Well duh. No one has used it since April. What did she think there were some cleaning fairies around? If so, then put them in a carrier and ship them overnight up here.
But all is well down there and all their friends were happy to see them. I was so miserable to see them go that I forgot to make my picks for the football pool. But at least Im not in last place. He he he.
I will keep you all posted on the fun adventures as they come to me. While we are up here freezing our asses off, think about how they are sweating theirs off down there. Oh and word has it that Mousie is going to build a home made water pond with a fountain. I wish I was there to see this one happen. LOLOL
posted by BC at
4:09 PM
3 Comments:
With the way the weather's been so far, I don't know that it's going to be necessary to go anywhere to escape the cold. There may not be any! My sister-in-law in Washington DC says this is the warmest October on record there. But I sure wouldn't mind spending a few weeks digging my toes into the sand in Florida. Sounds pretty good to me.
I can drive to Florida in about 5 hours. Haha.
Mom will be there til April. ;o)
I can drive there in about 21 hours. LOLOL
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