The Weekend Of Mixed Emotions
I’m approaching this weekend with two key emotions. Dread and Joy. I know, they don’t go together…let me explain.
Dread: We are dropping both kids off at sleep away camp FOR A WHOLE WEEK!
Joy: We are dropping both kids off at sleep away camp FOR A WHOLE WEEK!
That’s right, for one entire week, The House of Stiletto will be kid free. But I have to get through dropping them off first. That, my friends, is the tricky part.
I know, I know…you probably think I’m the type to just hit the passenger eject buttons as we pull into camp and yell, “See ya sucka!” but as I’ve mentioned before (and I’m not sure anyone really believes me) I cry at EVERYTHING and especially anything having to do with two certain small people I am horribly addicted to.
I started thinking about it today and the waterworks started. Emailed one of my friends, Maria, who’s son is going the same week and said, “The crying has already started…this is not a good harbinger of things to come Sunday…” to which she sent a simple reply, “Get a life.” People, if you can’t tell, Maria is one of my best sounding boards, girlfriend calls it like she sees it. I NEED PEOPLE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. No really…I do…emotional train wrecks need grounding sometimes. However, Maria? Also trust me when I tell you that I owe you and Selina a payback for the fact I now have to decorate my car for the drive down thanks to the two of you. White shoe polish and tears are two things that really don’t mix.
I know this is going to be a train wreck of biblical proportions because this is the third year Mr. C has gone. The first year he put up with me sniffling quietly behind very large dark glasses while he unpacked his trunk. He hugged me, assured me he’d be fine and he would write every day and miss me soooo much. Last year, he flat out gave me the side eye and said, “Okay, see ya later!” and scurried off before anyone could figure out it was his Mom that was creating a small river of tears in the cabin.
Miss G will be joining him this year for the first time. That alone is going to throw me right over the edge of reality. Add to this that they are two entirely different children. Miss G is going to have ZERO TOLERANCE for embarassment of such epic proportions. Odds of her telling me in no uncertain terms to get my act together PRONTO and physically throwing me out of the cabin? 100%
I don’t think I’m going to get out of there alive.
Go ahead, try and make me feel better. Tell me how much fun they will have. Tell me what a great experience it is for them. Tell me how much I’m going to enjoy all this quiet time. Finished?
Yeah, now you can go get me another box of kleenex…thanks!
So now that you know I’ll be crying my eyes out on Sunday and every single member of my family will be pretending they don’t know me, I should also tell you this.
I’m taking the week off.
From work, from blogging from everything. I’m going to spend some time focusing on my husband, drinking entirely too much wine, and trying to remember what it was like to be us before these crazy children of ours came along.
As I recall, we were pretty damn good at it.
I’ll be back next Monday….you crazy kids be good while I’m gone!
Dear Ms. Stiletto Mom Madam;
The House of Stiletto would be a great name for a high-end ladies shoe store. Manolos, Jimmy Choos, etc.
In exchange for that, I’d like a percentage when you do open the store. (grin)
Enjoy your week, m’lady!
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Sounds like a well-deserved vacation. Drink some for me!
No, wait, I can drink my own. Never mind.
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One week off, cavorting with The Man?
Six weeks until The Two Lines.
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Well, I don’t know whether this will make you feel any better or not but…here’s my recipe
1. Take one part of “The Way You Used To Feel When Your Kids Were Demanding Attention Almost Every Waking Moment”
2. Stir in an equal measure of “I Need Some Quality Time Alone With My Man”
3. Let the mixture simmer for 3 minutes then add several heaping tablespoons of both “The Kids Will Have a Great Time Without Mom & Dad Around” and “Camp Is A First Step in Allowing Your Children to Become Independent and Self-Sufficient People”.
4. Remove from heat and add just a pinch of “Remember -The Idea that You Can Protect Your Children is An Illusion”
5. Add alcohol as desired / needed.
I hope the whole family has a great week!
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So you’re bitching because you have a hot man 24/7, a pool, privacy fencing and no kids for a week? Yeah, I’m speechless. Doesn’t happen often, take total advantage.
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Man up woman!
You have to start preparing yourself for the teenage years where weeping mothers are not welcome. You need to save the waterworks for use under dire circumstances, like when you need to manipulate your kids into doing the right thing.
In the mean time, get busy having too much fun this week to miss them.
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I totally envy you, I totally do not envy you. Our oldest daughter did a two- day girl scout camp a couple summers back and we were fine (our hands were full with the triplets), but I’m wondering how we’ll feel when all four kids are off to camp sometime in the future. I suppose it is a preview of the proverbial “empty nest.”
When you’re over “that” feeling, PARTY PARTY PARTY like you’re back to 1999!
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Um, think of all the sex you’ll have!
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Get a life!
And drink, be merry, do the nasty and tell me later “really” how much you missed them. And call me in the morning.
XO
I don’t think I ever got all the kids off for the same week…course now I’d love them all to be here for the same week!
Enjoy!
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A week is probably just enough…for all of you. Enjoy, Stiletto!
Very emotionally draining; I know.
Enjoy the week; you deserve it.
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I completely understand! It all started back when my first born cried 20 hours a day. And when he slept I didn’t want to put him down. I blame a lot on hormones. They will have a great time. I still remember so much from when I went to camp. Have a great week off!
I think maybe you should consider getting good and toasted for the trip to camp. You’re not a weepy drinker, are you? Think of the embarrassment potential then!
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Hopefully the tears will stop by Sunday night so you can start your week off in a happier frame of mind. Have a great week! (Try not to embarrass them too much!)
My eight-year-old attended her first camp last week. At the drop off, after a hug and an attempt at a kiss, she just turned and ran down the path, smiling and waving.
I was so proud . . .
tysdaddys last blog post..For the Mother of My Child
No, no, no. You are NOT allowed to dread the sleep away camp. Your KIDS may dread the sleep away camp.
Mommy and Daddy party.
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I’m jealous. At this point I’d love to be able to drop my kids off. But that’s only because my husband has been gone for over two months and I’ve lost my patience about one month ago and could use a break…
However, I would be tearing up too if my kids were leaving for a week. I always get paranoid and am all, “Okay, what if they get hurt and I’m not there?”
I hope your kids have a fantastic time. And I hope you have a fantastic time being kid free. Again. I am jealous.
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You and your husband get your singlehood life back for a week?! Oh, I’m jealous! Enjoy.
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My wife’s headed to San Diego for 2 days and I already got the sniffles.
I’m weak. Weak!
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A week off? Nice. Get the bulk of your crying done today then enjoy the rest of your week.
Hang in there. Enjoy the week!
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Do they really make those passenger eject buttons for cars? Got to have that installed pronto.
Have a great week! I can’t even imagine sending my kids to camp for a week, I would be a mess. So DO NOT feel bad about crying your eyes out and then drinking a whole bottle of Pinot. There’s nothing wrong with it.
xo
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A week off? I am also so jealous. Enjoy it. After they’ve been back for a couple weeks (days?) you might be wishing them back to camp
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Enjoy your week off!!
The kids will be fine…………..but I admit I was just like you. It got worse when they went away to college…..just sayin’ get ready!
Have fun.
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Hey there:
Oh God, I’m so dreading that time when my kid leaves and she will so be the same, “Mom, could you please stop NOW!” type I just know it.
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An ex partner cried for a week before her daughter went to camp. The day it came daughter got on the school bus = mother inconsolable. However her daughter immediately argued with her best friend over the seating arrangements and came storming off shouting that she wasn’t going … Now my snivelling, tear-stained partner suddenly went white with panic. She had spent 7 days crying because she was going and then 7 minutes of sheer panic at the thought she wouldn’t!!
Have a relaxing week :0)
I’d like to thank you for reminding me that C leaves next month for camp. *sobs uncontrollably*
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I am so green with jealousy I can’t even begin to see straight in order to leave a more thoughtful comment than this one…
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Have fun!! Can’t wait to hear the stories when you get back!
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They’ll be fine, you’ll be fine and you and your hubby can reconnect! Have a great week!
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Can I ship mine off too? I mean, come on!
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Yeah, yeah. The grass is always greener…blah, blah, blah.
I have been without one or the other, but never both for that long of a period.
I’d like to give it a whirl sometime though!
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Dude get over it! I think it’s great you’re such a good mom that you’ll feel so sad without them, but it’s also a good thing to have your kids do their own thing and branch out. I breaks up mommy co-dependency, which is not good. Sorry, I’m sort of a say it like it is gal myself.
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Oh honey, I feel ya! I just left my kids for five days and I was crying and shaking when I picked them up!
But let me tell you, I had a DAMN GOOD time while I was gone and they were totally fine. So enjoy yourself and have a glass (or two, or three) of wine for me!!!
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Ah – have a great time! Dinners out without babysitters… sleeping in… reading?! Sounds great to me. But agreed – I’d be a puddle.
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Agreed. Do it. Take the whole week. Trust me, they aren’t thinking about you… not much anyway. It’s the hard truth. They’re swimming and stuffing themselves with s’mores and doing things you’ll hear about in fifteen years as they “reminisce.” Gah. Think salamanders in someone’s swim trunks.
Oh, and the idea of Loopy away for a week: *sniffle*… I couldn’t bear it. Martini me.
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