A Couple of Links Before A Drive to Camp

~ Laura

Jonah just blew through his school bus pick up time. When I went into his room and shook him, he rolled over and snored. He's still recovering from a sleepover party on Saturday. I'll give him another 20 minutes and then I'll drive him to camp. 

He attends a day camp about 30 minutes away. It's pricey. We're pretty grouchy about paying the bill every year, but we keep doing it, because they keep him moving from 9 to 4. He isn't sleeping until 1 and paying video games all day. He's playing soccer, using the zip line and swimming. He chats with the older counselors who have been hand picked for wholesomeness. He comes home exhausted and content. 

Next year, we might send him to this camp with yurts in Vermont. 

Ian and I have been chumming around at various swim clubs. My abs hurt from the lap lane. Ian can keep up with the big kids in the deep end. Damp towels are draped over the lawn chairs in the backyard. The flags of summer. 

I hear a kid moving around upstairs, so it's time to drive him. While I was writing this post, I listened to Katie Couric interview Anne Marie Slaughter. When I get home, I want to read about being too busy. 

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4 thoughts on “A Couple of Links Before A Drive to Camp”

  1. Wondering if you’ve seen this — on the subject of ‘being too busy’.
    http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/how-to-have-an-insanely-demanding-job-and-2-happy-children/259006/
    I found myself thinking about this as I floated in the bay this weekend. I felt a little sorry for the woman in this piece — because she seems to be so busy I’m not sure she’s enjoying life. The bit about not having seen a movie in 10 years, except a kiddie one, frightened me a bit. I still think downtime can be productive — and get a little crazy when I don’t have any. And I’m amazed, quite frankly, that she was able to keep up the pace like that for 10 years without crashing and burning. (Amy Chua has a similar passage in her book where she talks about having all weekend scheduled driving kids to lessons, and then there’s like one hour of watching a video on Saturday night, except they’re usually too tired and fall asleep). The longest I ever managed to be that crazy was 1.5 years, and we kind of ended up on the verge of divorce. YMMV.

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  3. Here is the problem I am currently having with “me” time: my kids are staying up way too late. We have only 1 tv, and by 9, it’s time for me to unwind with some tv, but they are still watching something or playing the Wii or in general just hanging around and preventing me from watching True Blood.
    So I’ve been reading romance novels. And links on Obamacare/SCOTUS. Surprised you didn’t link to this inside baseball peek at SCOTUS on ACA.

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