Well…Linsey’s gone.
It was sad.
When we pulled up to the deli this morning my parents had already arrived to pick her up and she had a meltdown. 
She wasn’t ready for them to be there yet.
She wasn’t ready to go yet.
She didn’t know if she wanted to go to camp.
But we got her stuff out of the car anyway.
And she got into my mother’s car.
And then they drove away.
10 minutes later they were back and Linsey was crying. She decided she was too home sick and couldn’t go away. 
We had a little pep talk and she got back in the car to spend the weekend with my family. She’ll decided on camp Sunday. She may go or she may come home. Or she may call tonight to tell me she’s too sad and I must come get her at once…then Jason will drive the 3 hours to Springfield, pick up his little girl and then drive the 3 hours back home. Who knows?
KIDS!!! 
About 11:30 I munched on half of my larabar.
I finally decided on the banana bread flavor and it was delicious. So delicious in fact – Jason stole the other half!!!
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Once we closed for the day I had lunch. I was pretty hungry by 2:00!
I went with half of a loaded veggie sandwich on pumpernickel rye and a cup of potato soup. I’m trying to switch things up a little bit, but with this heat I’m sure you’ll be seeing a giant salad again tomorrow.
I managed a 2 mile power walk after I got home. The heat index was right about 106 so running was just out of the question. I still managed to get a 12 minute mile so I was fairly impressed by that!
Jason rode his bike to and from work today so when he got home we walked up to Regan’s school. She was pretty excited to see us both!
We made a little stop at the grocery store to get more almond milk and spinach. I have a hankering for a green monster tonight and was out of the essentials!
Off to make some dinner…
Is it a good thing that LInsey is sad to go away?? Or have I held her too close for too long?? I can’t decide…
It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I’ve gone and come back, I’ll find it at home. ~ Jalal ad-Din Rumi
I am a Lindsay too and I totally had the same emotions when I had to go to overnight camp for the first time. I cried so much when my mom first left me at camp, but she reassured me that I could do it and that the week would go so fast. She also made sure to have a card there for me EVERYDAY so that I could think about her and also have the excitement of opening cards. Even though she did all of these things to prepare me, there were times when I would call to come home and my mom just made me tough it out. She knew it was best for me because in the future I would need to be able to stay away from home!!
Good Luck with the Overnight camp and I am sure that if she gets to camp, she will absolutely love it!!
@Lindsay – I know she’ll love camp if she can just get herself to go. I always had the best time at camp when I was a kid!!
I know she will too. Camp is such a great experience. It will be scary the first few hours, but as soon as she meets new people, she will have tons of fun!! I hope she goes and gets to enjoy the experience!!