I planned on speaking to the head counselor and so Monday morning we had a chat. I let her know the boys in Scott's group have been harrassing him. She said she did not know(Scott did not want to say anything). I let her know I was concerned about him heading to the lakes all week and swimming when the boys were treating him so bad. She said she understood-she was an excop and her son had been bullied in school. She also said the group was quite large and ran from 11-17 years old. Scott had made a friend, but he was not at the camp at this time. SCott did manage to hang out with one girl who was friendly to him. The counselor told me they were going to split up the boys and keep a closer eye on Scott. I also told her I would love to get my $20 back since they found out who was stealing things out of kids backpacks(a younger kid). He was booted from the camp. They told me they would look into it but I am not holding my breath.
So Scott's week was not too bad. Monday was pretty slow but Tuesday the camp headed to Cascade Lake. Scott enjoys jumping off the raft and the high dive in the center of the lake. I let him play hooky on Weds since a school friend invited him to a local pool for the day and then the boys headed to our house for an afternoon of video games. His friend stayed so long I invited him to dinner. Boy that kid could put away the ribs I made. On Thursday Scott headed to Harpers Ferry for a day of tubing. He was not too thrilled with the trip however since the river was so slow it was a lot of extra paddling. He preferred the trip he took last year with our Parks and Rec Dept. Guess I will plan on signing up for that program next year. He did manage to make it to his swim lesson, even after all that paddling on Thursday. Friday I kept him home to work on packing for boy scout camp. I wanted to take him to the Boy SCout store and get him a bigger shirt, but I just didn't have time and I would not have gotten all his patches sewn on either before he left on Sunday. I also went into work Friday morning after a doctor appointment. They asked me to see some new patients, however, it turns out they did not have as many patients as they expected. So I just worked a half day which was good since it was Allison's birthday on Friday. She turned 17! I had to take her in for a physical for Field Hockey season. We also took her out to dinner and to see the Spiderman movie. The kids loved it but Tom and I thought it was a bit slow. She had a lot of nice birthday surprises including a new phone and Vera Bradley wristlet to put it in. Tom also got her a Kindle. I also had to stock her up on Field Hockey shorts and sports bras for camp this weekend as well as for her preseason which starts in August. I have also been putting her new driving freedom to work by having her run to the grocery store for me and taking herself to piano lesson while I took Scott to his swim lesson.
I was pooped out by Saturday morning, but I had to get up early in a rain storm and pack up the van for our Boy SCout Fishing Derby. I also picked up our neighbor's son. Unfortunately, since we woke up to a tstorm they cancelled the derby. But we were all prepared to fish, and I needed photo proof that Scott could indeed catch something, so we stayed while he pulled in a few small sunfish. Most of them fell off the line into the water, but I managed to get one photo. We even took home a sunfish that didn't make it so Scott could practice cleaning a fish as one of the prerequisites. He did very well for his first time.
I also had to run over to a local brand new Nature Center with Allison in the afternoon. She is still searching for a Girl SCout Gold Award project and was interested in some type of nature program. She was inquiring about installing blue bird houses, but most parks seem chock full of them. Instead, one of the new centers asked Allison if she would design a Bird Trail with some wood carvings they have so they can take kids out on the trail and teach them about Maryland wildlife. Sounds good to me. Of course she still needs preapproval from Girl SCout council. Maybe they won't be quite so hard on her this time. We had lots of volunteer paperwork to sign and then we headed out on the trails around the new Nature Center to check out the grounds and take photos.
Afterwards we headed to our new grocery store to pick up a picnic dinner for our outdoor Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concert. Tom thought we might be rained out, but the evening was beautiful, although a big muggy and humid. We even got a fireworks show after listening to theme songs from Star Wars, Batman and Pirates of the Carribbean. I always manage to run into someone I know there and Saturday night was no exception. ONe of the PT's I work with was there with her husband and son and friends and stopped by to say hello and meet my family.
It was a very long day, but the weekend was not over. Early Sunday morning Tom dropped Scott off for his boy scout camping week. The troop is carpooling up to PA, north of Reading to Hawk Mountain. As soon as he dropped SCott off it was time to drop Allison off at Hopkins University in downtown Baltimore for Field Hockey camp. We got her settled into her dorm room since she is sleeping overnight and then took her out to lunch before saying goodbye. She had a few games on Sunday afternoon but had to quit when a t-storm rolled in. She says she is having a good time. I also dropped Cookie off at the pet store to get another summer haircut. It has been so incredibly hot this summer and she will be visiting with Susan and John in Indy while we are on vacation so we thought she could use another trim. She certainly looks a lot happier.
And we were busy catching up with the status of Tom's brother Mark. He ended up in the hospital on Friday with severe stomach pains. He went in for surgery Sunday morning and they discovered he had a twisted bowel. He is certainly doing much better now. Get better soon Mark!
I left my parent's house on Saturday and my brother's Dan and Dave and Dave's two boys, Nick and Chris arrived on Monday. They drove up from Texas and only had a few days to visit. They were able to get mom and dad to another urology appointment as well as do some work in the basement moving out some old wood and Dad's floor saw. They even had a chance to visit with my Uncle Joe and also drove over to one of the local lakes for a swim. And they brought Dad with them for a break. Dan was also able to set up an installation from AT and T for cable and internet. Dan picked up a laptop to connect but we will have to see if my parents can figure out how to use it. The boys only got to stay for a few days before heading back to Texas. Dave was starting a new job on Monday and he had to get back home.
So never a dull moment. My Dad goes back for a urology appointment in 3 weeks-hopefully to discuss the surgery. Nothing is ever simple.
Also want to say thanks to Dan and Jack Hejza for stopping by my parents house for measurements and to figure out a price quote for work that needs to be done.
Here is SCott fishing on SAturday at our local lake and cleaning his first fish. And I cannot believe how big our turtle got in one year. He was just a quarter sized bright green turtle when we brought him from Hilton Head last summer. Look at him now! He needs to move into a bigger tank. And there is Allison at our new Nature Center.
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