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Sunday, July 01, 2007

Am I in sync?

Camp week was a rough week for me;- Intellectually.
Actually, the unsettled-ness followed me for a week or two after... It wasn't really all my fault. It was a cosmic, I-have-kids/ Jenny's world- collision- sort of week. And, Sky was out of town; the linear half of our partnership.

The first photo here is from my van, on my way

to drop Meg off at horse camp. Saturday afternoon we ran into a roadblock before heading up the mountain.

See the water-dropping helicopter in-between the trees-center of the photo?

Here is a shot of the fire-trucks lined up on the side of the road. Not bad photos, taken one-handed, while driving and trying to follow the nice police-man's directions...

We were detoured off the highway onto a side-road, in an area I am not familiar with.

I pulled over, once at a safe-ish spot, to call the camp and get alternate directions.

Had a nice discussion about camp- which was starting on Sunday afternoon. Did I mention I took these photos on Saturday?

Yes, I drove 2 hrs. one way and endured a wild-fire roadblock..just to turn around and drive 2 hrs. back. And then I had to drive the 3hrs each way on Sunday.

Not totally my fault. 3 things conspired against me, besides my Jenny-ness ...

1. The handy wipe/off wall calendar I bought, and had installed on the wall, so I could be better organized. The wipe/off wall calendar my kids took over and began taking turns filling out every month. The wall calendar that my kids had filled out wrong on 2 other prior occasions, not counting this notorious instance.

2. Sky cleaned out our "important papers" spot next to the microwave before he left on his trip. The spot where we scientifically jam things we will need soon, but don't want to take time to put away somewhere. He put them away somewhere and I couldn't find them. This included the camp registration information- which included the time we needed to be there, and oh, the date. I called Sky a few days before camp to ask him where the papers were so I could check what time we needed to be there. He couldn't remember where he put them. I didn't question the day though, it had been on the calendar all month.

3. I checked the camp site on-line to get directions and check the times, the times and dates were not listed, but I printed out a nice map.

4. It's just a Jenny thing.

I have more, it gets way more entertaining. It just took some time for the sting to go away...

to be continued...

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posted at 12:11 AM
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10 Comments:

At 9:58 AM, Barb said...: Oh my gosh, Jenny. That's a lot of driving! I'd have been a lot more upset than you sound.

This is precisely why Rob and I have divided our desk into two distinct halves. He knows where his stuff is and I know where mine is and we never move each others' stuff. LOL

It's very cool that you had your camera handy. The photo of the helicopter dropping water is amazing.

What a mess. I hope this camp week story gets better. :-)
At 7:13 PM, carmilevy said...: Hey Jenny. It's been way too long since I dropped by for a visit. My apologies for being such a stranger. Work has been a little insane: after working crazy hours and travelling more than should be legal, I quit my job and went to work for a small communications company. I work from home, writing directly for corporate clients. It's a much nicer life, and I now have the control and opportunity I previously lacked.

I love this entry because I see so much of us in it, right down to the spot beside the microwave where important stuff gets stuffed. I admire your humor about this situation: I would have been steaming!

Love the words and pictures, as always.
At 9:26 AM, At A Hen's Pace said...: Jenny--

Oh, what a BUMMER! Something to laugh at...eventually!

I have something for you at my place today!

Jeanne
At 12:00 PM, TheNormalMiddle said...: Oh Jenny! you sound so calm about it! You always make me smile when I visit your blog.
At 12:16 PM, Kate said...: Yikes! Here's to better and less hectic days!

Great blog!
At 7:19 PM, Mrs. Darling said...: I hope you're not mad at me for laughing! I mean it is kinds funny in an awful kind of way. And truly I do feels rroy for you doing all that driving. Glad the kids at camp and you're safe home!
At 5:45 AM, Cyndi said...: Another "Jenny thing" must be how c-a-l-m you seem. (and your sense of humor about it all!) I'm impressed with your photos!
At 5:07 PM, Anonymous said...: Wow. I don't know if I could've mustered up the energy to re-do the drive on Sunday. "Honey, I'm sorry you don't get to go to camp, but I already wasted one day driving you there and it's really not my fault it was the wrong day." Do you think Larissa would've agreed with that? :)
At 1:56 PM, Hen Jen said...: oc mom, I would have requested hubby to drive the next day, but he was out of town! It was alot of time to waste..growl...
At 6:39 AM, Susanne said...: That's a lot of driving in two days. Wow. And the wild fire thing would have me a tad nervous. You seem to take it all in stride!

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