Brent and I found out a few weeks ago that Alycia's going to Girls Camp this year since she'll be going into Jr. High this fall....(technically Summer). When Alycia advised of this....I went into complete "freak out mode." 4 days of camping and roughing it...uh....just the thought of it makes me uneasy. I thought we had another year to prepare for this. I'm trying to suck it up and be supportive. Yes, I've heard it's a great experience and very spiritual...I think she'll be okay, since she LOVES camping. She got that part of her personality from the Smith side of the family, definitely not from my side....
Brent and I attended the Jr. High open house a few weeks ago, and that was quite unnerving. The school is fabulous and she'll still be in the Gifted program, but stepping into the gymnasium with other Jr. high schooler's made me extremely uncomfortable. They had cheerleaders and the crowd went wild when they announced all of the clubs available at the school. (Can you believe they have Star Wars club...how geek prone is that? No offense to you trekkies and Jedi geeks...) You should have seen the expression on my little Alycia...it was priceless. She was in complete shock...like..."WOW, people don't act like this in Elementary school." She's so excited to get a locker and ride the bus to school. Uh....school bus....I'm still a bit unsure of that. If she does ride the bus...I might actually look into getting her a cell....big sigh....I'm going back into semi-freak out mode now...
I'm soooo NOT ready for this tween/Jr high thing.............
