Tomorrow is Alex's last day of camp. She got invited to a sleepover party with boys by the girl she's been camp friends with for like three years. Danielle tried to talk Al into taking the train to get back into the city by herself, but Alex said she was scared. So on Saturday I'm going to take the train out to Long Island to pick her up. I am a little pissed off about this because it will be totally safe and Alex wouldn't have to change trains or anything and it's a waste of money. Plus, we are moving Saturday! This is hours out of my day on a day when there's a lot going on. I have not finished trying to convince Alex to do this herself.
There are two weeks between when Al's camp ends and my school starts, and then a week after college starts, Danielle and Al's school starts. I am not sure what we're going to do with Alex for those two weeks. Josh is - of course - going on vacation to Cape Cod the week before his school starts. Danielle thinks I'm crazy but I vote that Alex should just stay home by herself for those three weeks between camp and school. I mean she IS going into 8th grade. She's almost 12! She really has to stop acting like a baby.
It's okay if she visits at the diner for an hour or so, and she can come by the fancy job at the end of the day, but Alex can't hang out for the entire shift. She should just find shit to do and go hang out somewhere or something. Maybe we should leave all the unpacking and organizing for Alex to do. Then she'd have something keeping her busy for a while.
2 comments:
Can Alex get a cell phone, so she can check in while in transit? Would the camp friend's parent or guardian transport Alex to the train to go home? Would you meet her arriving train? Would she feel secure about traveling herself if she could be assured of a specific plan involving all this?
Can Alex get a babysitting job for those weeks to help with the household expenses? Will she agree to take on the bulk of the unpacking and organizing to lessen the burden on the two of you who are working? Will you have more free time to spend with her if she does either of these things for the household? Would you take Alex to the library local to your new apartment once you move and get her set up to take out books from or spend time there?
Sorry Sammy, but what happened earlier in the year would keep me from wanting to travel alone too. Also, I consider 12 years old to still be a child. Even if she hadn't been jumped, I wouldn't let her travel like that alone.
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