Today is the first day of the second session of our overnight camp. LilZ is excited, of course, and actually? I’m not as depressed as I usually am. So, mad props to me! w00t z00t!
I sent LilZ with about 19lbs of bubble gum and 6 bags of water balloons. You know, the bare necessities. I was joking with him last night that we should just leave his shower supplies at home since he doesnt bathe while he’s at camp ANYWAY. Which he doesnt.
“Okay, Mom. That’s fine.”
“I was KIDDING. I want you to have your shower stuff for that ONE shower you take in the next five days.”
“I don’t mind skipping that shower.”
Ew. Boys are so grody.
Of course, I don’t wash my hair, so I guess I’m not one to talk.
He packed about 15 t-shirts as well. He said he ran out last time because I only packed him “One spare” Uh - okay. How many spares do ya need, kiddo?
After counting the stack he brought to put in his trunk? Two spares PER DAY evidently. He says they get nasty and sweaty and he doesnt want to have to wear nasty sweaty shirts to dinner, because THAT is when they see the GIRLS. Oooooh. Of course.
Boys are only grody when you take GIRLS out of the equations. Add the girls in? The Grody disappears.
“So, why don’t you shower before dinner then?”
“The clean shirt is enough. It makes it look like I showered.”
“But you still smell like stale armpit!”
“Eh - we don’t get THAT close to the girls. They just see us across the dining hall. They won’t know I stink.”
Okay. So boys are STILL grody when girls are involved. They just mask The Grody.
So - he’s gone until Sunday. Not to bad of a stretch. And since we arent pregnant this month? We may even go to a bar! On a weeknight! And drown our sorrows in beer! And Women! Yippee!
But we’ll shower first. I promise.
He sounds like my brother around that age. Although, I think my brother was worse. He would go away to a week of camp and not even change his underwear once.
Does LilZoot get to swim? That might help the smell be more chlorine and less gross? Maybe even kill some of the germs growing on him by the end of camp?
boys are like totally grody to the max….fer sure.
At least put on a fresh shirt. Geesh.
Good luck with out him this week. You are getting so much better at it!
Do you NEVER wash your hair? I have a friend who doesn’t. She says rinsing is all it needs and hair cleans itself naturally. And, like you, she’s pretty, so I’ve got to believe she’s right.
To me, apparently, pretty people are ALWAYS right!
The day will soon come when you will wish he was far enough away from the girls that “they won’t know I smell.”
I still have nightmares from when Billy came home from wrestling camp after a week and I opened his gym bag. I was…overcome. The cats een ran and hid. Nothing should ever smell THAT badly.
You’re going to drown your sorrows in women? How, may I ask, will this help your sorrows?
ewww. boys ARE grody!!! luckily I married a clean one who showers in the morning and BATHES at night!!! But when we go camping, and when he is “in the field” (army stuff) he smells like a sow. Its awful.His pits have what I call a “chemical smell”, like when you mix bleach and ammonia on accident while cleaning the bathtub. But only in those times does he stink.
All of these pregnancy hormones must be making me crazy because that made me teary at the thought of having a boy - it’s just so cute.
Boys are grody! But, your son sounds like he is a hoot too. My guy is only 3, but he keeps me laughing all day. They are so much fun. Now, go have some mommy free time! And don’t forget to shower.
Sushi and saki, that’s what you need. And lots of it! If you didn’t live so damned far from me, we could get into all kinds of mischief.
It isn’t just boys … I learned my lesson last summer when we check out of our hotel and THEN went to get our daughters from camp. The 5 hour car ride home was endless. The quote from my 8 year old daughter, “If we take the time to shower, we miss stuff.” Next time we will get them, take them to the hotel and hose them down BEFORE driving home.