Thanks, cat! It was a ton of fun; hope that we can do lots more in the future. I think I will open up some family camping dates this summer and see if anyone wants to come along.
F--One of the schools I teach at is a magnet school--I get the thing about the parents and pressure.
"Altering the landscape of the family forever." I so get this, and it does piss me off. None of us (the sane us, me and the kids) wanted this life. But we will make the best of it. I do wonder if anytime in the future, something might be different. But the more people I talk to who divorce, the less likely I think that might happen.
My kids are very cool; pretty fearless. S has done rock climbing and repeling off of a tower. All of us were stuck at the top of the Empire State building the day the lights went out in NYC, and had to walk down 46 flights of stairs to find an emergency elevator (they were 8 & 4 at the time). I am very fortunate to have both of them in my life.
