Chris’ First Week of School!

Chris (13) left this morning with his entire junior and senior high on an overnight retreat. Everyone assures me that when they come back on Friday afternoon, you can’t tell the new from the old students.

I know Chris will have a great time! He’s not shy, though not overly friendly, but isn’t afraid to experience new things. I’m looking forward to hearing how things go for him.

It’s been a trying week for him waking up early (he’s used to sleeping in until 10 am and now gets up at 7). He’s been one of the only ones to wear shorts to school, but he’s got a good head on his shoulder and doesn’t care what the other kids are doing. He’s not swayed by peer pressure, though he realizes the kids probably wear pants because it’s cold in school!

He’s been sitting alone in the lunch room, mainly because he gets there first and no one sits down with him. I’ve encouraged him not to sit down first and then join someone else. But he doesn’t mind sitting alone either. In fact, when he was in first grade he would move away from the other boys to eat because they would talk and spit when they ate, and Chris didn’t want them spraying his food.

Chris’ has been moody the last couple of days. He just got contacts which he’s physched about, but he has trouble putting them in and getting them out. He ripped two contacts and lost one already. Good thing they’re dailies! He got them in this moring with my husbands’ help. I just hope he can get them out at camp tonight!

The Splitting Storm by Rene Gutteridge is one of her early suspenses, but a great read! If you’d like to own it, leave a comment!