Walk about

Found out that he is going to the upper peninsula of Michigan. Zeke's family has a cabin up there on Lake Superior. They are leaving mid-July and will be returning the end of September. They are going to try to live off the land. They are going to eat plants and berries. He wants a .22 to shoot small animals for food. That's the plan. Don't know how it's going to work out yet. Don't know if they have permission from Zeke's mom yet. Don't know a lot of things that seem important to me but irrelevant to Pher. Aahhh, life with teenagers.

The graduation that wasn't

Pher's graduation announcement. Yeah, we bought 50 of them along with 50 name cards that read Christopher T Meyers in beautiful script. No, you didn't miss getting yours in the mail. We did not mail them. A component of Christopher's arrangement of going to school only two periods a day was that he not participate in commencement. This was the request of the administration.

Sunday June 6, 2010 at 2:30 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Christopher's class had their ceremony... and we were not there.

Update

I've been awful at updating the blog, and I was called out on it tonight. I have several posts that I started, but never took the time to complete. It has been an emotional week. I will fill in the blanks. I promise. I will. Thank you for understanding.

Memorial Day weekend festivities

Typical Memorial Day weekend with an added twist. Friday night Emma and I met Steve and Rob at a local park. They were playing a round of disc golf and we needed to deliver 5 slabs of ribs to them. Emma watched in fascination as the Buit Boys played. They even let her throw a couple of discs. She really enjoyed it.Ribs at Buits were wonderful as usual. Steve and Rob cooked over 200 lbs on the pit. Good friends, good food, good times.Cameron busted out his guitar and played background music as we talked with friends. He is very good.Sunday was the Indy 500. Todd and I went for the first time in... we can't remember when. It was a great time. I remember when the blow up doll behind the wheel would have been a real woman obliging all of the men who would be holding up "Show Me Your Tits" signs!The singing of "Back Home Again in Indiana" and the releasing of the balloons has always been one of my favorite parts of the race.Seriously? An FBI camper. Those weren't there "Back in the day.""Ladies and gentlemen, START YOUR ENGINES!!!"

Summer Vacation

Pher was done with school on Monday. He had 1 final to take and then he was out the door. He came home from school, packed a backpack, jumped on a bike, and he took off for the woods to camp alone. He made it one day and one night. At that point he went to Zeke's house. He hasn't been home, and truth be told, that's OK. He did not call us to tell us he was at Zeke's. I did some super secret Internet investigation. He was using his cell phone for both calls and texts. Then the kicker... he was on Facebook. I knew right then and there that he was at Zeke's and fine. One of his posts mentioned spending the night in the woods and being sore from the ground. He also mentioned the bugs.

Cameron and Emma finished school on Tuesday. Cameron wanted to skip. They were doing NOTHING all day long. Finals were done on Monday. The entire school had a 'free day,' but I made him go anyway.

Wednesday was the first day of summer vacation. When I pulled in the driveway I saw this...
When I came in the house I saw... a mess, and no I did not take a picture of it. It would be too embarassing to post.

The kids and I had a chat and things were better on Thursday and Friday.

A boy and his phone

Napping Cameron. Phone on his chest... just in case an important text comes in. Funny stuff.

Last day

Today was Christopher's last day of high school. He wore a t-shirt and this wall hanging turned into a wrap-around skirt (These pictures were actually taken in Cathy and DJ's backyard. No last day of school pictures taken.)...
He also tried to bring the ukelele. Needless to say, by the time he and I were done with our ukelele power struggles, the instrument was in two pieces. I had a death grip on the neck. He had a death drip on the neck. He added his strength to the body and SNAP. Just like that, it was pointless to exert any more energy into the struggle.

He went to school in his skirt (just to try to get a reaction from the administration and he did not get it). He took the last final he had. He came home and packed a backpack. He headed for the woods somewhere in the Fort Wayne area. He lasted 1 1/2 days in the woods. From the scattered information I've gathered, the bugs got to him. Like Cathy said, "He's ALMOST and Eagle Scout so he ALMOST made it in the woods."

Life is going to be hell for him if he decides to continue with his 'walk-about' plans. His decision. His problem. Not mine. I'm not going to take it as my problem. He can't make me!