Fat Camp

That is an honest to God google trend word today. Honestly. People somewhere, right now, are googling "fat camp."

I think the gods are trying to tell me something.

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Yesterday I put my baby on an airplane. And by my "baby" I am not only talking about the Attorney General but also Remi. The two of them flew to Texas so that the AG could get some work done at what is now his new job, and so Remi could stay with my mom and dad and slowly but surely drive them to drink.

Actually my parents have a week full of fun activities planned for her; Poppie even went so far as to hide plastic snakes in his flowerbed for her to find and Nonie planned an Easter egg hunt just for her! Had she stayed here with me we might have, might have, gone to the Library.

Oh yes, I know. It was a hard decision for her, I'm sure.

But I am here with Rocco and my world couldn't be calmer, quieter or sweeter.

And so yesterday as I was driving away from the airport, at mock speed, for fear she might change her mind and decide to stay the week with me, I heard the song "Your Gonna Miss This" by Trace Adkins.

You're gonna miss this

You're gonna want this back

You're gonna wish these days

Hadn't gone by so fast

You're gonna miss this

So take a good look around

You may not know it now

But you're gonna miss this

And I thought of Remi. And how the terrible 2's have yanked the proverbial carpet from under my feet. They have challenged me and yet strengthened me. Sure, they've made me cry, but they've also made me laugh. And I listened to the words of that song and I thought...

GIVE ME A FREAKIN' BREAK TRACE ADKINS!

And I turned on The Best of the 80's and rocked out to Karma Chameleon.

But then I turned down the radio and put a call into my mom.

"Hello?"

"Take care of my baby this week."

"Ohhh, we're so excited. We have so much planned for her."

"I know, she'll have a blast, but take care of her okay? That's my whole world I just put on that plane."

"Melissa, she is not your whole world."

"Mama, trust me, no matter how many children you have, whichever one just walked out the door is the one that is your whole world at that exact moment."

She assured me she would be safe and that she would have fun.

And I hung up.
And cried.