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Friday, May 23, 2008

Medical Forms: Pickup or Delivery

Summer is almost here. The warm sun, the beaches, the parks, the longer days, no school, no school and longer days...oh the horror! 3 months with no preschool. What is one to do? Thankfully there's a four letter word that is the perfect solution: camp. We decided to sign our Older Son (OS) up for camp. I would have signed my younger son (YS), our dog Gandalf, our two cats too, and my husband up as well, but oddly enough I couldn't find a place to take all of them.

Last year OS went to camp at his preschool. All I had to do was mail in a form with a check. I assumed that all camps worked the same way, which is why I stopped at the front counter of the Y with my wallet out and asked to enroll OS. I was given a booklet with forms. I filled out the forms and then tried to submit them. It was no good because the application was considered incomplete without a copy of OS's medical records.

While annoying, I figured it wasn't too much of a problem because OS's pediatrician's office is on the way to preschool. I dropped off the forms at the doctor's office and then made a major mistake. I have no idea what I was thinking. I told the doctor's office not to mail the forms to me because I would just pick them up. It would be faster that way and the camp registration had a deadline after all. Yeah, I really don't know what planet I was on. I hate having to load and unload the kids on a good day. I can't think of a time where I've ever thought, "Wow, today I would like to add an extra trip so I can load and unload the kids, particularly at the doctor's office, where, now that the boys have practically memorized The Berenstein Bears Go to the Doctor, I have to reassure them that they will not be getting a booster shot." (They didn't even know what a booster shot was until we read them that book.)

Needless to say, it took a full week for me to manage getting everything together to drop off the camp forms...by myself. I stopped at Kinkos first to make extra copies of the medical records just in case.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: The US Postal Service is more efficient at picking up items from a doctor's office than a mom with small children.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 7:02 PM   6 comments
6 Comments:
  • At 5/23/2008 9:16 PM, Blogger Heather said…

    It's wonderful when the kids get old enough to buckle and unbuckle themselves, that's for sure!

     
  • At 5/23/2008 9:38 PM, Blogger Jen of A2eatwrite said…

    Isn't it too bad that you can't just mail the kids back and forth from where they need to be? ;-)

     
  • At 5/23/2008 11:31 PM, Blogger Tracey said…

    Here's another hint: have copies of birth certificates, dental records, and social security cards. Trust me.

    Oh, and I laughed at the post about them playing together and patting yourself on the back. I did the same tonight as I walked in to find the tv off (shocker!) and the boys playing Go Fish. I nearly cried with joy. Especially when they moved onto a fun game with their Pokemon figures! And then, I nearly DID cry when all h#ll broke loose over who was copying who and who couldn't make a decision and blah blah blah...

     
  • At 5/24/2008 10:10 AM, Anonymous CableGirl said…

    But, did you make the cut off? Will OS be at the Y camp this summer?

     
  • At 5/26/2008 1:54 PM, Blogger jodifur said…

    I just got the forms for Michael's preschool in the fall. I can't believe how many forms there are!

     
  • At 5/28/2008 10:47 PM, Anonymous Suzanne said…

    I think your husband already attends a camp called work. This is the same type of camp mine attends, and it is great because not only are they engaged every day, they are paid! I love this camp!

     
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