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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our best friend is planning a 40th birthday trip to California Labor Day 2020.  They’re renting a house and need a headcount ASAP.  We really want to go- we love this group of friends and have been close since high school and have stayed close despite being spread out over the country, through deaths, divorces, and illness, all of which makes celebrating milestones like this even more special.

BUT—Our DS (our only kid) will be starting Kindergarten around that time.  MCPS hasn’t announced 2020 start dates yet, but would presumably be Sept 8, the Tuesday after Labor Day.   Grandparents could watch him while we’re gone.  It would be a 4 or 5 day trip thurs or fri to mon.

Would you commit to go on this trip?  Does your answer change if school starts Aug 31 vs Sept 8?

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I would be sad to not be there to drop off my DD to her first day of kindergarten at “big school” and especially her first day! Don’t you want the memory of walking her in her class, getting her settled into her seat, seeing the first moments of her starting school with her teacher, and seeing where she sits? It’s kind of a big change for them and it would be nice for you to be there to settle them in so that they have a nice transition. Of course your child will be fine and survive without it, I just think it would be nice for your child if you were excited and gave them a nice transition from home to school/pickup at least the first day! Also, it may hit you emotionally really much harder than you are expecting. I was surprised how hard it hit me when my last DD started kindergarten and since this is your one and only, I would assume something similar.  Bottom line, I wouldn’t but  that is just my 2 cents.[/quote]

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