<p>I believe recharging phones is a detail cadre see to. Can some of the '08 parents talk about the cell phones that were accidently thrown away during Plebe Summer 2004?</p>
<p>In Son's company, I think they handed phones out the night before to allow for charging. We wrapped charger up with phone in plastic.</p>
<p>Actually a quick note on how the "man" gets to you coming and going.
We bought a pre-paid phone to send with Son as we did not have national coverage at the time.
Almost all of the minutes were used up by the time the phones were issued back out because of incoming messages. Message from the previous user or something; we had not control over it.<br>
I had to call and complain.<br>
If you buy a prepaid phone, have the service turn the messages, etc. off so that you are not charged for them.</p>
<p>Hey, all parents. You might want to get these for your Plebe. I know I'll be requesting them:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stretch-island.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.stretch-island.com/</a> .</p>
<p>They're 100% fruit.</p>
<p>Mmm...fruit leather. It wasn't as chewy as I hoped it'd be, but it's still tasty enough to make up for the lasting time. It sells 2 for $0.88 at my local Publix, so not quite cheap. I like the little stories on each of the packets too. However, I haven't tried the "organic" kind.</p>
<p>Now a funny story about being a role model...</p>
<p>I think my health-fanaticism is rubbing off onto my younger brothers and sisters. Today my 8-year-old brother read the nutritional facts on the box of a chocolate bunny and exclaimed, "Woah! 25% fat!" His eyes grew twice the size I thought they could. My eavesdropping 4-year-old sister looked like a terrified toddler at Halloween. She ran to our mother and shouted, "I can't eat this! It's 25%!!" My mother walked into the room, laughing, and said that they've been listening to me too much. </p>
<p>(Yeah, I babysit 3-5 of my siblings a lot. Whenever we eat, I try to get them to drink water or good juice and eat fresh fruits, vegetables, and healthy food. I tell them that they will grow big and strong if they eat right, but they'll become fat and gross if they eat junk food. Now they come to me with everything they're eating and ask, "Anna, is this good for me? Will it make me strong?" I'm honest, so I tell them to toss out the Cheetos and chips and get an apple instead. Ooooh. THAT'S where I went wrong, I guess. My dad hates it when I toss out his junk food or deprive him of it by other means. He says I'm mean. I'm a health nazi. :) )</p>
<p>Oh, then I have these people who come up to me at school and ask me what I eat. I'm not sure if this is for their dieting purposes or what, though. After a while, I formed a rough speech. </p>
<p>I just tell them, "Lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and water. Every single day. [insert long pause as they let that sink into their dieting notes] Of course, I eat lots of carbs because I exercise a lot. Whole wheat bagels with peanut butter for breakfast. And lunch. And sometimes before dinner. All day long, really. Peanut butter on anything is good. Breakfast is my favorite meal, though. I spend about an hour eating and eating---peanut butter on bread/bagels, oatmeal with apples, fruit, healthy cereal, and on rare occassions I cook blueberry or wheat pancakes." </p>
<p>AND, if they're STILL listening, "Lunch and dinner aren't as fun. Subway---buy the foot long turkey-mustard-lettuce-tomato on honey oat as a treat. Dinner is usually light, unless my mother is cooking. My mother is a great cook. You can't go wrong with homemade meals...ever. Try putting ground beef, onions, potatoes, and maybe cream of mushroom soup in a big pot so you can feed the multitides. You know, I don't know how to cook for a single person anymore. I just know one serving size---lots..." And I continue to ramble about how great food is and everything until they finally are sorry that they asked about what I eat.</p>