August 12, 2005 - Friday
Rip leaves tomorrow for a two-week vacation and he won't get back until the new year of school is ready to begin. He'll be going to a different kindergarten than Harry since he missed the full-day kindergarten in the town's lottery and that makes today the last day they'll be together at school, probably until first grade. I'm not sure what that will mean for Rip and Harry's friendship. Rip lives almost next door, so they will certainly see each other from time to time. Maybe they'll even be on the same soccer team this fall and that would be great. I haven't talked to Harry about any of this because it just doesn't make sense, since the only possible outcome is disappointment and a lack of desire to go to kindergarten. However, today being his last school day with Rip certainly crossed my mind and I have mixed feelings about it. They are good friends and Rip's outward confident often good for Harry. But Rip's physically bigger and I've seen him play mind games with Harry. Some of that's normal and I don't know whether the stuff I've seen is par for the course between them or incidental. Nonetheless, I wonder how Harry would be with a different source of inspiration. I just don't know.


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