Mountains, Monsoons, and Mules (India)

Mountains, Monsoons, and Mules (India) — page 7
Oliver however wasn’t a big fan of sleepaway camp Last year he picked a construction-themed camp in Brooklyn near Dad’s apartment He’d built a skateboard and a shelf to keep his toy soldier collection on Anara hoped to go back to drama camp in the Adirondacks Last year she’d had a blast playing Tweedledum in the camp’s production of Alice in Wonderland Samal wanted to try an art and architecture program called ArtVentures Art Camp Anara rolled her eyes at Samal You’re such a nerd Sam You are seriously like the only ten-year-old with a subscription to Architectural Digest Samal looked offended Anara patted her sister on the back Just kidding It sounds right up your alley Just then Mom came out of her office Actually it was really just a desk and a file cabinet in the corner of her bedroom The girls thought she looked kind of flushed but neither of them said anything Over their breakfast-for-dinner meal Mom told the kids that she had some interesting news My boss Dr Williamson called last night He’s got another assignment for me I have to go to India for a couple of weeks in August Mom regularly traveled for work She worked for a branch of the UN called UNESCO the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization She often led teams of people to ensure that various natural and cultural sites around the world were being taken care of properly But she really enjoyed trying to establish new sites Are we going to stay with Dad Ollie asked That was normally how it worked when Mom had a travel assignment But this year had been really unusual They’d gone with Mom to