LOL, Boomer!!!
Dys, I was wondering when you'd show up.

I knew you'd really enjoy this.
Diane, I hadn't thought of it that way, but you're right. He will remember this precisely
because it's his first great adventure without his parents. I vividly remember my senior high trip to Mexico City for exactly that reason. Thank you!
His sword arrived today. (That was the #1 thing he wanted to bring back from Japan, so I'm really glad he found one he liked. He took his own spending money from mowing the neighbor's lawn, so this will be doubly precious to him.) I didn't open the package. I just put it on his bed and e-mailed him to let him know it is here.