Get Ready

Ready. Set. Go.

Saturday:
6:30am wake up
7:00am drive to swim meet
7:15-12:00 watch daughter swim, sit around watching strangers swim, get bleacher bottom
12:00-?? go shopping with both girls for Christmas necessities that won't wait.
1:00-?? hope ARG does well at his tournament in Sac.
5:00-8:00 take ARG to game night (if he gets home in time)
8:00 pass out

Sunday:
6:30am wake up
7:00am drive to swim meet
7:15-12:00 watch daughter swim, sit around watching strangers swim, get bleacher bottom
12:00-2:00 rush frantically to get Rosie showered and beautiful
2:00-3:00 Rosie's violin recital
3:00 pass out? go for a run? do laundry? make dinner? run away?

No church. No sleeping in. No together family time.

It's a busy one folks. I know. I know. We signed up for this. But why couldn't my kids all like the same sport?

BTW - if your kids are still young and haven't picked their physical activities yet, I highly recommend swimming. It's so great for your body. AND it is cheap! Practically free compared to fencing. They can do it almost every day and improvement is measurable. Plus it's a skill you can use all your life.

Fencing is great. It's exciting. But it's SUPER expensive, and a terrible spectator sport. After just about every point I'm like, "What happened? Did he get it?" I've deciphered a few of the directors' hand signals now, so I kind of get it. But I'm still mostly in the dark. Plus, they NEVER have anywhere to sit for the parents. So we stand all smooshed on the side of the strips all dang tournament. Lame.

Not that swim meets are so thrilling. But at least they have bleachers.