High School – Wow
April 30, 2010
So Sean enters high school next year. Am I really that old? And has time really gone by that fast! Wow…
Even worse, we have been doing a lot of running around for both kids getting them to various events almost every day of the week. We had hoped that it would ease up a bit when they hit high school. Looks like its just going to get worse.
Yesterday, Sean went to his high school honors orientation night. Struck me as a bit odd since he still has a month to go in 8th grade. He has to make all his course selections for the next year in the next couple weeks. In addition, he wants to take what they call a Zero Hour course. Its usually athletic conditioning or band. Football summer camp also begins in a month so he wants to add in the Zero Hour course to help be in condition for sports.
For the Zero Hour course, he has to be at the school by 7:20 am. Looks like it will be me taking him to school (its 40 mins away from our house) on the way (not really) to work. So figure we leave the house around 6:30. He won’t get home from football practice until almost 7:30 pm counting the bus ride or pickup back home. So it will be quite a change for him too. Just a bit less Xbox 360 and TV time! Throw in games and other extra curricular activities, and its lots of busy times.
Guess that’s part of the price to live in the Country…
But wait… I have a kid prepping for high school??? Sheesh…
I Need to Clone Myself
April 27, 2010
Does anybody remember the 1996 Michael Keaton/Andie McDowell movie “Multiplicity” where the main character has spread himself so thin that he decides to clone himself so he can get everything done that he needs to around his house, work, and life in general. I am starting to feel that way myself.
I knew that Savannah and I would need to quit dance when Sean started high school because the school is 45 minutes in one direction and the dance studio 45 minutes in the other direction. It is just not practical to continue because I can’t be in two places at the same time. However, even before school has started I am already having conflicts between important commitments.
This Thursday I have my first conflict. Savannah and I will have to miss dance class because Sean has Honors Class Information night for freshmen. There is just no way I can be at the two places at the same time. The first week of June we have dress rehearsals for the recital at the same time Sean has football camp. If they were in the same town we could some how make it work, but when the two events are 90 minutes apart, it kind of puts me in a bind. I normally don’t have a very big part in the recitals, but I am going to play Mary Poppins in the recital, so I have to be a part of all the Mary Poppins numbers.
I am going to try to work something out, by finding a ride for Sean, but I still think the best solution would be to clone myself for a few weeks.
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