Day 52: 1st Wrestling Match of the Season

Dear Fabulous Spouse,

Today was Oldest Child’s first wrestling match of the year.  He got to be Varsity for 250lb. weight class and did great!  He got pinned, but if he could have lasted 15 more seconds, he would have won on points. Not too shabby!

We miss you.

Love,

Me

Translation: It was a very long night for 3 minutes of action!

We started off with another half day of school.  Good news is that Girl Friday was the star student for the day in her class, and she was SO proud!

After a few hours, I packed up the little guys and the neighbor kid and we headed off to Oldest Child’s first wrestling match of the season.  I was so proud of Oldest Child for securing the Varsity spot in the 250lb. slot for the team.

We were all worried that it would be over in under 10 seconds… a regular occurrence last year.  However, this time around, I think that Oldest Child was in better shape, and had learned a thing or two, so he did much better.  He almost made it to the end of the third period, and if he had not gotten pinned in the last few seconds of the match, then he would have won on points (3-2).

However, it took FOREVER to get to his match.  The powers that be had decided to run the junior varsity matches first, then Varsity.  So, it was almost 6:30PM by the time that Oldest Child finished.  So, we had to race out and run through Taco Bell in order to get Girl Friday to basketball on time.

We got her dropped off, picked up Oldest Child, dropped him and his brother home with their dinner, popped into our Finance Council meeting, then popped back out to pick up Girl Friday and call it a night.

Day 45: Wrestling Banquet

Dear Fabulous Spouse,

Tonight was Illusive Middle Child’s wrestling banquet.  It was great to see the wrestling gang one last time for the season (and eat lots of pizza).

We miss you.

Love,

Me

Translation: Seriously, where is my clone?

Ok, while we temporarily have a handle on leftover management, the clones have gone missing again.  This time it was during the Wrestling banquet.  Of course the banquet is 6-8:30 (It actually finished at 7:45) and Girl Friday has basketball from 7-8.  No problem…you would think.

However, the coaches started handing out the awards at 6:30.  I had to make the tough mom call and make Girl Friday late rather than chancing missing Illusive Middle Child get his hard won plaque. Yes, at 7:06, his name was called… and Coach even said a little about him, which made him smile (about the New Year’s Eve morning match where he drove Illusive Middle Child, and asked him to help keep Coach awake…since he was battling a rough cold and had not slept much.  Illusive Middle Child was asleep within 10 minutes of the ride!)

So, as per usual, running late, we headed off o Girl Friday’s basketball practice.  Today’s focus was guarding your opponent…an area where Girl Friday can definitely use practice! (she still tends to leave her person and chase the ball).  I left her to check on the boys…and find the banquet wrapping up.  So, I took them home, caught the end of Girl Friday’s practice, and came home with her from that.  Like I said, where is my clone when I need her?

Day 36: Lots of Homework



Girl Friday helping make Green Ravioli



Dear Fabulous Spouse,

Wrestling is still running late.  This coupled with Honors homework for the end of the quarter means no Boy Scouts tonight.  However, we still have the craziness of boys basketball and Daisy Scouts at the exact same time…in different places.  Well, at least everyone is late!

We miss you.

Love,

Me

Translation: …And I Still have to go to Scouts?!

So, it is great that Oldest Child is mature enough to realize that homework and grades trump Boy Scouts…especially when grades are due for the quarter on Friday, and his Grammy promised him $25 if he could pull up his grades to five A’s, and #5 is teetering on the brink.  However, it seems that it is parent planning night at Boy Scouts, so I still need to attend.

The thing is, the universe would be running so much smoother, if the middle school wrestling coaches could tell time, and we were not always double booked for activities.  Luckily, our kids are pretty resilient.  So, dropped Oldest Child home to reheat dinner and do homework, dropped Illusive Middle Child off at basketball practice, and as soon as he disappeared into the gym, we put the car back into drive, and were only about twenty minutes late for Daisy Scouts.

At Daisy Scouts, we planned the spring activities, and the girls made cookie posters to sell cookies at the end of February.  Fortunately? Daisy Scouts was running late, so I left Girl Friday at Scouts, picked up Illusive Middle Child from practice (small plus is that there is another team scheduled immediately after him for the gym, so they cannot run late), then went back to Daisy Scouts.  Then the little guys got dropped home with their brother, and I was off (30 min late) to Boy Scouts.  I did not miss much.  Tuesdays are rough!

Day 12: All Hail the Mom Taxi

Dear Fabulous Spouse,

Dorry to hear about your chipped tooth.  Survived a full blown and active Saturday.  However, I think that I should get bonus points for getting everyone where they needed to be on time, and nobody got forgotten!  It was good to see you on Skype. Leftovers again for dinner.  Good luck guarding the guns tonight!

Miss you,

Love,

Me

Translation: has anybody seen my Clone?

I lost my clone.  I do not know where it has run away to, but I need to find it.  Three kids and one driver, makes for one slightly stressed Mom.  However, we DID get everyone where they needed to go.

8:40 Illusive Middle Child was dropped off at District Wrestling Tournament as a helper along with mini muffins we made the day before.  Illusive Middle Child is totally stoked to be the person who litterally throws in the towel (or hits the referee with it) in order to mark the end of the wrestling period.

9:00 Oldest Child to Boy Scouts for Christmas Tree pick up.

9:20 Bake cookies for Fabulous Spouse.

9:30 Do not lose temper at Girl Friday who dropped measuring cup into kitchen aide mixer and just watched it get beat up.

10:30 Pick up Oldest Child from Boy Scouts.

11:30 Leave to drop off Fabulous Spouse’s Care Package at Post Office

11:45 Pick up lunch for Wrestling Coaches Room and Illuseive Middle Child.

12:15 Lunch with Illusive Middle Child

13:00 Basketball for Girl Friday.  She has her first game next Saturday.  Lets just hope that the refs are generous, because travelling is a generous description for what is going on right now, and there is only 8 girls on the team.  However, she does like it...and she "scored one baskets" today at the  park following.  How many points do you think that is?

14:00 Drop Girl Friday home

14:15 Back to wrestling tournament (finished Incarceron)

16:40 Home

That actually does not sound so hectic on paper.  I guess that I am just a complainer.