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[lisamoe]

So the kids are rehearsing Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Clark. Again. This is our 4th year with it. They both have laughably small roles this year, but are getting to hang out with their friends, so it's fine, but I get a little (unjustifiably?) irritated with having to be at so many rehearsals when they literally have no more than 5 lines apiece. Oh well. They both had good roles in Wizard of Oz.

So here is what our fall schedule has turned into: Rehearsals a few times a week, guitar lessons weekly for Jesse, drum lessons weekly for Dingo, CampFire twice a month for Dingo, Kung Fu weekly for Dingo, Tai Chi weekly for Jesse, Laughing Matter Improv weekly for both, YST Improv weekly for Jesse, YST Drama Troupe weekly for Jesse, PE weekly for Dingo, Rec Day weekly for Dingo. Obviously Dingo isn't playing soccer this season because rehearsals conflict, but in spring, the play he might be in is over in Feb, so he'll be playing soccer instead of rehearsing.

So that's an average of about 13-14 things a week they have to be at on normal weeks (not tech or performance weeks, which are worse.) If anyone is wondering why they never see me (or why my house is such a mess,) well, there's your answer. Even though my Mom takes them some of those places, it still leaves plenty for me.

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[jorjedatoy.livejournal.com]

I could not possibly deal with that many commitments! Whenever I see your list, I always wonder when you take time to do something for YOU. Not that I'm doing much of that, either.

[lisamoe.livejournal.com]

Well, there's two things there. I don't take a LOT of time for just me, but if I'd wanted buckets of unencumbered time, I wouldn't have had kids, lol. I laugh, but I really do mean that. Kids are a giant timesuck, but I knew that going in.

The other thing is that watching them go out and succeed at things is about the best entertainment I could have, and they're about my favorite company to hang out with. I generally like watching them rehearse or play soccer or practice Kung Fu more than I like watching TV or staying home, so it's not really a hardship beyond the driving to get them there. And even the driving is some of our best chatting and laughing time, with the added benefit that they can learn to curse like a sailor as I make my way through the Tulsa streets. ;-) I have a smartphone and I can take books with me, so I get mental downtime too, waiting for them when I don't want to watch rehearsals.

I guess that's pretty much it. I've never been a homebody and I like TV and video games and such, but only to fill the time when there isn't something else interesting to do, so being out and around with the kids usually isn't a big deal unless I am already sick or tired from something else. I really like being out and around. And when there is a conflict with something I really did want to do, R or my folks will take them. Lucky, I know, both to have kids that are good company and to have family that will help, but it really does make the insane schedule a lot more palatable.