Weekends are usually jam packed for me. Sometimes, I look forward to the work week because the weekends are so so busy. Especially during the kids' sports that over-ride each other. Like when soccer is overlapping with hockey or when lacrosse starts and hockey is winding down. Summers, from July through August, are typically our "slow" time. That is to say that there is generally only one or two things scheduled. This weekend was all about enjoyment. And some self-reflection and appreciation.
Weekend at a glance:
Friday night school shopping with Molly and her best friend. I really did well, biting my tongue when she was picking out things she didn't need and paying too much for a wallet (it is her money after all) but my tongue would have come off if I didn't stop chewing on it when she walked out of Hollisters with 3 shirts and a sweater and no money left. Sweater $39.99. Two short sleeve t-shirt (that were so thin I don't even feel right calling them t-shirts) $24.99 EACH. Long sleeve t-shirt $34.99. That put me over the edge. I marched my fat ass back in that store with the bag and the receipt and came back out with her money. I did let her keep the sweater but WTF!!!
Street hockey on Saturday morning. The games were very close and very competitive. My highlight ----- one 12 year old boy yelled "Jesus Christ" while getting roughed up protecting the goal. I was keeping score and said "Hey there D, no swearing". He stopped right in the middle of the play, looked at me with honest to goodness confusion and responded "Jesus Christ is a swear?" OMG too funny.
Boating on Saturday afternoon and into the early evening. So. Much. Fun. Who knew sitting in the middle of a lake tied up to two other boats could be so much fun? Rylee loved it and Molly was such a fish. She spent the majority of the time in the water instead of on the boat. My friends got a kick out of the two of them and how good they are. No crying or whining or annoying anyone. They are fun to have around!
Picked up Cody on Saturday night. He had so much fun on vacation with our friends. They totally spoiled him. He went to the water park, he went para-sailing 800 ft above the water, he played laser tag, and they stayed in a 4 level condo that was right on the beach. He was so happy to see all of us and we were happy to see him too. It was a long week without him but so worth it.
Archery on Sunday morning. I couldn't get the kids up and out by 8:00 so we missed shooting the course with some friends but we still had a good time. Cody's bow just got fixed so it took a few adjustments and a little while to get him shooting in groups again and the practice shots for me were all over the place but I didn't take the time to make any adjustments. And then, right before we were heading out to the course Rylee's dad came out of the woods after finishing the first half. Archery was something we used to do every summer and I have to admit the first couple of times I went last summer were a little hard on me emotionally. This year I have been fine with it but I did get a little shook up the first time a few weeks ago that he was on the same course as me. It took me until about the 6th target to finally calm down and then I've been fine ever since. Til today when he was with HER at archery. My head started swirling: I mean archery is my thing not hers. Her thing is horses and it does not bother me in the least when they take Rylee to a horse show or whatever but why, I was thinking, does he have to bring her here???? So my feathers were ruffled the first half of the course but then I calmed down like I always do and by the time I met up with them so Rylee could leave I was absolutely fine. HER and I talked about the kids and work and some other things and everything was back to normal. In retrospect, I realize that I just need baby steps sometimes. So now when she goes to archery I'll be fine. Til she starts shooting, and then I will need a little time to absorb that and then I will fine again. It just takes time. And she's a good person and I'm a good person and he is even a good person and it all works out eventually. So now I feel good and strong and I shot SO much better the second half of the course, which is all I wanted to do.
It was such a warm and beautiful day so after archery we decided that we would go swimming. Since we didn't have Rylee we could go in the river instead of the pond so we grabbed a couple of the kids' friends and we headed over to the Green River. They had a ball floating through the rocks and down the river and then challenging themselves by swimming against the current. At first I was sitting up on the hill relaxing and listening to their screams of fun. And first Molly and then Cody came up to see when I was going to jump in with them. So I went down the hill and waded into the river and soon I was swimming against the current too and Cody was showing me how to do the doggy paddle the right way (who knew there was a wrong way?!) and their friends came up and they started showing me how they go down through the rocks. It was fun and I felt like a kid myself. After a little while I was standing on a rock watching them and I thought "Damn I am so lucky in so many ways". First, the river was absolutely beautiful and so refreshing and I'll bet there are so many people that could never get to enjoy that kind of experience. We live in such an awesome place in the country and I just love it so much. Second, the kids are 14 and 12 and they still want me around some of the time. It dawned on me when they were so glad that I came down to jump in with them. Every one of them couldn't wait to show me something they tried and then wanted me to try it too. Third, I have some really really great friends. I know that all the time but it really hit me today because the weekend was so good because of all of my friends who just take such good care of me and my kids.
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