It's Good to Have Choices!

This arrived yesterday and I wanted to share! EJ is still very much hoping for an appointment to Annapolis or West Point, but this a very nice option if neither of those work out.

Oh no, now I might have to do housework!

Friday night was Chloe's last football game/marching opportunity for the 2008/2009 school year. It was cold and it rained. But those kids are troopers and performed in the rain. They played in the stands with their ponchos and the rain beating down on them at several points of the evening. And they finally played "Hey Baby"; the band parents favorite stand music number.


Sunday evening, at 7 pm, was EJ's last league soccer game. Coach Chas, after 2 years, finally let EJ play defense again and he had a ball. I even heard a parent comment "Wow, having Eric back at defense on the right side has made a big difference." This comment was made by a new parent to the team so he didn't understand why I started laughing. EJ has played on the front line the past two seasons because the new coach decided he was big, fast and intimidating so that was where he needed to be. Never mind that EJ hadn't played offense in so long that he didn't really know what he was doing any more.


The team won 3-1 and it was a great way to end the season and, probably, EJ's HS soccer career. I don't think he has plans to try-out for the HS team this year. He may play on a rec league in the spring for fun.


So the question now is, what will I do with all my free time. I don't need to pick Chloe up at 7 Pm after marching band practice any more. EJ no longer has 8 - 10 PM practices two times a week. We can eat dinner together at a decent hour! Yeah. My Friday evenings are no longer booked and my Saturday and Sunday afternoons are no longer full with soccer games. And I no longer have a 'real' reason for not running the vacuum cleaner, dusting, mopping, or folding laundry on a regular basis. Yikes. Maybe it's time to rent a younger child?

Decisions, Decisions

Chloe has been invited to join Tri-M and will be inducted this evening.

The Tri-M Music Honor Society is the international music honor society for middle/junior high and high school students. It is designed to recognize students for their academic and musical achievements, reward them for their accomplishments and service activities, and to inspire other students to excel at music and leadership. (http://www.menc.org/resources/view/tri-m-music-honor-society)

The ceremony will begin at 7 PM and Chloe needs to be at the school by 6:30 PM. This has created a bit of a logistical nightmare. I think I've finally accepted that we can't all do everything we usually do on a Wednesday AND attend the induction ceremony. The good news is this is great progress for me. The bad news is I still need to let EJ in on this development and my other committments know that I have dropped them for the evening. I simply cannot be in 4 places at once.

A Boy and His Dog