Suddenly it's Winter
Since Zoë decided to do the musical this year and try out for swim, she's spent the past months staying at school until 8 and going on weekends. Then she decided to try out for the swim team which meant a week with me dropping her off at practice at 5:30am and then her not getting finished with musical stuff until 10pm and then not getting home until 10:30 or later. Fortunately she managed to stay up on her classwork and homework. Maybe also fortunately, she has a relaxed view of pretty much everything and can let some things go.
But the musical is over (all three shows sold out!), and she made the swim team! So now we have the more normal schedule of me waking her up at 4:30am so we can leave the house at 5:00am and she can get to the pool by 5:30am. Then pick her up at 3:30pm. Until after Thanksgiving, when afternoon crew practice will begin and then I'll be picking her up between 5-6pm. We have a nice short lull before things pick up a bit.
Getting to school so early did mean that this past Thursday when school was canceled for weather, she was already there for swim practice. I think I need to always toss my work computer in the car so I can head on into the office if the weather is iffy, to make it easier to grab her and head home if school is canceled. Fortunately there's a Starbucks near the school, and her school is always open. So she grabbed a cocoa and then walked to school where she hung out with the security guards and another girl on the swim team until I got there to pick her up. The other kid was picked up shortly before I got there.
Zoë's loving swim, as always. And baffled as to why she stopped doing year round swim, as always. And considering re-joining her year round swim team. Which ... I'm not terribly excited about, especially because regattas and swim meets will conflict like crazy in the spring. But we've juggled a rough schedule before and can again.
But the musical is over (all three shows sold out!), and she made the swim team! So now we have the more normal schedule of me waking her up at 4:30am so we can leave the house at 5:00am and she can get to the pool by 5:30am. Then pick her up at 3:30pm. Until after Thanksgiving, when afternoon crew practice will begin and then I'll be picking her up between 5-6pm. We have a nice short lull before things pick up a bit.
Getting to school so early did mean that this past Thursday when school was canceled for weather, she was already there for swim practice. I think I need to always toss my work computer in the car so I can head on into the office if the weather is iffy, to make it easier to grab her and head home if school is canceled. Fortunately there's a Starbucks near the school, and her school is always open. So she grabbed a cocoa and then walked to school where she hung out with the security guards and another girl on the swim team until I got there to pick her up. The other kid was picked up shortly before I got there.
Zoë's loving swim, as always. And baffled as to why she stopped doing year round swim, as always. And considering re-joining her year round swim team. Which ... I'm not terribly excited about, especially because regattas and swim meets will conflict like crazy in the spring. But we've juggled a rough schedule before and can again.