Looking Ahead – End of School

I don’t know what it is, but the end of the school year is just as jam-packed with events and galas as the holiday season. It’s rather a nightmare, logistically, I have to admit.

Last weekend, for example, M had: Girl Scouts overnight camp, a Ballet School tea party and an invitation to a friend’s house … all for the same Sunday morning.

Yesterday, the conflicts started early with M’s school science fair. Then, that evening, we had a Boy Scout Court of Honor for R, which conflicted with Fencing lessons AND N’s need to attend a Badasht Camp teleconference (along with other real estate and/or legal obligations I won’t detail here).

Tomorrow, it’s Pet Day at school. M wants to take one of the cats. Fine. The pets are only allowed in the classroom from 9:30-10:30. Fine. Except school starts at 8:30…and school is about a 20 minute drive from home. So… let’s do the math:

8:00 – leave home for school
8:30 – drop kids at school, return home
9:00 – arrive home, retrieve cat
9:30 – arrive at school with cat
10:30 – leave school with cat
11:00 – arrive home to stay… finally

or,

hang out at a nearby coffee shop with a cat in a cat carrier for an hour, before taking the cat to the classroom for an hour, THEN returning home. No time saved, just fewer miles driven.

Oh, but wait! There’s MORE…

On Friday, we’ll negotiate a path through the scheduling collision that is Ruhi class, ballet tickets purchased before there was a Ruhi class, and robotics class.

Saturday we’ll be at Aunt P’s house at dawn to help plant a garden. That process will especially tough for the girls, who will be at the ballet the night before. Ballet traditionally runs late, you see. Only to start some good old-fashioned agriculture work at daybreak.

Monday and Tuesday will see the Troop meetings pause, but Fencing and gymnastics workouts continue.

Then, next Wednesday, June 10, is the last day of school.

Thursday the 11th is the start of evening gymnastics workouts, cancer class, and a mandatory parents’ meeting for the gymnastics team. Another collision; all three are scheduled for the same time.

Friday morning, we leave for a three-day campout with the Boy Scouts – the annual family camp event, returning home Sunday, June 14th.

Just in time, too, because M gets to spend the week of June 15th at OMSI ‘Hit The Road Camp’.

See what I mean? That’s the next three weeks. As busy as the holidays. And I’ll just stick to stating the facts. I know mine is not the only family going through similar drills at the end of school And I know that, if I start adding commentary, I’m guaranteed to inadvertently look ungrateful somehow. I’m certainly NOT ungrateful, so we’ll leave it with this one-word summary:

whew!!!